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140 Years, 140 Stories
Celebrating 140 Years of the Kansas Dental Association 1871-2011
© 2013 Kansas Dental Association
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic means.
Published by Kansas Dental Association—5200 SW Huntoon, Topeka, KS
Printed by Jostens Commercial Printing
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140 Years, 140 Stories incorporates different Kansas Dental Association member dentists and their stories. This book
features 140 photographs and stories about Kansas dentists and their unique hobbies, locations, practices and lifestories.
Every person who reads these stories will likely learn something new and perhaps friendships will develop based
on similar interests discovered in this book. It is our hope that this project encourages engagement, conversation
and a new connection with others in the profession.
We traveled the state, photographing KDA members at their offices, their homes and diverse geographic andhistoric locations in Kansas, each posing with their "number" that corresponds to the page in the book. For some
dentists, we focused on the unique sense of place in which they practice and live, as a way to celebrate Kansas.
We attempted to provide a snapshot of KDA member dentists as they exist in 2011. Today, the profession is more
diverse than ever before with a growing percentage of female dentists. We also tried to fairly represent the
membership of the KDA’s ten geographic component district societies and feature the vast differences in age of
our youngest dentists with those who have long since retired.
We hope we will add a new dimension to your knowledge of both Kansas and the dentists of our state throughthe stories and photographs we proudly bring you in this book.
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Tim Herre 1
Exhibiting the past, present and future of the
Kansas Dental Association, Dr. Tim Herre of Leawood, a third-generation dentist, has
been surrounded by organized dentistry his
entire life. Tim is a University of Missouri -
Kansas City (UMKC) School of Dentistry
graduate, his father Craig is serving the 2012
-2013 year as KDA president and his grand-
father William retired in 1993 after forty
years of dental practice. Even his uncle
Scott Herre is a dentist.
For Tim, one of his favorite things about go-
ing to work is that he gets to work with his
father and have him there as a mentor. As a
third-generation dentist, he continues to
treat patients who started with his grandfa-
ther a half -century ago.
“Even though I’m not the first dentist in my
family, it’s an honor to be the first dentist inthe book. There are so many amazing as-
pects and opportunities that dentistry pro-
vides us all, and family is one of them. I’ve
been blessed with a wonderful opportunity
and look forward to carrying on my family’s
legacy for years to come.”
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Mary Brummett Dr. Mary Brummett has a deep connection with the Kansas State Fair in her hometown of Hutchinson. Her father,
Leroy Troyer, served as the Grandstand Building Manager and she is seated on a bench honoring his memory that
sits just outside his former office.
She and her family regularly attend the state fair and buy ice cream cones from The Dairy Bar across the hall and sit
on this bench. Mary is holding some of the many ribbons she received from the Kansas State Fair for cooking and
baking, including first place for the prestigious “First Lady Candy Box” award in 1989, judged on creativity of the
box and the variety and quality of the candies. She presented her winning candy box to First Lady, Patti Hayden.
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In 2002 Dr. Gina Pinamonti, a Pittsburg orthodontist, gave birth to triplet girls, Isabella Paige, Sophia Marie and Zoe
Ellen. Here, the girls pose alongside their mother as they did in a 2005 phonebook cover when they wore Pittsburg
State University cheerleading uniforms. Gina’s husband Brian was a captain on the Pitt State 1991 Division II Na-
tional Championship football team. The Pinamontis are proud Gorilla fans.
Timmons Chapel, in the background, was built from limestone in country English style and is a place for sanctuary
and meditation on the campus of Pittsburg State University.
Gina Pinamonti
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Matt Krische Not far from the campus of the University of Kansas stands a Spanish Colonial home built in 1952. Since purchasing
the house a few short years ago, Dr. Matt Krische, a Lawrence dentist, has worked to complete an interior restoration
begun by the previous owners. We photographed him sitting on the staircase in the entrance hall of the house he
now shares with his wife he married in May, 2012. The staircase handrail is adorned with grapes, which might suggest a wine cellar. Sure enough, that project was al-
ready in the works when we met him for his photograph.
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Dave Hamel
Eleven years before the Kansas Dental Association was founded, the Pony Express was born. One of the stops along
the Pony Express, which stretched from St. Joseph to Sacramento, was the trading post of Marysville, KS, home to
Dr. Dave Hamel for the past thirty-one years. The ten-foot tall and fifteen-foot long statue depicting a Pony Ex-
press rider weighs over 3600 pounds and stands in a park in downtown Marysville, just a few blocks from his office.
Active in his community, Dave has served as President of his Rotary Club and actively supports the Marshall County
Arts Cooperative.
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Rawley Philpott Dr. Rawley Philpott of Manhattan is proud of her family ’s dental legacy which stretches back to her great-
grandfather Dr. Raleigh Gibson. Photos of Raleigh hang over a dental cabinet he used in his practice in Fairbury, NE,
now on display in her and her father ’s dental practice. While in dental school, the 1913 graduate roomed with leg-
endary baseball manager Casey Stengel who had aspirations of becoming a dentist, rather than a baseball player.
Rawley grew up in Manhattan, attended the University of Nebraska and graduated from the University of Nebraska
Medical Center (UNMC) College of Dentistry.
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Rich Darnall Dr. Rich Darnall completed parts of his dental training while stationed aboard the USS Samuel Gompers which
served the Pacific Fleet as a floating repair ship. The ship completed twenty-eight years of active service before it
was decommissioned in 1995. It was sunk in the Atlantic as part of a fleet training exercise in 2003. The dental de-
partment provided dental services while the ship was docked or as long as the seas were calm.
Rich walked across the street to the Kansas Statehouse in downtown Topeka for this photograph following a meet-
ing of the Kansas Dental Board where he has served six years.
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Scott and Nicole Rogers Dr. Scott Rogers knew he wanted to go back to his hometown of Arkansas City after graduating from UMKC School
of Dentistry. Now he and his wife Dr. Nicole Rogers, who met while in dental school, practice together with his fa-
ther, Nick. Nicole, who grew up in St. Joseph, MO, has a passion for working with children. In the basement of their practice, their daughter Addison has her own nursery so she can be near her parents dur-
ing the day. At the time of this photo, Scott and Nicole are expecting their second child.
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Jeff Stasch Dr. Jeff Stasch of Garden City is a "jack of all trades." If you are looking for him after hours or on weekends, you
might find him in his shop, working on a car or even restoring an old dump truck. The UNMC College of Dentistry
graduate worked for the railroad during dental school. Though raised in a very rural part of Nebraska and will drop
an occasional "oh shucks", his worldly knowledge might surprise those who don't know him. Do not be surprised if
suddenly the conversation jumps to the Three Tenors or a classical novel Jeff has read.
Jeff is known across the dental profession as one of the founders of the Kansas Mission of Mercy and the America ’s
Dentists Care Foundation.
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Joanne Brown
Dr. Joanne Brown named her Sphynx cat Dickson after Dickson Street in Fayetteville, Arkansas where she lived be-
fore coming to Kansas. Now the Leoti dentist, who was recruited by the community of Leoti ten years ago, is
known as a rural pioneer and serves as a community model for dentist recruiting.
Living in Western Kansas also gives her the opportunity to travel to Colorado to snow ski. She will often take
along her office staff on her vacations, including skiing in Colorado and a recent trip to Alaska. Joanne is also cele-
brating the ten-year anniversary of her practice she began in 2002.
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John McQuillen
Dr. John McQuillen of Wamego has played the guitar since he was a kid when he would sneak into his brother ’s
room and play his guitar while he was gone. Legg Perthes, a disease that destroys the ball of the hip joint, kept him
out of school during fourth and part of fifth grades. The school installed a two-way intercom system so he could
listen to the lessons at home. During recess, he’d play the guitar and sing for the kids who had missed recess.
We photographed John on the stage of the historic Columbian Theatre in Wamego, built in 1895, which houses ar-
tifacts from the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. John has played a number of gigs on this stage.
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John Fales Dr. John Fales of Olathe brought Spencer into his pediatric dental practice in 2007 as a therapy dog. After training
through The Delta Society in the state of Washington, the six-year old Golden Retriever now joins John in his office
every day. He will greet patients as they pass by him and he’ll often walk around the office to “make sure everyone
is doing their job.” Spencer is certified to be in a clinical setting and will often sit by a patient who is anxious about
their appointment and will help calm their fears. Spencer even has his own website.
John sings in his church choir and enjoys playing drums and the guitar.
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Julie Swift Dr. Julie Swift became hooked on piecing quilts from her mother, many years ago, a tradition carried on from her
grandmother. Julie has made close to eighty quilts in various sizes since 1996. We met up with Julie at the First Fri-
day Art Walk in Topeka, where she was photographed by her daughter ’s favorite quilt displayed in the show. Julie
has also exhibited her work at the juried Houston International Quilt Show.
Many of Julie’s quilts are unique because she uses the same printed fabric on the front as the back. She will use a
full, uncut piece fabric on the back, while for the front, she will cut and reorganize that same print into a new visual
experience.
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Wendy Reynolds
Dr. Wendy Reynolds in the Wichita suburb of Park City is learning how to be a “Cheer Mom.” As a mother with
three daughters, Laureen, Aundrea and Lindsey, she keeps quite busy with their cheerleading activities. She also
dedicates a significant amount of time to her church.
Wendy currently serves on the Sedgwick County Extension Board and the UMKC School of Dentistry Alumni Board.
She enjoys shopping for old world furniture and is actively involved in 4-H with her two oldest daughters.
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Stewart Crow
Like many communities, Independence has a town festival with floats and carnival rides, but few will match one of
the oldest and largest annual celebrations in Kansas. Neewollah (Halloween spelled backwards) began in 1919 and
is now a ten-day celebration in late October with three parades, a carnival, Queen Neelah Pageant, concerts and a
musical.
Dr. Stewart Crow was just one of about 75,000 people who lined up to watch the parade that passed by his office
on Pennsylvania Avenue, just a block behind him. His grandchildren walked down this street dressed in costumes
for the annual Kiddie Parade, shortly after this photo was taken.
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On most Friday nights in the fall, Dr.
Ricky Smith will be perched in a pressbox over a high school football field,
calling games for the Burlington High
School Wildcats for 97.7 FM Radio.
Ricky, who practices dentistry in near-
by Gridley, has been calling games for
the Burlington Wildcats for four sea-
sons. When we photographed him, the
final touches were being placed on thestadium for the annual pre-season
scrimmage.
His wife Wendy, teaches not more
than a field-length away at the Bur-
lington Middle School. Still, some
twenty-five years after its construction,
the Burlington High School football
stadium is regarded as one of the best
in Kansas.
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Jay Sekavec 17 Colonel Jay Sekavec served as the Com-
mand Dental Surgeon at the United States
Air Force Academy Hospital and the US Air
Force Academy in Colorado. The decorated
Colonel wrote the first field manual for base
dental surgeons. While retired from the
military, he still serves on the Board of Cor-
oners in Wyoming and teaches dental hy-
giene at Colby Community College. Colonel Sekavec was the first dental officer
recipient of the medal for excellence inmedical service management awarded by
the Office of the Command Surgeon, Pacific
Air Forces.
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Greg Peppes Dr. Greg Peppes was elected to the City Council of Leawood in 1996, was reelected twice then stepped down while
his kids where in high school. The mayor recently appointed him to fill an unexpired term. Greg has now served
twelve years on the council. He says he became involved in city politics because he wanted to get involved in the
community and Leawood was a growing area he has helped mold into what it is today. Greg was photographed in the city council chambers for the City of Leawood near Town Center, just across the
street from his office.
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Angela Wilson
One of the questions we’ve asked many of the dentists photographed is, “What is a place in your community that is
important to you?” For Dr. Angela Wilson that location is her church, the Community Bible Church in Lawrence,
where she and her family have attended for eleven years. For the past four years, Angela has served as co-leader of
the Women’s Bible Study and also teaches her son’s Sunday School class of 4th, 5th and 6th graders. She is also
active with a local Christian school, where she mentors high school girls to support them as they are making deci-
sions about their future and dealing with the stresses of life while in high school.
She and her husband, Paul, have been married for sixteen years and have two children.
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Tom Fankhauser It's not uncommon for a dentist to take up a sport of one type or another, but polo is probably not one that comes
to mind to many when thinking of those sports. Dr. Tom Fankhauser of Wichita began playing polo after he and his
wife bought a few horses about twenty-five years ago.
While they didn’t buy the horses for polo initially, “One thing lead to another,” he says. Though he has since retired
from the game of polo, he still enjoys horses and horseback riding. "While a polo pony is not in every horse,” he
says, “they seem to enjoy playing the game and they get excited when they see the field.”
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Nancy Addy Dr. Nancy Addy of Leawood loves to show off her garden. As a twelve year Johnson County Master Gardner, she
goes to great lengths to keep her gardens and stone walkways immaculate. Stonework carves tiers across her gar-
dens and each plant and tree is grown and cared for with great passion and energy. For the past eighteen years,
Nancy has been in charge of the gardens at the Unity Temple in Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza. We photo-
graphed Nancy along a stone walkway in her garden where she often practices yoga in the mornings. When not gardening or working at her dental practice, she enjoys bird watching and horseback riding.
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Linda Lollar If, as a first time deer hunter, you shoot a twelve-point buck, you might quickly become addicted to hunting. That
is exactly what happened to Dr. Linda Lollar of Erie. She has now traveled and hunted extensively, most recently in
Africa on her twenty-fifth anniversary trip with her husband Don, where she shot a zebra near Grahamstown, South
Africa.
While big game certainly brings her enjoyment, she likes wild turkey hunting the most because of the male turkey ’s
rituals and the strutting they do in response to the calls. Many of her patients are hunters and she enjoys talking
with them about their own hunting experiences. She has plenty of her own stories to share.
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DeDe Behrens The chance to step onto the pitch of her beloved soccer team was a treat for the long -time fan of Sporting Kansas
City, the only professional top-level sports team in Kansas. Dr. DeDe Behrens of Kansas City and her family have
been season ticket holders since Major League Soccer began play in 1996 when the team competed at Arrowhead
Stadium.
DeDe holds number twenty-three, the number of her favorite player, Kei Kamara. The team plays in Kansas City at
the state-of -the-art Sporting Park, recognized in 2012 as the best stadium in the world at the TheStadiumBusiness
Awards in Italy.
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Jason Wells Economic development is important to Dr. Jason Wells of Salina who serves his community as a member of the Sa-
lina Chamber of Commerce. Part of that economic development is created by the aircraft industry which serves
Salina and North Central Kansas. With a satellite campus located at the Salina airport, Kansas State University at
Salina has programs in aviation and engineering technology.
As a pitcher for the Kansas State University Wildcats in the 1990’s, Jason earned his first career victory against the
No. 1 ranked Wichita State University Shockers.
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Kelly Henrichs Dr. Kelly Henrichs personifies Dodge City. The design of the lobby in his dental office includes the teller stands and
a safe from an old Dodge City bank. A saddle used during John F. Kennedy's Inauguration Parade is also proudly
on display.
The Dodge City Rodeo, one of the biggest in the world, is an important part of Kelly's civic involvement where he
has served on the Board of Directors of the Dodge City Roundup Rodeo. Here he is posed with one of his horses at
his home, just a short drive from his office.
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Kevin Cassidy Dr. Kevin Cassidy of Topeka is known among the dental profession for his knowledge and involvement in Kansas
politics. When he decided to build a new dental practice overlooking the Governor’s Mansion known as Cedar
Crest, at least a few dentists probably wondered if he chose that location just to keep a closer eye on things.
Kevin built his new practice shortly after his father Michael retired in 2007. They practiced together for eleven
years, from 1996 when Kevin graduated from orthodontic school at the University of Tennessee Health Science
Center College of Dentistry.
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Sara Meng
Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disorder which has affected Dr. Sara Meng's family, including her brother and
cousin. Each year she participates in the Great Strides Walk for CF in Wichita, where she practices dentistry. Her
brother named the team the Phlegm Fighters (a take off of the music band The Foo Fighters) and it now includes
members of her extended family who have joined her cause.
Sara is a Kansas native and grew up in the country near Abilene where she will proudly claim with a wink that she is
a world champion goat milker. Sara is seen here with her team t-shirt worn in the 2012 walk.
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For more than twenty years, Dr. Kirk Collier
of Shawnee Mission has been driving racecars. His love for racing was influenced by
his uncle who was a race car driver when
Kirk was in college.
Kirk races the Sports Car Club of America
(SCCA) circuit at tracks across the country,
including Heartland Park in Topeka. He
looks forward to racing on the Circuit of
America track in Austin, Texas in 2013 with
eighty-nine other cars.
While he enjoys the thrill of racing speeds
up to 130 mph, the friends and other race
car hobbyists he knows through the sport
are his greatest joy.
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Eric Fayziev 29 When Dr. Eric Fayziev came to the United
States from Russia in 1997, he was just
nineteen years old and spoke very little
English. After completing a degree in ac-
counting and working for a few years in the
profession, he felt that something was miss-
ing and decided to become a dentist. “I always liked building things and working
with people. Practicing dentistry allows me
to see a plan for a patient and the joy of
completing that project,” says Fayziev. In 2004, Fayziev’s parents moved to the
United States and in 2005, he became a US
citizen. Eric now practices in the City of
Mulvane, 5439 miles from Moscow where
he was raised.
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Pam McCullough Playing competitive tennis and teaching children the game are only part of Dr. Pam McCullough's passion for the
sport. She has traveled the world to many of the great tennis tournaments and competitions and enjoys combining
her love for travel with her family and the sport of tennis. When she visits Wimbledon, she will have completed the
Grand Slam circuit which also includes the Australian, French and United States Opens. Tennis has taken her and
her family to play on the famous grass courts of Newport, Rhode Island and the clay courts of Marbella, Spain.
We met Pam for this photograph at the Blue Sky Sculpture in her hometown of Newton.
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Dennis Myers President Abraham Lincoln only came to Kansas once. That was on December 1, 1859 and he only made it as far as
the Northeast Kansas town of Troy where Dr. Dennis Myers has practiced dentistry for twenty-seven years.
History is an important part of the civic minded Myers who has restored a number of old buildings in Troy that
stand across the street from the Troy town square. He recently restored a forty year old shrimp boat and lays claim
to creating the only commercial shrimping operation in the area. An antique map showing the United States and
its territories hangs in his office over a roll top desk.
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32 When Mr. and Mrs. Majors bought an up-
right piano for their living room in 1979,
they didn't know that this would make suchan impact on their oldest son. When Dr.
Chris Majors of Wichita was nearly eight
years old, his parents noticed that he really
was spending lots of time on their new
"furniture piece".
Six months later, he took his first piano les-
son. Ten years later, Chris auditioned for a
piano scholarship at the University of Kan-sas. He was awarded a full scholarship to
study piano performance his freshman
year.
After two semesters as a music major, Chris
decided he needed to find a career that
would support his love for playing the pi-
ano. So, he changed his course of studies
and began his journey into dentistry.He still plays today and has focused his ef-
forts more on cultivating music in the lives
of his four children. The Majors’ children
are active in music and he feels blessed to
have “his own family band.”
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Dr. Steve Epler has practiced in Yates Center
for thirty-three years. He wanted to practice
in a small town, but Valley Falls, where heand his wife Mary grew up, already had a
dentist. As a result, he moved to Yates
Center and opened a practice across the
street from the Woodson County Court-
house where we took this photograph.
When he was not able to find a hygienist,
his wife Mary went to dental hygiene school
and has been with his practice ever since.
We discovered during the photo shoot that
Mary’s mother stayed with a relative, Suzy
Corpstein, after her house burned down in
the 1930’s. Corpstein is the grandmother of
Jennifer Jones, co-author of this book.
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There are countless examples of athletes
who become leaders. The former Kansas
State University football player, Dr. BertOettmeier, Jr., has taken his leadership to
the American Dental Association where he
has served as the Chair of the ADA ’s Coun-
cil on Dental Benefits. We photographed
the Leawood dentist “in action” while chair-
ing a meeting for the KDA.
Bert had an opportunity to play in the Ca-
nadian Football League following his careerat K-State in the early 1970’s as a defensive
end. Instead, he turned that down and
went to dental school.
He was a member of a slow-pitch softball
team that finished fifth in the Super Major
tournament. As a pilot, he often flew
around the country to play in softball tour-
naments. Bert also coached high school
football for four years.
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Dr. Mark Herzog of Ellsworth poses while
holding a family portrait he had recently
taken with his wife of thirty years, Tracy,and their five adopted children.
Two of their children were adopted from
foreign countries. Gabriel the youngest,
who Mark calls the most affectionate, is
from Mumbia, India while Isaac, sixteen,
was adopted from Russia at age eighteen-
months.
Kelsea, the oldest at twenty-three, is in
graduate school at Wichita State University
studying International Studies. Son Jordon
attends Kansas State University. Both were
newborns when adopted. Fifteen-year old
Rachel was adopted in Kansas. Both she
and Isaac are active tennis players.
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Lori Engelmann Like many parents, Dr. Lori Engelmann of Leawood spends much of her time at her children ’s sports practices. In
her case, the sport was swimming where she spent thirteen years at this pool at the Leawood South Country Club as
a swim mom while her two children, Jenna and Garrett, participated in competitive swimming.
Lori, her husband Jeff and children regularly travel to Germany where she spent time growing up as a military
daughter. Her father was a physician and she knew in college that she either wanted to practice dentistry or medi-
cine. Whichever she decided, she wanted to stay in the Kansas City area to be close to her family and the friendly
people of the Midwest.
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Joseph Laudie
Each April Dr. Joseph Laudie, from Emporia, receives a six -pound package in the mail. Inside it are approximately
10,000 Italian honey bees. These bees are popular among beekeepers because they are not overly protective of
their hives. Joseph has been raising bees for three years. His twin brother Jacob, a dentist too, also raises bees.
During the queen bee’s three-year life, she will lay two-thousand eggs a day and each colony will consist of 40,000-
60,000 bees at any given time. In all, the bees in the hive will visit about 225,000 flowers per day. The worker bees,
which live about six weeks, will only collect about one-twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in their lifetime. “Honey pro-
duction is all about the numbers,” he says.
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Dr. Chris Leiszler is an active supporter of the Lumberyard Arts Center housed in the near century -old Ives-Hartley
Lumber Company building in Baldwin City. In 2002, the revitalization of this local downtown landmark began. To-
day, the Arts Center is a thriving community center used to promote visual, performing, literary and heritage arts.
Phase II of the renovation will add a 184-seat theatre to the building.
In addition to his support of the center, Chris is a Big Brother for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program.
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Guy & Kathryn Gross, Allison Lesko, Ken Guest
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Heartland Dental Group in Salina recently organized a community project to encourage activity and develop suc-
cess, designed from the book Take the Stairs, written by Rory Vaden. This phrase has both a literal and figurative
meaning. Taking the stairs means not taking shortcuts or quick fixes, which among other things, leads to procras-
tination, compromise and mediocrity. It also has a physical health element to literally take the stairs rather than
the escalator.
Drs. Guy and Kathryn Gross along with Dr. Allison Lesko and Dr. Ken Guest, who is also Kathryn ’s father, posed
outside their office wearing the t-shirts they made specifically for their team.
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With a dental practice on the fourteenth
floor of the Epic Center in downtown Wich-
ita, Dr. John Lewis has a different view outhis window than most dentists in Kansas.
When he is not practicing dentistry, you
might find John in the basement of a li-
brary, blowing the dust off old books and
documents as he traces his family tree into
the Dark Ages to the year 750. John has
traced his ancestry lines to the House of
Plantagenet and includes Kings andQueens of England, France and Spain. John will often spend his weekends camp-
ing with the Boy Scouts, where he has
spent ninety nights over the past few years,
about a half of those were below freezing.
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41 Stephanie Warden For many driving through Johnson County,
the suburbs seem to run together, separat-
ed only by a street or a street sign. But forlifetime locals, like Dr. Stephanie Warden of
Prairie Village, the uniqueness and history
of their cities become a part of their identi-
ty, not unlike other communities across the
state of Kansas. In the 1940’s J.C. Nichols, who also devel-
oped Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza,
looked to develop a planned community forsoldiers returning from World War II. In
1951, Prairie Village was officially recog-
nized as a city. Stephanie enjoys spending time with her
family and is an active tennis player. She
plays competitively through the United
State Tennis Association and TenCap Dou-
bles League.
She is photographed alongside her Golden
Retriever Roxy. They take classes together
and are working toward the Canine Good
Citizen qualification.
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Maya Nunley A Wichita native, Dr. Maya Nunley returned home to complete her Advanced Education in General Dentistry resi-
dency at Wichita State University. We met Maya at the grand opening of the AEGD building in Wichita recently con-
structed on the campus of WSU. Maya says that she opted to attend the AEGD program upon graduation from UMKC School of Dentistry because
she felt she needed more experience. When she heard of the WSU program, she knew she wanted to be a part of
it.
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Larre Betsworth
Dr. Larre Betsworth of Topeka had no quarrels about us snapping a few photographs of him upside down doing a
handstand or as he’s posed here, performing an “L-Seat” on a dip bar in his basement.
Larre, who was a state high school All-around Champion in Topeka, went on to the collegiate level and would com-
pete for the University of Kansas Jayhawks as a gymnast. Along with running thirty-five miles a week and regularly
lifting weights, he continues to stay active in gymnastics with routines on the rings, parallel bars, vaulting, and even
floor exercises.
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Lucynda Raben
Finding a location to photograph Dr. Lucynda Raben and her three dogs was not much of a challenge. She often
walks her three dogs along the paths of the 282 acre Chisholm Creek Park in Northeast Wichita, not far from her
office. The park has 2 1/2 miles of paved trails with wetlands, ponds and woodlands. What was a challenge, how-
ever, was getting all three dogs to look the same direction and not at the other activity even on this 100-degree
plus day during the summer.
Lucynda has been very active physically and has completed endurance bicycle rides and distance runs.
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Austin “Bud” Helm On April 1, 1945, while unloading ships on an island near Saipan in the Pacific Ocean, Japanese pilots began an aer-
ial attack on the US Navy. Dr. Austin “Bud” Helm of Belle Plaine climbed to the top of the ship and directed the
fighters to the incoming planes. As the Japanese strafed the boats on shore, a bullet ricocheted and hit Bud in his
chest. As he looked down expecting to see blood, he saw none. He reached into his pocket and removed a ciga-
rette lighter with a bullet lodged inside. His life had been saved.
Bud keeps the cigarette lighter alongside other World War II medals and mementos, including photographs of his
late wife, who wrote to him every day when he was in the service.
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Dr. Effie Gaskill was born and raised in
Western Kansas and now practices in the
small Southwest Kansas community of
Hugoton.
Effie and her four children are actively in-
volved in 4-H and she is a club leader. She
and her family embrace the Western Kansas
lifestyle and enjoy horseback riding togeth-
er. Having her children participate in 4-H
was especially important to her and she
jokes that she put it in her pre-nuptials with
her husband Dax.
Effie is standing next to her horse Rocco.
He is particularly mild mannered, especially
around her children. She will even keep
him in a separate pen because the other
horses tend to pick on him.
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Eric Johnson 47 In the fifth grade, Dr. Eric Johnson began
playing the guitar. While in dental school at
UMKC, he and a few of his classmates be-gan playing in a band for fun and to relieve
the stresses of studying. Now, he uses his
love for music and the guitar to teach
school kids the importance of good dental
health. He often visits schools around his
hometown of Topeka. “I take one of my favorite songs and swap
out the lyrics and make songs about caringfor your teeth. I always enjoy watching as
the blank stares on the students turn to ex-
citement as they understand the message.” We photographed Eric at the KDA office.
After we finished, he played one of his fa-
vorites, “Teeth Clean and Bright”, a take off
of Bon Jovi’s “Dead or Alive.”
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Not far from the geographic center of the
contiguous forty-eight states is Smith Cen-
ter, home of Dr. Bill Grimes. Bill and his wife
Pat stand next to the Old Dutch Mill con-
structed in 1879, one of only two such mills
remaining in Kansas.
Bill has been a Rotarian for forty years and
served as a District Governor. He has trav-
eled to Panama twenty times for work with
fellow Rotarians and five trips to provide
dental care.
The Grimeses are fans of the local high
school football team, the Smith Center
Redmen. The team was featured in the New
York Times Best Seller Our Boys: A Perfect
Sea-son on the Plains with the Smith Center
Red-men written by Joe Drape.
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Dr. Ron Katzer of Topeka enjoys the great
outdoors. For many years he and his broth-
er have gone on a two-week, unguided, wil-
derness adventure.
After a bush pilot drops them in a remote
area of Alaska, they spend two weeks with
nothing but a backpack with dehydrated
food, a tent, medical supplies, the clothes
they are wearing and a gun at their hips to
protect themselves. “We take with us what-
ever we would need to survive,”
Ron says.Their last Alaskan adventure was a rafting
trip. Flooding from thirty days of rainfall in
the mountains made for a harrowing expe-
rience. Dodging trees, rocks, and brush
piles proved more than they bargained.
“It was very dangerous and with no com-
munications, if something had gone wrong,
it could have turned into a very bad trip.”
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Ryan Kohlmeier After a two-year stint in the majors as a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, Cottonwood Falls native Dr. Ryan Kohl-
meier went to dental school and now practices in nearby Emporia. Ryan returned to his home town for his photo-
graph in front of the Chase County Courthouse built the same year the KDA was founded, 1871.
Ryan pitched as a reliever and recorded nineteen saves, all for Baltimore. One of his best memories was when fu-
ture Hall of Fame player, Cal Ripken, Jr., introduced himself and welcomed him to the Orioles ’ clubhouse. “Even
when we played at Yankee Stadium, fans would stand in long lines to get his autograph. It was awesome to be able
to see that from a player’s perspective.”
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Dan Bock
Dr. Dan Bock stands next to a statue of an Apache warrior on the campus of Haskell Indian Nations University
where he practices dentistry for the Indian Health Services. Haskell, located in Lawrence, is a tribal university for
members of federally recognized Native American tribes in the United States.
Dan annually travels to Islamorada, Florida, coined “the sport fishing capital of the world.” He says his greatest
catch is a 150-pound tarpon he caught last year.
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Don Essington
Few communities have preserved the history of Nineteenth Century architecture quite like Council Grove, Kansas.
Council Grove was a vital stop along the Santa Fe Trail for traders and pioneers and its visitors are quickly taken
back to that era. Nestled in the Kansas Flint Hills is Dr. Don Essington, who along with his wife Connie, purchased
the historic Victorian Cottage House Bed and Breakfast in 1982 and owned and operated it for twenty-eight years.
Don was photographed on the front porch of the Cottage House where he would often bell hop when needed,
even while practicing dentistry. Scenes from a 1987 miniseries, Murder Ordained , were filmed at the bed and break-
fast. Down the street is Hays House 1857 Restaurant and Tavern, a can’t miss stop in the Kansas Flint Hills.
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Amy Hahn
It’s not unusual to find a dentist with a pilot ’s license. What is unusual is to find one who is a female. So unusual,
Dr. Amy Hahn of Olathe is the only female member of the Flying Dentists Association, a national organization that
combines flying with the opportunity to earn CE at fly-in meetings across the country. As the daughter of a dentist
and a pilot, Amy has been around planes her entire life and her love for the air is unmistakable.
Amy is a mother with two young children. She calls herself a tech geek and has been teaching other flying dentists
how to better use technology in their dental practices.
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Hal Hale Dr. Hal Hale of Wichita has been a member of The Scottish Rite of Freemasonry since he was nineteen years old.
Freemasonry is one of the oldest and largest organizations in the world and many of America ’s Founding Fathers
were members. As he studied American history, the principles of Freemasonry became even more important to him. Hal is actively involved in the Scottish Rite and the regalia he has earned and is wearing is that of a 33rd Degree
Scottish Rite Freemason, the highest degree that can be attained in Masonry. Hal came from a Masonic family and
even his mother and grandmother are members of the Order of the Eastern Star.
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David Parsons
Many dental offices across the state have played a part in the preservation of community history. The dental office
of Dr. David Parsons in Winfield is now in the space of what was once the children ’s section of the Winfield Public
Library, presented to the people of Winfield in 1912. He bought the building in 1990, remodeled the interior and
now practices on the lower-level. His father Ray, who served as President of the Kansas Dental Association, prac-
ticed with him for a short time before retiring.
It is not uncommon to hear the dancing of young ballerinas through the ceiling of his dental office from the dance
studio which occupies the main level.
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Glenn Hemberger Dr. Glenn Hemberger bikes to work in the mornings; but, it’s not just a short commute. He usually leaves his house
at 4:45 in the morning to take his twenty-mile route to his Overland Park pediatric dental office. He rides upwards
to two hundred miles each week and he plans to ride the Bike Across Kansas in June of 2012.
While expensive to travel with his bike, Glenn will often take it on trips. He enjoys riding in different parts of the
country and finds it “an excellent way to view and enjoy the scenery.” At the end of each day, Glenn rides his bike
home, but takes a shorter seven-mile route, usually in rush hour traffic.
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Crystal Obee
Dr. Crystal Obee stands next to an antique McCormick-Deering stationary engine she bought at an auction about
thirty years ago. Crystal belongs to a “tired iron club” and its members collect things like vintage farming equip-
ment and as she says, “we’ll get together and show the young people how we used to do things.”
The engine is small enough that they can throw it in the back of a truck and take it to a show. It is also easy to
maintain and run, although the parts can often be difficult to find. She now has five engines that are in working or-
der, but the McCormick-Deering is her favorite.
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Andrew Moore Dr. Andrew Moore of Shawnee sits next to his drum set prior to a gig he and his band, Perpetual Change, played
recently in Kansas City. While he was in high school, the band recorded a single, “Heartbeat Away”, which received
airplay on some local radio stations. While they never got their big break, they did open for The Outfield and Deb-
bie Gibson.
The band broke apart for a while and their guitar player moved to Los Angeles and played briefly for the band, The
Outfield. Five years ago, at a high school reunion, the band got back together and now play at least once a month.
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Sidney McKnight While he doesn’t spend as much time on the links as he once did as a golfer for the University of Kansas Men’s Golf
Team, Dr. Sidney McKnight can still be found on a course with his clubs. While he considered taking a chance and
making golf a profession, he opted instead to take the route of his father and become a dentist. At a tournament in
Santa Cruz, Sidney once played against future PGA Tour professionals, Phil Mickelson of Arizona State University
and David Duval of Georgia Tech. Today, Sidney and his wife have two boys, aged nine and thirteen and fly fishing has become his passion. He prac-
tices in the Prairie Village dental office his father started in 1968.
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Dr. Gary Conover of Wichita was photo-
graphed by The Keeper of the Plains, a forty
-foot statue that stands tall over the Arkan-
sas River near downtown Wichita. While it
watches over Wichita, the statute commem-
orates the rich Native-American culture in
Kansas. It was erected in 1974 to celebrate
the United States Bicentennial and stands
on the grounds of the All-American Indian
Center.
Gary has been a member of the Kansas Golf Association (KGA) for thirty years. He be-
gan officiating amateur golf tournaments in
the 1980’s. While serving the KGA and the
United States Golf Association, including
one year as president of the KGA, his duties
were to host local qualifying tournaments
such as the US Open and the US Amateur
tournaments.
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61 Lynne Baker
While attending college at Kansas State
University, Dr. Lynne Baker studied abroad
in Giessen, Germany at the Justus LiebigUniversitaet as part of her modern lan-
guage studies. While there, she began knit-
ting and quilting. Lynne, an oral surgeon in
Topeka, donates a great amount of her time
to community projects and organizations in
the Topeka area.
Lynne is pictured here with some of her
knitted projects. Draped around her shoul-ders is a dual colored, full length scarf. In
the foreground is a variegated sweater with
rib-knit cuffs and band. On the chair to the
left is a more complicated patterned sweat-
er.
She and her husband Marc, have three
sons, Levi, Riggin and Cole.
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62 While growing up, Dr. Susan Krotzinger of
Leawood always had a hat, but seldom ever
wore them. Until one day about ten yearsago, when her church was having a garage
sale, she discovered a very large box of old
hats. As she went through them, she found
several that were in good condition and she
thought she might have an outfit to go with
each hat. Soon, that hat collection grew. She enjoyed
wearing them and began finding more vin-tage hats in stores around Kansas City and
even more as she traveled to other cities.
Friends often find hats to add her collection
as well. Her hat collection now consists of
over 150 hats, some of which hang on the
wall behind her in her home where we pho-
tographed her.
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Dr. Kristi Melcher received an email from
the Rawlins County Dental Clinic in Atwood
soon after graduation from dental school atUNMC College of Dentistry and her wed-
ding. The opportunity to participate in a
loan repayment program was too much to
pass up for the young couple, and soon,
they were on their way to the small North-
west Kansas town.
When we photographed Kristi, she was just
one-week from her due date and ironically,
she and her husband were living at a retire-
ment community center in Atwood. While
they knew that when their child was born
they would need to move, she said the la-
dies in the community center were excited
to have a baby around.
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You probably won’t find Dr. Cindi Sherwood leave her house without a book in hand, whether it’s her favorite novel,
Jayne Eyre, or a contemporary crime novel written by Sue Grafton. In June of 2012, she will celebrate her 30th
anniversary of dental practice in Independence, where she was born and raised. She began her dental career as a
dental hygienist and after three years, began dental school at UMKC.
"Reading really helps me relax and keeps me from worrying about things," she says. "In the next life, I'd like to be
a prosecuting attorney, I really like reading all the details of that profession."
Cindi Sherwood
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James Gertken The Skylab space station orbited Earth from 1973 until 1979. A workshop that allowed scientists to perform experi-
ments in space was a major component to the precursor of the Space Shuttle program. As the Kansas Cos-
mosphere in Hutchinson grew from a planetarium established at the Kansas State Fairgrounds, a local dentist, Dr.
James Gertken, was approached to help identify the instruments found in the Skylab emergency dental kit. While the Cosmosphere could not keep the kit, replica instruments were procured with James ’ connections with
dental supply companies. James is photographed at the Kansas Cosmosphere with those instruments.
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Jon Tilton While in the Navy in 1975, Dr. Jon Tilton read about a stained glass class at the University of California, Berkley and
quickly discovered that it was something he enjoyed. When he moved to Wichita soon after, he pursued more clas-
ses and even taught the craft in the early 1980’s. For a short period, Jon had a small glass business and sold at craft
shows. The Wichita dentist has since made hundreds of stained glass works and began doing lamps, like the one
he is seated next to, about ten years ago. Now he primarily does stained glass for gifts and fundraisers. Jon is one of the founders of the Kansas Mission of Mercy and the America’s Dentists Care Foundation.
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Kami Ross Dr. Kami Ross of Olathe, joined the United States Air Force before graduating from the UMKC School of Dentistry.
She says that serving in the military gave her a deep sense of community and patriotism. Kami served as a dentist
for active duty and retired personnel and she especially enjoys the retired personnel and the stories they told of
their service. She recounted the US response to the September 11th attacks which she uniquely observed while sta-
tioned at Whiteman Air Force Base.
Kami has four children and practices with her husband, Dr. Karl Breuckmann. She enjoys photography, interior de-
sign and gluten free cooking.
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68 Ed Webber
Perhaps looking at this photograph, you
would not guess that Dr. Ed Webber is the
president of the classical music SunflowerMusic Festival or a fifteen-year board mem-
ber of the Topeka Symphony. That might,
however, just describe the varied interests of
the Topeka dentist.
Ed built a log cabin by himself in 1980,
north of Topeka, where he enjoys fishing
gardening, beekeeping, canoeing and
mushroom farming. Ed stocked his pond
with bass and built a gazebo on the water to
enjoy the evenings without mosquitoes.
We met him at his cabin for this photo
where he annually hosts the Topeka District
Dental Society. He remains actively involved
and recently served as the district president.
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Dr. David Jones of Chanute will travel just
about anywhere to fish, and he has. The
angler has traveled the world, visiting twen-ty-five states, eight Canadian provinces and
seven countries, including Brazil, Chile and
the Republic of Kiribati’s Christmas Island.
While posing for this photograph on a fall
morning at the Chanute City Lake might not
have been the most exotic location David
has ever fished, he still couldn’t help but
smile and enjoy the chance to cast a line.
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70 Ross Hildebrand At the midway point of 140 Years, 140 Sto-
ries, we located a dentist as close to the cen-
ter of Kansas that we could find. We photo-graphed Dr. Ross Hildebrand in a garden
that he plants and maintains behind his
dental office in Great Bend.
Just east of Great Bend is the 41,000 acre
Cheyenne Bottoms, said to be the largest
wetland in the interior United States. To the
west is Pawnee Rock, a popular stop upon
the Santa Fe Trail and was considered the
halfway point between Independence, Mis-
souri and Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was also
a dangerous spot where angry Pawnee Indi-
ans could spot and attack approaching cara-
vans. Ross enjoys spending time on his house-
boat at Lake Wilson with friends and family.
He says he is at that age in life where he
spends time with his granddaughter, and heis excited about another grandchild on the
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There are big changes happening in down-
town Kansas City, Kansas. The area that for
years has suffered economically, is now be-ing redeveloped and Dr. Miralda Moreno is
happy to be a part of that renewal and the
multi-cultural community that lives there.
Among the eight murals in Kansas City’s
Avenue of Murals, initiated in 2004 to cele-
brate the history and culture of the area, is
a WPA style mural showing a printer at a
hand press. The mural was designed withthe help of retired printers who worked at
the Kansas City Kansan newspaper.
We photographed Miralda in front of this
particular mural as a reflection on the
printing and publishing of this book, 140
Years, 140 Stories.
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Joe Gatti
Bicycle enthusiasts will often watch the Tour de France and imagine the difficulty of the mountain climbs. Few riderscan say they’ve conquered these mountains, including the legendary Cols du Telegraphe and Galibier, both fea-
tured in the 2012 Tour, and the Aple d ’Huez.
Dr. Joe Gatti of Lawrence, along with two of his cycling friends, took a six -day tour of France and experienced the
challenges of climbing these mountains. Joe rides regularly with a cycling group and in the summer will often ride
between two and three hundred miles a week. He also bikes to work and says he only drives his car to his office
about three times a year.
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Forty-five minutes south and west of Hays, Dr. Paul Jones and his family continue to ranch the land his ancestors
homesteaded a century ago. He now raises cattle and sells the meat in his market, Hays City Quality Meats, next to
his native stone dental office. The building where he and his brother Jarrod practice was originally built in 1873 as a
home.
We drove with Paul to his ranch and just as the rain was beginning to fall from a spring thunderstorm, we were able
to photograph the fourth-generation rancher with the cattle he raises. He, along with Dr. Kurt Martin, compete in
BBQ competitions throughout the region.
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Sarina Harman-Tinnel
Dr. Sarina Harman-Tinnel of Overland Park stands on one leg, with arms held high above her head in a Vriksasana
or Tree Pose. Sarina has been practicing yoga for six years. In addition, she ran the Kansas City Half -Marathon as a
member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program. Her father is a lymphoma survivor.
Sarina was involved in a vehicle accident when she was a teenager and suffered injuries to her mouth which re-
quired extensive dental work. She says she learned early on how much a smile can impact a person ’s self esteem.
She made a promise to herself that she would not only go to dental school, but would provide quality, compassion-
ate care to her patients.
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Don Luellen
Dr. Don Luellen of Wichita stands in a field behind his house, holding his .30 -30 caliber TC Contender he used to
win the 1988 national champion National Rifle Association long range silhouette standing competition. In 1989 he
followed his championship with a third-place finish.
He will also proudly tell you that he shot his first three deer with that handgun. While attending the University of
Kansas in the 1960’s Don was a member of the Jayhawk rifle team and competed in the Intercollegiate smallbore
rifle competition.
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Lisa Metzen
Dr. Lisa Metzen and Dr. Ashley Swisher practice together in Minneapolis. Both are raising families and were photo-graphed at a spot known as Rock City, just a few miles outside of Minneapolis. The area, with two hundred large
spherical boulders is designated as a National Natural Landmark.
Lisa and her husband Joe have a daughter and are owners of a nearly one-hundred-year old home, which they are
currently remodeling. Both she and Joe grew up in small communities and enjoy the small town life that Minneap-
olis offers.
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Ashley Swisher Dr. Ashley Swisher grew up in a small town and when the opportunity arose to purchase a practice in Minneapolis,she took it. The practice quickly expanded and Dr. Lisa Metzen, her classmate and friend, joined her. Since both Ashley and Lisa are mothers with young children, they schedule their practice hours so they can spend
more time with their families. She and her husband Keir, enjoy that time together with their new child, two Wei-
maraners, along with running and biking.
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Nevin Waters
We’ve all faced challenges in life, but few have faced the same challenges Dr. Nevin Waters of Olathe has. Nevinwas diagnosed with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) in 2004 and with one possible match of the six-
million people on the transplant registry, he received a stem cell transplant from a man in Norway on June 16,
2005. After undergoing treatment for four months in Seattle, Nevin returned home and soon to his practice.
Today, Nevin continues his support of a medical mission to Mexico. Because of his work and the support of teams
he helped coordinate, there is now a year-round medical and dental clinic in Tochimizolco, Mexico.
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Brett Roufs
Dr. Brett Roufs of Newton views his “wheels” differently. His 2005 little red Corvette is his favorite and he wished,worked and saved for a long time to get it. A three-wheeler accident in high school left him paralyzed below the
waist, making his wheels an essential part of Brett’s life and allows him the ability to keep pushing forward.
While often an obstacle and never a stop sign, Brett’s wheels (he has five chairs that he uses regularly) allow him to
play basketball, tennis, and even snow ski. A four-wheel drive power chair allows him to participate in more serious
outdoor activities like hiking and fishing.
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When the United States boycotted the 1980
Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, USSR,
most Americans simply missed out on aspectacular of athleticism. But for Dr. Ron
Neugent of Wichita, the boycott meant the
twenty-year-old would not live the dream
of being an Olympian 1500-meter swimmer.
Congress authorized the production of 466
Congressional Gold Medals, the highest and
most distinguished civilian award, to be giv-
en to the members of the 1980 Olympicteam to recognize their sacrifice. However,
the team did not know the significance of
that medal (left) that ironically was simply
gold-plated bronze and called a “special
gold medal.” Ron worked with the United
States Congress to clarify the historical im-
portance of the award and it is now listed
correctly in the Congressional Record.
The other medal Ron is wearing was pre-
sented by the U.S. Olympic Committee for
making the 1980 team.
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When a tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, in
May of 2011, it didn’t just hit close to Dr.
Rob Herron who practices in nearby Colum-bus, his wife Lori was working at Joplin’s
Mercy Hospital when it suffered a direct hit.
She was fine, but for days, Rob posted pho-
tographs of vehicles in ruins as he searched
for her car. A few days later, he found the
tornado had carried it a few blocks from
where his wife had parked it.
Rob enjoys dyeing silk scarves and t-shirts.
The shirt in his photograph was dyed using
a common kitchen fork and twisting the
shirt around it. His interest in dyeing start-
ed when he decided to make t-shirts for
staff appreciation.
Rob’s Columbus practice sits near the Mis-
souri and Oklahoma border in the south-
east corner of Kansas.
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Dr. Jarrett Grosdidier holds number eighty-
two, the number he wore as a tight end at
Kansas State University from 1994-1997 as
a 6-5, 250–pound collegiate athlete. The St.
Paul, Kansas native jumped from the ranks
of 8-man football to earning an honorable
mention All-Big 12 selection and Big 12 all-
academic team honors. Jarrett is well re-
garded as one of the top high school foot-
ball players in Kansas history.
Jarrett scored a touchdown with his first ca-reer catch, a twenty-five yard pass from
quarterback Brian Kavanagh in a 59-3 rout
over Indiana State. He scored again later in
the game on his second catch from four
yards out. His most memorable game was
defeating Syracuse to win the 1997 Fiesta
Bowl.
Jarrett now practices in Overland Park. He
and his wife Kim are the parents of four
daughters.
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In the 1880’s a Englishman by the name of
Francis “Ned” Turnley bought hundreds of
acres of land in Kansas with the idea of re-cruiting a colony of English sons of wealthy
families to learn the art of farming. Those
who came from England were largely se-
cond sons of wealthy families who came
not to learn farming, but to escape the Vic-
torian atmosphere of England and for some
good old-fashioned partying in the com-
munity known as Runnymede. Not long
after, Turnley’s plan failed and Runnymedebecame a ghost town.
St. James Episcopal Church was moved
from Runnymede to nearby Harper, where
Dr. Greg Kilbane now practices. When we
talked to Greg about the stories in his com-
munity, he brought the story of Runnymede
to our attention. Naturally, we photo-
graphed him on the steps of the church.
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Mark and Melodee Armfield
Drs. Mark and Melodee Armfield of Augusta began scuba diving in 2010, just prior to the American Dental Associ-ation’s Annual Session and did their first certified dive in Hawaii at the meeting. To date, the couple have nearly
350 combined dives. They enjoy the underwater life and identifying the plants and animals they see. Their son
Collin also dives, but has only joined them once.
Their favorite diving location is Nassau, Bahamas. Mark says they can leave Wichita first thing in the morning and
be in Nassau shortly after noon, which makes for an easy three-day trip.
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Bob Smith
Long before the World Wide Web, Dr. Bob Smith was interacting with people from across the globe. As a Ham ra-dio operator, Bob has always had an interest in technology and communications, once filming a spoof to the song
“Smooth Operator” in his office long before YouTube. He has competed in continuous wave and general DX—long
distance competitions. Assembling towers for these contests often takes weeks with the objective of talking to
people in as many countries as possible in one day. He once spoke to people in two-hundred different countries.
Along with Ham radio, he has competed in ballroom dancing, has built a wooden canoe and has flown as a pilot.
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Phil Zivnuska
What began as simply taking pictures of his children playing sports, Dr. Phil Zivnuska of Wichita has now takencountless photographs of local high school and youth athletes. Many of these photographs hang on the walls of
his office, including that of three-sport athlete and highly recruited Derek “Bubba” Starling from Gardner-Edgerton
High School. One of the photographs of Starling, now an outfielder in the Kansas City Royals organization, was
used by Panini America (formerly Donruss) for his baseball card.
Phil’s photos have also been used in VYPE Magazine and MaxPreps along with area newspapers.
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Greg Kelley
If a building can tell a story, the building which houses the dental office Dr. Greg Kelley of Independence, has a richstory to tell. In 1949, August T. Baden invented the Cinnamon toothpick and operated out of the second floor of
the building known locally as the Baden Building from 1962 until 1980. Greg moved into this building in 1991 and
remodeled the main floor as his dental office.
In the 1960’s this space was an appliance store owned and operated by Harold Harclerode, the grandfather of Greg
Hill, co-author of this book.
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Grant Ritchey Practicing in what was once a building belonging to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Dr. Grant Ritchey of Tonganoxie has followed in his father’s footsteps as a dentist, since 1986. The building once housed a pool hall
and a bar and as such, like many buildings in Tonganoxie, has a rich history and many stories to tell. Grant is standing in front of a mural of a horse drawn wagon, depicting early settler life in downtown Tonganoxie.
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Kim Hurn Dr. Kim Hurn is the only female dentist serving the Kansas Department of Corrections. She provides dental care toinmates at the Norton Correctional Facility in Northwest Kansas. We photographed Kim standing on the outside of
the fence and razor wire that secures the prison yard behind her. She has practiced at the facility for ten years. Norton Correctional Facility was previously the Norton State Hospital. It has a capacity of 707 inmates, serving both
medium and minimum security inmates.
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The idea for the Kauffman Center for the
Performing Arts can be traced back to 1994,
when Muriel Kauffman first discussed theidea of a performing arts center in Kansas
City, Missouri. Seventeen years later, the
idea came to completion when the 285,000
square foot building opened to the public.
Dr. Rita Burnett of Kansas City, Kansas, sits
on the Board of Directors for the Lyric
Opera of Kansas City, housed in the Kauff-
man Center. Rita is a long-
time supporterof the arts in Kansas City and has been
a symphony season ticket holder for
thirty years and has attended the Lyric
Opera for twenty years. She too is a
musician and plays both the piano and
clarinet.
Rita is a breast cancer survivor and is a sup-
porter of the American Cancer Society.
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The City of Humboldt’s Volunteer Fire De-
partment is located immediately behind Dr.
Sean McReynolds’
office. He gladly pulledthe fire engine from the garage and parked
it next to the town square and donned his
uniform for his photograph.
Serving as a volunteer fire fighter is just one
of the many ways Sean serves his communi-
ty outside of his dental office where he has
practiced for twenty years. He also serves
locally as an elected representative on the
Humboldt City Council as well as on theBoard of Trustees of the Allen County Hos-
pital. Sean began practicing with his father, Dr.
Max McReynolds who is now retired.
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Jason Barth Dr. Jason Barth of Salina is uniquely talented when it comes to art and woodworking. Along with creating severalpieces of art, both sculptures and paintings for his office, Jason built this elaborate tree house in the backyard of his
house. The whimsical tree house on the left, reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland, becomes a pirate ship, complete
with cannons and a crow’s nest, as you cross the bridge behind him. He built a temporary pool to soak the wood so
that he could bend it to create the pirate ship.
Jason and his wife Jenee have since moved from this home, but the new owners were more than gracious to allow
us to take the photograph. The couple now have four children.
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Kristy Marker
While attending Southern Methodist University in the mid-1980’s, Dr. Kristy Marker studied ballet and music theatre
with the goal of one day becoming a professional dancer. When she saw an ad for tryouts for the Dallas Cowboys
Cheerleaders, she decided to give it a shot and she made the team.
While she enjoyed cheering at the home football games of the Dallas Cowboys, she said the most rewarding experi-
ence was traveling as part of the United States Department of Defense USO Tour which allowed her the chance to
spend a week onboard the USS Iowa in the Pacific.
She was photographed holding her Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader’s yearbook.
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Melvin Dunn St. Francis is nestled in the northwest corner of Kansas, not far from where Kansas meets Colorado and Nebraska inthe Arikaree Breaks. Dr. Melvin Dunn is a dentist in that community and is a proud grandfather of seven.
While we spoke about several things, including hunting and camping which he enjoys, we never saw his eyes light up
in the same way they did when he showed us his “wall of fame” in the hallway of his office. We photographed him
next to those pictures of his seven grandkids.
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John Carter
Dr. John Carter of Overland Park received his Bachelor ’s Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Kansas and has
used his design skills to enhance past editions of the UMKC School of Dentistry yearbook and to design the Fifth
District Dental Society’s lapel pin. He is posed here next to some of his work in the UMKC yearbook
John has been involved with Boy Scouts for more than thirty years. He earned the rank of Eagle Scout and is mem-
bers of the Order of the Arrow and Mic-O-Say.
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Ken Cotton
Dr. Ken Cotton of McPherson admits he likes the time tested classics and given the chance, he prefers to reusethings when he can. In 2003, he moved his dental practice into what was built as a Church of the Nazarene in the
1950’s and later served as the Baptist Church. While he renovated the building and added the entryway, remnants
of the church, including some stained glass and the cross over the front door, remain.
Ken is photographed in front of his office beside his blue 1955 Chevrolet pickup truck that belonged to his father -
in-law for twenty years. Ken has owned it for the last four and often drives it to work.
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Bob Beaver Dr. Bob Beaver of Wichita has been the proud owner of a 1931 Ford Model A, the successor of the Model T, formore than thirty years. From 1928 through March of 1932, nearly five million Model A’s were produced, in as many
as nine different body styles.
Bob and his wife Helen Louise drive the back roads of the United States and they have even driven their Model A as
far as Vancouver, British Columbia, with a caravan of other Model A car owners. “One of the most enjoyable things
about owning a car like this is talking to the people you meet along the way who admire the car,” he says.
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Ron Wright
We met Dr. Ron Wright of Hiawatha just before the start of the 98th Halloween Frolic, held annually since 1914 andclaims to be the longest continuously held parade in the country. Ron is posed next to his 1967 Buick LeSabre con-
vertible he would later use to drive the Halloween Queen through the parade. The 2012 event was dubbed, “The
End of the World as We Know It,” a nod to the upcoming Mayan belief that the world will end on December 21st,
2012.
Ron has been practicing for thirty-one years in Hiawatha, but before dental school, he was the team captain for the
Tulsa Hurricane football team. He also holds a black belt in karate.
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Allen Reavis
Dr. Allen Reavis will also answer to Mayor Reavis. Since 2011, Allen has served as mayor of Atchison, KS, known asthe eastern terminus of the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe Railroad. It is also known well as the birthplace of Ame-
lia Earhart. “Civic involvement is part of how I was raised,” he says. “It’s important for me to give back.”
Allen was photographed on the front porch of Amelia Earhart ’s home in Atchison and holds the number 99 in hon-
or of the “99 Club”, a group of ninety-nine women aviators who formed the first flying club for women. Earhart
was the first president of the organization. Allen is also a pilot and flies single engine airplanes.
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If you are looking for Dr. Ken Dillehay on
the weekends, you might just find him on
his boat or his jet skis at “Alveolar Ridge”,so named by the resident dentists at Table
Rock Lake.
The Wichita orthodontist travels to Eagle
Rock, Missouri, where he spends his week-
ends with other Wichita dental colleagues
who also have nearby lake homes. It’s not
uncommon for Ken to bring out a larger
boat where he’ll
“crank up the stereo andentertain on it.” He also enjoys attending
football games at the University of Missis-
sippi, where he received his undergraduate
degree. In 2000, he served as American Dental As-
sociation’s 1st Vice President.
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101 Dr. Ted Jowett and his wife Terri are trained
Animal Disaster Responders. They complet-
ed extensive training from the Capital Area
Animal Response Team (CAART) in Topeka
on how to respond and set up shelters for
animals following a disaster. Part of their
training with CAART was to participate with
other Shawnee County responder organiza-
tions and partner in mock disaster training.
They are now certified to be deployed
around the country when a disaster creates
the need for animal shelter and relief.
Ted is posed with Captain, his African
Spurred Tortoise. Captain weighs fifty
pounds and responds when his name is
called. He is about fifteen years old and has
a life expectancy of about fifty years.
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Jake Juhl
Dr. Jake Juhl, who practices in Lakin, has a great appreciation for the rugged outdoors of Southwest Kansas. Whenwe asked him which of his vehicles he’d like to use for his photo shoot, he didn’t hesitate a moment, opting for the
Jeep over his 1971 Chevelle Super Sport. As it turns out, four-wheeling in his Jeep is a favorite activity and he knew
just the place.
We drove to the dry Arkansas River bed that cuts through Garden City where Jake lives. Once there, he positioned
the Jeep on the river bank to give it the most dramatic effect, making sure he dropped the front wheel into a rut to
show off its undercarriage.
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Steve Haught Boy Scouts has been a part of life for Dr. Steve Haught of Emporia for more than fifty years as both a scout when hewas young and now a scouter as an adult. As a youth, Steve earned the rank of Eagle Scout with three Palms, rec-
ognizing additional advancement. For the Emporia orthodontist, experiencing Philmont Scout Ranch in Northern
New Mexico, both as a hiker and an administrator, has been one of his most enjoyable aspects of scouting.
Steve actively participates in community activities and is not shy about “being silly” for the sake of charity.
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Pete Wiklund
Dr. Pete Wiklund of Lawrence took an interest in cooking while living in Europe for three years following his militaryservice in Vietnam. Unable to afford the five-star restaurants, Pete learned to cook to satisfy his culinary delights.
Pete was photographed in his kitchen where he has prepared many dishes over the years for his family and friends.
When we visited, Pete had just added a new cookbook, written by a local chef, to his vast collection and he was
anxious to try many of the new recipes.
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Larry McGary Dr. Larry McGary grew up in Monroe, Louisiana, but came to Fort Riley while in the United States Army in 1978. Heserved five and a half years, rising to a Major at the time of his retirement from the Army. Now, he says he has
been in Junction City so long that it has become home. He has served his community as a member of the school
board and through the Geary County Health Department.
Larry is posed next to a monument dedicated to the military personnel from Fort Riley who served in Operation De-
sert Storm. The “Big Red 1” is the official nickname of the 1st Infantry Division stationed at Fort Riley.
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Ron Strader In 1983 Dr. Ron Strader of Girard opened a sports card shop with his son Mike in nearby Pittsburg called Michael’sSports. Owning the store was not only an opportunity to run a business and enhance his own collection, it also
provided him the chance to travel the country with his family as they attended card shows.
We photographed Ron in Michael’s Sports card shop. Today, Ron owns the highest graded Will Rogers collection
in the country which took two years to collect. He says the items he enjoys collecting most today are The Lone
Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy, and Roy Rogers memorabilia which return him to the time when he was a young boy in
the 1940’s and 50’s.
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Rob Dakin
Like many dentists, Dr. Rob Dakin of Wichita is actively involved in mission trips overseas. In his case, he has spenta great deal of time in both Turkey and Albania. What makes Rob unique is that he has taken many of the cultural
and superstitions of those countries and wrote a novel titled “Vale of Shadows”, which he is holding. This novel
won the Fall 2010 Pinnacle Book Award. Rob is working on the sequel to the novel and will often slip into his office
between patients and work on the manuscript.
He has also set up a clinic in Kazakhstan. The hand prints and the words of thanks on the painting behind him
were made by orphans and the large Russian letters say “thank you” pronounced "spa-see-bo."
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R. Wayne Thompson
Dr. R. Wayne Thompson of Shawnee is a veteran marathon runner who has completed thirteen mara-thons and countless half -marathons, including Hospital Hill, which ends a short distance from this lo-
cation at Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri. R. Wayne will tell you of his great race when, as he
was sprinting toward the finish, former Olympian and Congressman Jim Ryun inched passed him at
the finish line. He will then confess that while Ryun ran the 13.1 mile, half -marathon, he only ran the
7.4 mile, 12K race.
R. Wayne served as ADA Trustee to the Twelfth District from 2007 to 2011.
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Gilbert Omido
Born in Tanzania and raised in Kenya, Dr. Gilbert Omido of Wichita came to the United States in 1981 at the age of twenty-six to fulfill his dream of becoming a dentist after having already begun a career in banking.
Before coming to the US, Gilbert climbed 19,000-foot Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania with just a machete, three
matches and raw food. Along the adventure he encountered lions and other wildlife that required his team to seek
refuge in a tree. “Many of the lessons I learned climbing Mount Kilimanjaro are life lessons I continue to apply to-
day,” says Gilbert. He enjoys returning to the African wild to experience the animals first hand.
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Terry Smith When we met Dr. Terry Smith of Larned, we originally intended to photograph him at the Santa Fe Trail Center justa few miles outside of town next to a train depot his grandmother had worked at years ago. When we arrived at his
house to look at his woodworking, however, we were amazed at the landscaping and woodworking projects he had
created over the years. As Terry sat on a bench he built next to a pond behind his house, we saw the tranquility this
space provides him.
When we showed Terry and his wife, Jill, his number, she told us the number 111 had a deep personal and almost
spiritual connection with them. They recounted countless moments when that number had appeared in their lives.
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T.J. Foley
Dr. T.J. Foley (left) of Wichita and his brother David have been riding motorcycles since they were five years old.Today, they often compete together in races, like the St. Valentines Massacre at the Jeeps Motocross Club in
Wichita. The six-hour race has a five-mile track which will take almost fifteen minutes to round. As they alternate
riders, while using the same bike, they encounter jumps, high-speed straights, watery bogs, and sometimes snow.
Two years ago the brothers survived extreme conditions and finished first in their age group and second overall.
T.J. and David followed their father Dr. Mac Foley’s footsteps and both became dentists.
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Loren Loewen
Dr. Loren Loewen is a third-generation graduate of Tabor College in Hillsboro. His father and grandfather both
attended the private liberal arts college, founded in 1908 by members of two Mennonite churches. His daughter
now attends the college. Loren practices in both Hillsboro and Wichita.
Loren was photographed in front of the Lohrenz Building, one of the oldest buildings on campus. The sculpture is
part of a dramatic work titled Called to Serve, which was dedicated to the college during the Tabor College Cen-
tennial.
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Harlan Boyce
In the late 1940’s, a conversion from steam locomotives to diesel engines was taking place in the train industry.During the same time, Dr. Harlan Boyce was taking quite an interest in model trains as a young boy. While he still
has his first model train set pristinely preserved in its original box, his hobby has evolved into a stunning re-creation
of Raton Pass in Colorado during the early 1950’s.
Harlan was photographed next to a section of his elaborate model railroad he has designed and built in his base-
ment of his Wichita home. His railroad even includes hidden tracks that simulate the coming and going of trains as
they pass through on their way to Chicago or the West Coast.
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Kurt Martin
Dr. Kurt Martin of Hays, along with three friends, including Hays dentist Paul Jones, form Woody ’s Sweet Meat andcompete in Bar-B-Q competitions throughout the region. During the competitions, they will prepare brisket, pork
roast, pork ribs and chicken. As we photographed Kurt at his home, he couldn’t help but use his tongs to hold his
number next to his grill.
Each year, Kurt will prepare a meal for the Kansas State University football team. He says he plans for three pounds
of food per person on the team, six times the usual amount for catering.
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Frank Johnson
Dr. Frank Johnson has spent his entire life within a few miles of Topeka High School. Having been a three-sport
athlete at the high school, including state runner-up in wrestling, he now coaches quarterbacks and receivers for
the Trojan football team. It’s not uncommon to see Frank jogging near his dental practice or on a bicycle. Besides
coaching football, he also volunteers on the high school PTO board.
Topeka High School was built in 1931 and its bell tower is a famous landmark in the capital city.
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Susan Hall Life is
“golden
” in Lawrence for the third generation dentist, Dr. Susan Gillahan Hall. Susan loves dentistry almost asmuch as she adores these two sweet Golden Retriever pups, Honey and Boomer. Susan has been a general dentist since her graduation from UMKC in 1985. Along with her thriving practice she is
also teaching clinical dentistry at UMKC School of Dentistry. “The golden opportunity to share my skills with
younger dentists is very fulfilling,” she says. “Volunteering my time is one way I can pay it forward to the next gen-
eration of dentists.”
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Earl McColm
As a member of the Jefferson County Historical Society, Dr. Earl McColm has a deep appreciation for the history of both his community and for the state of Kansas. Nineteenth Century buildings from around the county have been
moved to create Old Jefferson Town in Oskaloosa. Among the buildings in the ten-acre park are a blacksmith
shop, John Stewart Curry’s boyhood home and of course, a dental office.
Earl began practicing in Oskaloosa in 1997 and he enjoys the small town atmosphere. In his free time, he enjoys
traveling with his family and gardening. His wife Dr. Shelly McColm is a dentist in Lawrence.
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Howard Schneider
When he was just a boy of six years, Dr. Howard Schneider of Wellington began shooting sparrows with his BB gun.Today, he has hunted six continents, including buffalo in Argentina, wolves from a helicopter in Siberia, polar bear
from Artic Dog Sleds on Banks Island in the Arctic Archipelago in Canada, and leopard and elephant in Zimbabwe.
He once shot a 9’8” bear while hunting in Russia. When he began taking it for dead, the bear rose and charged
him and his guide, but Howard was able to shoot it again and fend off the attack.
His home is filled with mounts, furs and rugs from the animals he has hunted and he has donated more than one
hundred to the Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure in Salina. He has been married to his wife Patsy for sixty-two years.
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When Dr. Lynne Schopper of Overland Park
graduated from dental school in the early
1980’s, there were only fourteen women inher graduating class of 160. When she be-
gan practicing with her father, George
Schopper, she says that having a female in
the practice was considered a novelty that
allowed their practice to offer the “best of
both worlds” to the community. Lynne believes that being a female dentist
gives her a special ability to create a calm-
ing environment for her patients that will
help relax and sooth them while they are
receiving dental care. She has been on mis-
sion trips to Belize and Guatemala and
there, has learned to take the vast imagina-
tion those children possess and to use her
calm and caring voice to create a magical
world to help relax patients here, while they
are treated.Lynne enjoys mountain biking and sailing
and the solitude and quiet of those activi-
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Dr. Paul Kittle of Leavenworth earned the
rank of Colonel before retiring from the
United States Army in 1994. The founda-
tion for military service came early in lifefrom his father who landed on Omaha
Beach on D-Day.
As a pediatric dentist, Colonel Kittle is
deeply passionate about children and often
lectures for programs on child abuse and
neglect. He once delivered a baby in the
stairwell of a military base in Germany and
keeps a newspaper clipping of that storytaped to a window in his office.
This photograph was taken in front of the
living quarters at Ft. Leavenworth where he
lived while on the post.
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Karl Neuenschwander Dr. Karl Neuenschwander only left Hoxie for eight years, just long enough to go to college and dental school. Sothe small Northeast Kansas town and its future is vitally important to him and his family.
When the Toothaker family ranch of 3760 acres was sold to Karl and his family in 1998, that money was left in a
trust to fund Willis and Imogene’s Toothaker’s main interests — education and helping people. The income gener-
ated from the sale funds scholarships to graduates of Hoxie High School and will support the Sheridan County
School System, library, hospital and historical society.
Karl raises pheasants, keeps bees, works an orchard and has an extensive vegetable garden on Toothaker Ranch.
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Nick Rogers
After moving around when he was a kid, Dr. Nick Rogers wanted to find a place where he could“
put down roots.”
While he and his wife Christie where traveling through Southern Kansas, they happened upon the town of Arkan-
sas City and soon, Nick began practicing there. Nick helped develop the local Head Start program and his involve-
ment in the community usually makes its way to the kids. Nick emcees the high school prom and has been on the
school board for twenty-two years.
Nick is seen here at his farmland he calls Tooth Acres, “where all the worries of the world go away. ” He recently
completed a term as a Trustee on the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the first general dentist to do so.
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Bob Harmon Each Thursday evening in a barn just a few miles outside of Osage City, dozens of area residents begin arriving justbefore seven o’clock. For the next two hours, they will be entertained by the bluegrass music performed by local
musicians, including Dr. Bob Harmon who hosts the weekly gathering.
Bob plays multiple string instruments and the dozen or so musicians will perform and sing to the delight of the
crowd. Bob is photographed here with a group of those musicians during their bluegrass jam session. He is in the
middle of the photograph, playing the mandolin.
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Matt Harmon Dr. Matt Harmon of Osage City loves to hunt. When we visited his father
’
s house for a photo shoot on a Thursdaynight before the weekly bluegrass jam session, Matt had recently shot this buck and had not yet hung it in the loft
over his father’s barn. Friends and colleagues will often hunt alongside Matt and his father, Dr. Bob Harmon.
One of their distinguished guests has been Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassell and a photograph with him
proudly hangs on the wall.
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Lisa Gonzales
When Dr. Lisa Gonzales began her dental career in Kansas City, Kansas, the Kansas Speedway and the surroundingentertainment area, was anything but a dream. Today, The Legends of Kansas City is a shopping and entertainment
mecca, featuring shopping, dining, and Sporting Park, which hosted a World Cup soccer qualifier the same week as
the Kansas Speedway hosted its second NASCAR race of 2012.
Lisa believes in helping her community and serves on various boards in Kansas City. The Kansas Speedway was
home to the second ever Kansas Mission of Mercy project in August, 2003, which Lisa served as co-chair.
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David Bunkall Dr. David Bunkall moved to Dodge City after completing a missionary trip to Russia following graduation from
Brigham Young University in Utah, where he was raised. For David, Dodge City was a welcome opportunity to
move to a place where he and his wife Robyn could raise their four children. David practices orthodontics in both
Dodge City and Ulysses.
Dodge City is known around the globe as the Cowboy Capital of the World. David was photographed standing
next to “El Capitan,” a bronze statue that commemorates the 1875-1885 Texas cattle drives to Dodge City.
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Dustin Kruse Dr. Dustin Kruse knew he wanted to practice in a small town. A Salina native, Dustin stayed close to his roots andtwo years ago, joined a practice in Clay Center.
Dustin will often be found in his duck hunting boat on Milford Lake or fishing for walleye and bass. A long rudder
on his boat allows him to maneuver into shallow water where the ducks will land to feed and rest. We photo-
graphed Dustin in his boat along with some of his decoys he uses while hunting.
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Steve Thomas Soon after Fort Leavenworth was founded in 1827, military soldiers began hunting the area with foxhounds. A cen-
tury later, the Fort Leavenworth Hunt was officially established and continues this day as the last surviving US Army
foxhunt and is a certified hunt of the Masters of Fox Hounds Association. The sport was historically used to keep
soldiers and horses in condition when not in battle. Dr. Steve Thomas of Overland Park participates in the Ft. Leavenworth hunt and also travels to hunts around the
country. He is photographed with his horse, Patience, who he will spend his days off with, when he is not seeing,
you guessed it, patients.
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Richard Bennett
When Dr. Richard Bennett’
s wife Rosemarie passed away in 2009, he began searching for something to fill that voidin his life. He had always enjoyed writing, but had no formal education in literature studies. He began auditing
writing classes at Emporia State University, just down the street where he and his son Brenton practice together.
Behind Richard is Plumb Hall, where he attends most classes.
Richard’s father, Arthur Bennett, was a dentist and practiced in nearby Madison for fifty-one years. Many memen-
tos of his father’s practice hang on their wall, including a tribute Richard wrote to his father upon his death in 1977.
A line from that tribute reads: “ Two and a half pounds at birth, for the first year of life his crib was a dresser drawer.”
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Max McReynolds Dr. Max McReynolds will often be seen wearing a blue fishing hat. So it only makes sense that the retired dentist fromChanute would enjoy a little time at the lake with his fishing pole. We met up with Max and his fishing buddy, Dr. Da-
vid Jones at the Chanute City Lake in Santa Fe Park. Although Max is retired from his practice in nearby Humboldt where his son practices, he is heavily involved in the
Kansas Mission of Mercy and he and his wife, Mary Jo, spend a lot of their time traveling together on behalf of the
project. While they are on the road, they will usually work in a Kansas State University women’s basketball game.
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Michael Browning It didn
’
t take a scheduling miracle to catch Dr. Michael Browning dressed in a costume. It’
s something that happensabout once a month in the office of Sunflower Smiles Pediatric in Topeka. Whether its Halloween, National Cowboy
Day or crazy hair day, Michael and his staff love to dress up in whimsical outfits and will even get their patients in-
volved. We photographed Michael just after Halloween dressed as Willy Wonka, sitting in 300 pounds of candy he
bought back from patients. Michael was recently named to the Jayhawk Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Topeka’s 20 Under 40.
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Gene McGill Many Kansas dentists pay homage to their ancestral roots. Dr. Gene McGill of Prairie Village is known by colleagues
across the state for his appreciation of his Irish heritage. Both sides of Gene’s family descended from Ireland and
the love for his native land is apparent in all that Gene does.
Rest assured, we had no trouble convincing him to dress in his Ireland football (soccer) jersey and to share a pint of
Guinness on his back porch. Gene is easy to spot at KMOM, just look for the Irish flag flying over his chair.
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Gary Brown Fort Scott was established and garrisoned by the United States Army from 1842 to 1853 and soldiers at the fort as-sisted with the protection of the Permanent Indian Frontier. In 1853, the army abandoned the fort and when local
settlers purchased buildings, Ft. Scott became one of the largest towns in the Kansas Territory. As a town on the
Missouri border, Ft. Scott experienced much of the violence known as “Bleeding Kansas” preceding the Civil War.
Dr. Gary Brown’s office is only a few blocks from the Fort Scott National Historic Site where this photograph was
taken. No stranger to small towns, Gary was born in Pratt, lived in Minneapolis, Kansas, before settling in Abilene
when he was in the third grade where his father served as a school principal.
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Erik PetersonThe community of Lindsborg, is known throughout Kansas for its Swedish heritage and is called “Little Sweden” be-
cause it was settled by Swedish immigrants in the late 19th Century. Much of the architecture, in particular that in
its downtown business area, reflects that heritage. Red horses known as Dala horses and the phrase “välkommen”,
meaning “welcome”, greet visitors.
Dr. Erik Peterson practices in Lindsborg. We photographed him in Swensson Park at the Viking Valley Playground.
In April of 2004, more than 1500 volunteers helped build this unique park in traditional barn raising style. Volun-teers worked five fourteen-hour workdays with tools Erik donated to the project.
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Rob Herwig The UMKC School of Dentistry is a part of the history of many dentists in Kansas. Dr. Rob Herwig of Lenexa hasmade it part of his “present” as a clinic instructor at the school. As a private practicing dentist, Rob says that he
helps students understand what the private practice of dentistry is like and, he says, he enjoys the students ’ energy
and their enthusiasm which is a great environment in which to teach. Rob is photographed at UMKC School of Dentistry. His son Andrew, also pictured, will graduate from the dental
school in May, 2015.
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Ron Ingram Dr. Ron Ingram might be nearing retirement from dentistry; but don
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t think he is stepping away from his farm just afew miles south of Pratt where he practices. The day we photographed Ron on his farm, he was hosting a dozen
dentists for an annual pheasant hunt. When we called to schedule his initial photograph, Ron was on his tractor
during corn harvest.
Ron has been actively practicing dentistry since 1971, has four daughters, and five grandchildren. One of his
daughters, Dr. Allison Riekhof, is a dentist in Salina.
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In our travels across Kansas, we have met
many second-generation dentists and even
a few third-generation dentists. In May of
2013, the Scheer family will represent four
generations of dentists when Dr. Brick
Scheer’s (pictured) son Brandon graduates
from dental school at the Indiana University
School of Dentistry.
Brick, his grandfather George and his father
Harold, all graduated from Washington Uni-
versity which closed its doors in 1991. Brick
is photographed with his grandfather’ssheepskin diploma from 1916. George be-
gan his practice on the fourth floor of the
Bitting Building in Wichita. When seven
stories were added in 1920, the building
became the tallest in Kansas. George
moved to the eleventh floor, making him,
“the highest dentist in Kansas” at the time.
Harold, who graduated in 1945, served aspresident of the Kansas Dental Association
in 1987.
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As we traveled the state, we found a num-
ber of dentists with plaques and ribbons on
the walls of their offices, recognizing their
successes in things outside of dentistry. Butthe walls inside Dr. Stan Wint’s office in
Overland Park, look like the hall of fame for
horseback shooting dog competitions.
Stan is an eight-time National Amateur
Shooting Dog Champion and has won over
three hundred field trials. One of his dogs,
Honky Tonk Attitude has been inducted in-
to the National Field Trial Hall of Fame.
We met Stan at his farm with his five-year
old English Pointer, Hell Creek Kate, and his
horse Jake, a six-year old Tennessee Walk-
ing Horse. Hell Creek Kate has won twenty
field trials.
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Philip Newkirk When we photographed Dr. Philip Newkirk in Neodesha, he was just out of dental school, had just been married
and had joined a practice near his hometown. When we explained that he would be Number 140, he was deeply
honored to represent new dentists across the state who are beginning their careers.
He and his wife Heather are overseeing the building of their first home together and Philip says he is learning more
than he ever wanted to know about home construction. When out of the office, he enjoys playing both the guitar
and tuba and spends time with Heather and their dog, Juliet.
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A Special Thank You to the
2011-2012 KDA Executive Committee
Dr. Hal Hale, President Dr. Craig Herre, President Elect Dr. Jason Wagle, Vice President Dr. Cindi Sherwood, Treasurer Dr. Steve Hechler, Secretary
Dr. Dave Hamel, Imm. Past President
KDA Staff
Kevin Robertson, Executive Director Greg Hill
Jennifer Jones
Niki Sadler
Index
Addy Nancy 21 Dillehay Ken 100 Haught Steve 103
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Addy, Nancy 21
Armfield, Mark 84
Armfield, Melodee 84
Baker, Lynne
61
Barth, Jason 92
Beaver, Bob 97
Behrens, DeDe 23
Bennett, Richard 130
Betsworth, Larre 43
Bock, Dan 51
Boyce, Harlan 114
Brown, Gary 134
Brown, Joanne
10
Browning, Michael 132
Brummett, Mary 2
Bunkall, David 127
Burnett, Rita 90
Carter, John 95
Cassidy, Kevin 26
Collier, Kirk 28
Conover, Gary
60
Cotton, Ken 96
Crow, Stewart 15
Dakin, Rob 108
Darnall, Rich 7
Dillehay, Ken 100
Dunn, Melvin 94
Engelmann, Lori 36
Epler, Steve
33
Essington, Don 52
Fales, John 12
Fankhauser, Tom 20
Fayziev, Eric 29
Foley, T.J. 112
Gaskill, Effie 46
Gatti, Joe 72
Gertken, James 65
Gonzales, Lisa
126
Grimes, Bill 48
Grosdidier, Jarrett 82
Gross, Guy 39
Gross, Kathryn 39
Guest, Ken 39
Hahn, Amy 53
Hale, Hal 54
Hall, Susan
117
Hamel, Dave 5
Harman-Tinnel, Sarina 74
Harmon, Bob 124
Harmon, Matt 125
Haught, Steve 103
Helm, Austin "Bud" 45
Hemberger, Glenn 56
Henrichs, Kelly
25
Herre, Tim 1
Herron, Rob 81
Herwig, Rob 136
Herzog, Mark 35
Hildebrand, Ross 70
Hurn, Kim 89
Ingram, Ron 137
Johnson, Eric 47
Johnson, Frank
116
Jones, David 69
Jones, Paul 73
Jowett, Ted 101
Juhl, Jake 102
Katzer, Ron 49
Kelley, Greg 87
Kilbane, Greg 83
Kittle, Paul
121
Kohlmeier, Ryan 50
Krische, Matt 4
Krotzinger, Susan 62
Kruse, Dustin 128
Index
37Laudie Joseph 80Neugent Ron 64Sherwood Cindi
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37 38 39 40
113 22 75 32 93
115 118 30
106 133 59 11
131 91 63 27 76 58 71 31
Laudie, Joseph Leiszler, Chris Lesko, Allison Lewis, John Loewen, Loren Lollar, Linda Luellen, Don Majors, Chris Marker, Kristy Martin, Kurt McColm, Earl McCullough, Pam McGary, Larry
McGill, Gene McKnight, Sidney III McQuillen, John McReynolds, Max McReynolds, Sean Melcher, Kristi Meng, Sara Metzen, Lisa Moore, Andrew Moreno, Miralda Myers, Dennis Neuenschwander, Karl 122
80 140 42 57
34
110 55 18
135 6 3
44 99 14 88
123 8 8
67 79
138 119 120 17
Neugent, Ron Newkirk, Philip
Nunley, Maya Obee, Crystal Oettmeier, Bert Jr. Omido, Gilbert Parsons, David Peppes, Greg Peterson, Erik
Philpott, Rawley Pinamonti, Gina Raben, Lucynda Reavis, Allen Reynolds, Wendy Ritchey, Grant Rogers, Nick Rogers, Nicole Rogers, Scott Ross, Kami Roufs, Brett Scheer, Brick Schneider, Howard Schopper, Lynne Sekavec, Jay Sherbondy, Cynthia 104
64 85 16
111 9
107 13 77
129 109 66 41 78 68 24
105 19
139 98
Sherwood, Cindi
Smith, Bob Smith, Ricky Smith, Terry Stasch, Jeff Strader, Ron Swift, Julie Swisher, Ashley Thomas, Steve Thompson, R. Wayne Tilton, Jon Warden, Stephanie Waters, Nevin Webber, Ed Wells, Jason Wiklund, Pete Wilson, Angela Wint, Stan Wright, Ron Zivnuska, Phil 86
From the Authors
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I have always enjoyed listening to a good story. This project has not only given me a chance to hear 140 great stories; it
has given me the chance to reflect upon and to retell in words and photographs those things that are tremendously im-
portant to our members. Traveling the state of Kansas, from the eastern border with Missouri to the western with Colora-
do and to countless points in between, has given me a new appreciation for the beautiful state in which I have the pleas-
ure of living. Thank you to the members of the Kansas Dental Association for allowing me to take part in the telling of
your story.
Greg Hill
Co-author , 140 Years, 140 Stories
I express my heartfelt thanks to the Kansas Dental Association for the privilege to participate in the 140 Years, 140 Stories
project. This opportunity has allowed me to incorporate my interest and passion for travel, my joy of photography and
the arts, along with meeting Kansas dentists. The visual experience of traveling in Kansas is always new and unfolding.
From new towns to new geographic locations, landmarks and sites that may have been passed by in previous travels were
a delight to see. Each community visited and each dentist photographed was part of the journey of discovering more
about our state. Most of all, the stories you shared about what is dear to you and your communities were a pleasure to
hear and have allowed me to grow as a native Kansan.
Jennifer Jones
Co-author, 140 Years, 140 Stories
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