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EDITOR'S PAGE
Dear KGS members and friends,
Summer has finally arrived with our
first sustained hot weather in Kansas in late
June. The unseasonably cool Spring was
welcome, as several of the past few years
seem to have gone from Winter to Summer
in the span of a week.
In my last letter I said I was going to
fish and play golf in the KGS tournaments.
Graduations, weddings and work got in the
way, however. It does appear that activity
is up, as many of my compatriots
are busy. With some good sustained activ-
ity levels, the industry can grow instead of
just treading water. I encourage all of you
to keep working to turn your prospects.
I catch a lot of you know what from
friends, when I detail my travel plans. That
being the case, Betty and I are going to Ve-
gas July 2nd for her cousin's wedding. With
all the weight that I have put on in the past
several months, I hope I can come back
with my shirt. Cash donations to the "Pay
Off Wes's Markers Fund" will be gladly ac-
cepted.
The Annual KGS Family Picnic is
scheduled for August 1st at the All Star
Sports facility on west 21st Street in Wich-
ita. Complete details are available on page
9 in this issue. Work comes first of course,
but I hope that Betty and I can make it to
the Picnic this year. Last year's event seems
to have been well received.
Betty and I were able to share in an
interesting evening of cowboy music on the
evening of June 22nd. We went to an open
air, bring your lawn chairs, chuck wagon
supper concert starring Michael Martin
Murphy. The concert was held on the
12,000 plus acre Farrell Ranch in Green-
wood County, Kansas, a few miles south of
Beaumont, Kansas. The ranch is a real
working cattle ranch in the lovely Flint Hills
region. The Farrell Ranch is run by Pete
Farrell. Pete represents the 4th generation
to operate the ranch in its 115 years of con-
tinuous family ownership. There were per-
haps only about 300 people in attendance.
Cow attendance was estimated at about
6600. From our lawn chairs, we looked up-
hill to a small stage with a cow covered hill
in the background. Even though the day
was warm, the evening cooled down with a
nice breeze. It was really nice to go to
something that was out of the ordinary. The
Farrell's are considering doing another event
this fall. Perhaps we can get some of the
membership to go on an outing like this.
We could dodge cow pies and look at rocks
in the afternoon and listen to music in the
evening. I'll see if I can make contact with
Mr. Farrell if enough of you are interested.
Have a great remainder of the sum-
mer! Hope to see you all at the picnic!
Bye for now,
Wes