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The co-founder of
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John Reid Howell,
passed away on
Sunday, January 22, 2017.
Here is his Obituary and
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Doing & Seeing
I don't do more now
But I do see more.
Things I didn't need to see,
Enrich me now,
And make me wonder why
I couldn't see them before.
By John Reid Howell, Fall 2010

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Sunflower--© Diane Howell Sunflower--© Diane Howell
KANSAS: Ad Astra Per Aspera
 
34th state: January 29, 1861 Area: 82,264 square miles   
 
Population: (1900) 1,470,495  ·  (1990) 2,447,574  ·  (2000) 2,688,418  ·  (2010) 2,853,118
State Capital:  Topeka
Governor: Sam Brownback

Motto: Ad Astra per Aspera  (To the stars through difficulties)
Kansas Symbols
Amphibian
Barred
Tiger
Salamander 		Animal
American
Buffalo		 Bird
Western
Meadowlark		 Flower
Wild
Native
Sunflower		    Fossils   
Tylosaurus
and
Pteranodon
Grass
Little
Bluestem		 Insect
Honeybee		 Reptile
Ornate
Box
Turtle		 Soil
Harney
Silt
Loam		   Song 
Home
on the
Range		    Tree   
Cotton-
wood
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