FIRST EDITION 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 Association5200 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 life stories. 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 and historic 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 KDAs 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 through the stories and photographs we proudly bring you in this book.

Tim Herre

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 grandfather 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 going 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 grandfather a half-century ago. Even though Im not the first dentist in my family, its an honor to be the first dentist in the book. There are so many amazing aspects and opportunities that dentistry provides us all, and family is one of them. Ive been blessed with a wonderful opportunity and look forward to carrying on my familys legacy for years to come.

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.

Gina Pinamonti
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. Ginas husband Brian was a captain on the Pitt State 1991 Division II National 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.

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 already in the works when we met him for his photograph.

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 Express 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.

Rawley Philpott
Dr. Rawley Philpott of Manhattan is proud of her familys dental legacy which stretches back to her greatgrandfather 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 fathers dental practice. While in dental school, the 1913 graduate roomed with legendary 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.

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 department 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 meeting of the Kansas Dental Board where he has served six years.

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 father, 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 during the day. At the time of this photo, Scott and Nicole are expecting their second child.

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 before 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 celebrating 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, hed 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 artifacts from the 1893 Chicago Worlds 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 Friday 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 Julies 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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Ricky Smith

On most Friday nights in the fall, Dr. Ricky Smith will be perched in a press box over a high school football field, calling games for the Burlington High School Wildcats for 97.7 FM Radio. Ricky, who practices dentistry in nearby Gridley, has been calling games for the Burlington Wildcats for four seasons. When we photographed him, the final touches were being placed on the stadium for the annual pre-season scrimmage. His wife Wendy, teaches not more than a field-length away at the Burlington 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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Colonel Jay Sekavec served as the Command 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 Coroners in Wyoming and teaches dental hygiene at Colby Community College. Colonel Sekavec was the first dental officer recipient of the medal for excellence in medical 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 weve 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 Womens Bible Study and also teaches her sons 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 decisions 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 didnt 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 gardens 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 Citys Country Club Plaza. We photographed 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 Salina 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 1990s, 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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Kirk Collier

For more than twenty years, Dr. Kirk Collier of Shawnee Mission has been driving race cars. 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.

Eric Fayziev

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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 accounting and working for a few years in the profession, he felt that something was missing 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, Fayzievs 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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Chris Majors

When Mr. and Mrs. Majors bought an upright piano for their living room in 1979, they didn't know that this would make such an 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 lesson. Ten years later, Chris auditioned for a piano scholarship at the University of Kansas. 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 piano. So, he changed his course of studies and began his journey into dentistry. He still plays today and has focused his efforts 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.

Steve Epler

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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 he and 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 Courthouse 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 Marys mother stayed with a relative, Suzy Corpstein, after her house burned down in the 1930s. Corpstein is the grandmother of Jennifer Jones, co-author of this book.

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Bert Oettmeier

There are countless examples of athletes who become leaders. The former Kansas State University football player, Dr. Bert Oettmeier, Jr., has taken his leadership to the American Dental Association where he has served as the Chair of the ADAs Council on Dental Benefits. We photographed the Leawood dentist in action while chairing a meeting for the KDA. Bert had an opportunity to play in the Canadian Football League following his career at K-State in the early 1970s 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 tournaments. 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 eighteenmonths. 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 childrens 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 medicine. 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 bees three-year life, she will lay two-thousand eggs a day and each colony will consist of 40,00060,000 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 production is all about the numbers, he says.

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Chris Leiszler
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. Today, 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

Heartland Dental Group in Salina recently organized a community project to encourage activity and develop success, 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 procrastination, 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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John Lewis

With a dental practice on the fourteenth floor of the Epic Center in downtown Wichita, Dr. John Lewis has a different view out his window than most dentists in Kansas. When he is not practicing dentistry, you might find John in the basement of a library, 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 and Queens of England, France and Spain. John will often spend his weekends camping with the Boy Scouts, where he has spent ninety nights over the past few years, about a half of those were below freezing.

Stephanie Warden

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For many driving through Johnson County, the suburbs seem to run together, separated only by a street or a street sign. But for lifetime locals, like Dr. Stephanie Warden of Prairie Village, the uniqueness and history of their cities become a part of their identity, not unlike other communities across the state of Kansas. In the 1940s J.C. Nichols, who also developed Kansas Citys Country Club Plaza, looked to develop a planned community for soldiers returning from World War II. In 1951, Prairie Village was officially recognized 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 Doubles 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 residency at Wichita State University. We met Maya at the grand opening of the AEGD building in Wichita recently constructed 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 hes 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 compete 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, however, 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 aerial 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 cigarette 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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Effie Gaskill

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 involved in 4-H and she is a club leader. She and her family embrace the Western Kansas lifestyle and enjoy horseback riding together. 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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In the fifth grade, Dr. Eric Johnson began playing the guitar. While in dental school at UMKC, he and a few of his classmates began 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 caring for your teeth. I always enjoy watching as the blank stares on the students turn to excitement as they understand the message. We photographed Eric at the KDA office. After we finished, he played one of his favorites, Teeth Clean and Bright, a take off of Bon Jovis Dead or Alive.

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Bill Grimes

Not far from the geographic center of the contiguous forty-eight states is Smith Center, home of Dr. Bill Grimes. Bill and his wife Pat stand next to the Old Dutch Mill constructed 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 traveled 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 brother have gone on a two-week, unguided, wilderness 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 whatever 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 experience. Dodging trees, rocks, and brush piles proved more than they bargained.
It was very dangerous and with no communications, 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 Kohlmeier went to dental school and now practices in nearby Emporia. Ryan returned to his home town for his photograph 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 future 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 players 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 breakfast. Down the street is Hays House 1857 Restaurant and Tavern, a cant miss stop in the Kansas Flint Hills.

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Amy Hahn
Its not unusual to find a dentist with a pilots 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, practiced 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, its 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 equipment and as she says, well 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 order, 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 Debbie 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 doesnt 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 practices in the Prairie Village dental office his father started in 1968.

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Gary Conover

Dr. Gary Conover of Wichita was photographed by The Keeper of the Plains , a forty -foot statue that stands tall over the Arkansas River near downtown Wichita. While it watches over Wichita, the statute commemorates 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 began officiating amateur golf tournaments in the 1980s. 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.

Lynne Baker

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While attending college at Kansas State University, Dr. Lynne Baker studied abroad in Giessen, Germany at the Justus Liebig Universitaet as part of her modern language studies. While there, she began knitting 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 shoulders 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 sweater. She and her husband Marc, have three sons, Levi, Riggin and Cole.

62 Susan Krotzinger
While growing up, Dr. Susan Krotzinger of Leawood always had a hat, but seldom ever wore them. Until one day about ten years ago, 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 vintage 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 photographed her.

Kristi Melcher

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Dr. Kristi Melcher received an email from the Rawlins County Dental Clinic in Atwood soon after graduation from dental school at UNMC College of Dentistry and her wedding. 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 Northwest 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 retirement community center in Atwood. While they knew that when their child was born they would need to move, she said the ladies in the community center were excited to have a baby around.

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Cindi Sherwood
You probably wont find Dr. Cindi Sherwood leave her house without a book in hand, whether its 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."

65

James Gertken
The Skylab space station orbited Earth from 1973 until 1979. A workshop that allowed scientists to perform experiments in space was a major component to the precursor of the Space Shuttle program. As the Kansas Cosmosphere 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 classes and even taught the craft in the early 1980s. 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 Americas 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 stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base.
Kami has four children and practices with her husband, Dr. Karl Breuckmann. She enjoys photography, interior design and gluten free cooking.

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Ed Webber

Perhaps looking at this photograph, you would not guess that Dr. Ed Webber is the president of the classical music Sunflower Music Festival or a fifteen-year board member 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.

David Jones

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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 twenty-five states, eight Canadian provinces and seven countries, including Brazil, Chile and the Republic of Kiribatis 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 couldnt help but smile and enjoy the chance to cast a line.

70 Ross Hildebrand
At the midway point of 140 Years, 140 Stories, we located a dentist as close to the center of Kansas that we could find. We photographed 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, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was also a dangerous spot where angry Pawnee Indians could spot and attack approaching caravans. Ross enjoys spending time on his houseboat at Lake Wilson with friends and family. He says he is at that age in life where he spends time with his granddaughter, and he is excited about another grandchild on the way.

Miralda Moreno

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There are big changes happening in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The area that for years has suffered economically, is now being 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 Citys Avenue of Murals, initiated in 2004 to celebrate the history and culture of the area, is a WPA style mural showing a printer at a hand press. The mural was designed with the 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 riders can say theyve conquered these mountains, including the legendary Cols du Telegraphe and Galibier, both featured in the 2012 Tour, and the Aple dHuez.
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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Paul Jones
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 Societys 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 required 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, compassionate 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 1960s 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 photographed 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 Minneapolis 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 Weimaraners, along with running and biking.

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Nevin Waters
Weve all faced challenges in life, but few have faced the same challenges Dr. Nevin Waters of Olathe has. Nevin was 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 Bretts life and allows him the ability to keep pushing forward.
While often an obstacle and never a stop sign, Bretts 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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Ron Neugent

When the United States boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, USSR, most Americans simply missed out on a spectacular 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 given to the members of the 1980 Olympic team 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 importance of the award and it is now listed correctly in the Congressional Record. The other medal Ron is wearing was presented by the U.S. Olympic Committee for making the 1980 team.

Rob Herron

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When a tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, in May of 2011, it didnt just hit close to Dr. Rob Herron who practices in nearby Columbus, his wife Lori was working at Joplins Mercy Hospital when it suffered a direct hit. She was fine, but for days, Rob posted photographs 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 started when he decided to make t-shirts for staff appreciation. Robs Columbus practice sits near the Missouri and Oklahoma border in the southeast corner of Kansas.

82 Jarrett Grosdidier
Dr. Jarrett Grosdidier holds number eightytwo, the number he wore as a tight end at Kansas State University from 1994-1997 as a 6-5, 250pound 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 allacademic team honors. Jarrett is well regarded as one of the top high school football players in Kansas history. Jarrett scored a touchdown with his first career 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.

Greg Kilbane

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In the 1880s a Englishman by the name of Francis Ned Turnley bought hundreds of acres of land in Kansas with the idea of recruiting a colony of English sons of wealthy families to learn the art of farming. Those who came from England were largely second sons of wealthy families who came not to learn farming, but to escape the Victorian atmosphere of England and for some good old-fashioned partying in the community known as Runnymede. Not long after, Turnleys plan failed and Runnymede became 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 community, he brought the story of Runnymede to our attention. Naturally, we photographed 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 Associations 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 radio 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 DXlong 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 taken countless 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. Phils 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 rich story 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 1960s 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 fathers 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 to inmates 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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Rita Burnett

The idea for the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts can be traced back to 1994, when Muriel Kauffman first discussed the idea 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 Kauffman Center. Rita is a long-time supporter of 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 supporter of the American Cancer Society.

Sean McReynolds

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The City of Humboldts Volunteer Fire Department is located immediately behind Dr. Sean McReynolds office. He gladly pulled the 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 community 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 the Board of Trustees of the Allen County Hospital. Sean began practicing with his father, Dr. Max McReynolds who is now retired.

92

Jason Barth
Dr. Jason Barth of Salina is uniquely talented when it comes to art and woodworking. Along with creating several pieces 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 crows 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-1980s, 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 experience 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 Cheerleaders 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 in the 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 Bachelors 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 Societys 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 members 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 reuse things when he can. In 2003, he moved his dental practice into what was built as a Church of the Nazarene in the 1950s 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, for more 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.

98

Ron Wright
We met Dr. Ron Wright of Hiawatha just before the start of the 98th Halloween Frolic, held annually since 1914 and claims to be the longest continuously held parade in the country. Ron is posed next to his 1967 Buick LeSabre convertible 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 as the eastern terminus of the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe Railroad. It is also known well as the birthplace of Amelia Earhart. Civic involvement is part of how I was raised, he says. Its 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 honor 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.

100

Ken Dillehay

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 weekends with other Wichita dental colleagues who also have nearby lake homes. Its not uncommon for Ken to bring out a larger boat where hell crank up the stereo and entertain on it. He also enjoys attending football games at the University of Mississippi, where he received his undergraduate degree. In 2000, he served as American Dental Associations 1st Vice President.

Ted Jowett

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Dr. Ted Jowett and his wife Terri are trained Animal Disaster Responders. They completed 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 organizations 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.

102

Jake Juhl
Dr. Jake Juhl, who practices in Lakin, has a great appreciation for the rugged outdoors of Southwest Kansas. When we asked him which of his vehicles hed 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.

103

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 he was young and now a scouter as an adult. As a youth, Steve earned the rank of Eagle Scout with three Palms, recognizing 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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Cynthia Sherbondy
Dr. Cynthia Sherbondy will tell you right away that she enjoys having fun. During our short stay at her Stockton office, she made mention of that no less than a half-dozen times. With one of her many motorcycles parked in front of her office and a vacation to Colorado just completed earlier in the week, we certainly weren t going to argue that she wasnt enjoying herself.
Cynthia came to Kansas from Salem, Oregon, where she was one of 165 dentists in her local society, a sharp contrast from the rural setting where she now practices. She loves Kansas and enjoys the quietness of Stockton.

105

Pete Wiklund
Dr. Pete Wiklund of Lawrence took an interest in cooking while living in Europe for three years following his military service 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. He served 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 Desert 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 Michaels Sports. 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 Michaels 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 1940s and 50s.

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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 spent a 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 marathons and countless half-marathons, including Hospital Hill, which ends a short distance from this location 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 today, 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 just a 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 Foleys footsteps and both became dentists.

113

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 Centennial.

114

Harlan Boyce
In the late 1940s, 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 1950s.
Harlan was photographed next to a section of his elaborate model railroad he has designed and built in his basement 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.

115

Kurt Martin
Dr. Kurt Martin of Hays, along with three friends, including Hays dentist Paul Jones, form Woody s Sweet Meat and compete 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. Its 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.

117

Susan Hall
Life is golden in Lawrence for the third generation dentist, Dr. Susan Gillahan Hall. Susan loves dentistry almost as much 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 generation of dentists.

118

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 Currys 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.

119

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 98 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.

120 Lynne Schopper

When Dr. Lynne Schopper of Overland Park graduated from dental school in the early 1980s, there were only fourteen women in her graduating class of 160. When she began 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 calming environment for her patients that will help relax and sooth them while they are receiving dental care. She has been on mission trips to Belize and Guatemala and there, has learned to take the vast imagination 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 activities.

Paul Kittle

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Dr. Paul Kittle of Leavenworth earned the rank of Colonel before retiring from the United States Army in 1994. The foundation for military service came early in life from 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 story taped 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.

122

Karl Neuenschwander
Dr. Karl Neuenschwander only left Hoxie for eight years, just long enough to go to college and dental school. So the 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 Imogenes Toothakers main interests education and helping people. The income generated 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.

123

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 Arkansas City and soon, Nick began practicing there. Nick helped develop the local Head Start program and his involvement 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.

124

Bob Harmon
Each Thursday evening in a barn just a few miles outside of Osage City, dozens of area residents begin arriving just before seven oclock. 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 fathers house for a photo shoot on a Thursday night before the weekly bluegrass jam session, Matt had recently shot this buck and had not yet hung it in the loft over his fathers 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.

126

Lisa Gonzales
When Dr. Lisa Gonzales began her dental career in Kansas City, Kansas, the Kansas Speedway and the surrounding entertainment 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.

127

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.

128

Dustin Kruse
Dr. Dustin Kruse knew he wanted to practice in a small town. A Salina native, Dustin stayed close to his roots and two 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 photographed Dustin in his boat along with some of his decoys he uses while hunting.

129

Steve Thomas
Soon after Fort Leavenworth was founded in 1827, military soldiers began hunting the area with foxhounds. A century 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.

130

Richard Bennett
When Dr. Richard Bennetts wife Rosemarie passed away in 2009, he began searching for something to fill that void in 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.
Richards father, Arthur Bennett, was a dentist and practiced in nearby Madison for fifty -one years. Many mementos of his fathers 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.

131

Max McReynolds
Dr. Max McReynolds will often be seen wearing a blue fishing hat. So it only makes sense that the retired dentist from Chanute would enjoy a little time at the lake with his fishing pole. We met up with Max and his fishing buddy, Dr. David 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.

132

Michael Browning
It didnt take a scheduling miracle to catch Dr. Michael Browning dressed in a costume. It s something that happens about 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 involved. 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 Americas Topekas 20 Under 40.

133

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.

134

Gary Brown
Fort Scott was established and garrisoned by the United States Army from 1842 to 1853 and soldiers at the fort assisted 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 Browns 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 Peterson
The community of Lindsborg, is known throughout Kansas for its Swedish heritage and is called Little Sweden because 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 vlkommen, 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. Volunteers worked five fourteen-hour workdays with tools Erik donated to the project.

136

Rob Herwig
The UMKC School of Dentistry is a part of the history of many dentists in Kansas. Dr. Rob Herwig of Lenexa has made 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.

137

Ron Ingram
Dr. Ron Ingram might be nearing retirement from dentistry; but dont think he is stepping away from his farm just a few 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.

138

Brick Scheer

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 Scheers (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 University which closed its doors in 1991. Brick is photographed with his grandfathers sheepskin diploma from 1916. George began 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 as president of the Kansas Dental Association in 1987.

Stan Wint

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As we traveled the state, we found a number of dentists with plaques and ribbons on the walls of their offices, recognizing their successes in things outside of dentistry. But the walls inside Dr. Stan Wints 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 into 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 Walking Horse. Hell Creek Kate has won twenty field trials.

140

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.

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 Armfield, Mark Armfield, Melodee Baker, Lynne Barth, Jason Beaver, Bob Behrens, DeDe Bennett, Richard Betsworth, Larre Bock, Dan Boyce, Harlan Brown, Gary Brown, Joanne Browning, Michael Brummett, Mary Bunkall, David Burnett, Rita Carter, John Cassidy, Kevin Collier, Kirk Conover, Gary Cotton, Ken Crow, Stewart Dakin, Rob Darnall, Rich 21 84 84 61 92 97 23 130 43 51 114 134 10 132 2 127 90 95 26 28 60 96 15 108 7 Dillehay, Ken Dunn, Melvin Engelmann, Lori Epler, Steve Essington, Don Fales, John Fankhauser, Tom Fayziev, Eric Foley, T.J. Gaskill, Effie Gatti, Joe Gertken, James Gonzales, Lisa Grimes, Bill Grosdidier, Jarrett Gross, Guy Gross, Kathryn Guest, Ken Hahn, Amy Hale, Hal Hall, Susan Hamel, Dave Harman-Tinnel, Sarina Harmon, Bob Harmon, Matt 100 94 36 33 52 12 20 29 112 46 72 65 126 48 82 39 39 39 53 54 117 5 74 124 125 Haught, Steve Helm, Austin "Bud" Hemberger, Glenn Henrichs, Kelly Herre, Tim Herron, Rob Herwig, Rob Herzog, Mark Hildebrand, Ross Hurn, Kim Ingram, Ron Johnson, Eric Johnson, Frank Jones, David Jones, Paul Jowett, Ted Juhl, Jake Katzer, Ron Kelley, Greg Kilbane, Greg Kittle, Paul Kohlmeier, Ryan Krische, Matt Krotzinger, Susan Kruse, Dustin 103 45 56 25 1 81 136 35 70 89 137 47 116 69 73 101 102 49 87 83 121 50 4 62 128

Index
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 37 38 39 40 113 22 75 32 93 115 118 30 106 133 59 11 131 91 63 27 76 58 71 31 122 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 80 140 42 57 34 110 55 18 135 6 3 44 99 14 88 123 8 8 67 79 138 119 120 17 104 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 64 85 16 111 9 107 13 77 129 109 66 41 78 68 24 105 19 139 98 86

From the Authors

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

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 important to our members. Traveling the state of Kansas, from the eastern border with Missouri to the western with Colorado and to countless points in between, has given me a new appreciation for the beautiful state in which I have the pleasure 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