About Me

            I am an attorney and CPA more or less retired from practice.  From 1987 to 2005 I lived in Lawrence, Kansas.  From 1987 – 1991 I worked for the state of Kansas in the Department of Revenue first as Director of Property Valuation then Director of Collections.  From 1991 - 2001 I worked as an Assistant Attorney General for the Kansas Attorney General in a number of capacities.

 

Since July 2005 I have been living on a farm, homesteaded in 1872 by my Great-great-great Grandfather, near Belle Plaine, Kansas about 12 miles south of Wichita.   The farm is the original homestead where my mother's family settled in and I am now the fifth generation to live in the 80+-year-old farmhouse.  Sadly, we had to tear down the original house, which sat next to the house I now live in, a few years back because it had become a fire hazard threatening the "new" house.  I don't farm the land as my mother's cousin handles that.  While I enjoy the rural lifestyle, Internet access is unfortunately limited to very poor dial up landlines hence I do not have it.  I have to go up to Derby every couple of days and use the broadband service at my folk's house or the library to get on the Internet.         

 

  I graduated from ESU in 1978 with a BSB in accounting and from Washburn Law School in 1980 with a JD.  I completed my MLS from ESU SLIM in Dec 2007.  In addition to the MLS I received an Archives Studies certificate and completed all requirements for a Legal Information Management certificate except the practicum.

 

I presently work at the Derby Public Library in Derby, KS in the circulation and collection development areas.