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More Kansans of the Country...

Fred Aldrich -- In the rolling hills outside of Lawrence, Fred Aldrich is a renaissance man. Multi-talented, Fred built a dream home at a time in his life when dreams were possible. I’ve never forgotten him or his home. The home burned to the ground a few years later. Fred is now a writer just out with his first novel. But back in 1982 there was a tower in Douglas County, a tower that was also a home.

Watty Watson -- Going way back now to one of my early stories, I found a plain-talking simple man by the name of Watty.  Watty Watson of rural Conway Springs always told it like it was.

Noval & Louise Baker (McElroy) -- In southeast Kansas near Cedar Vale, Norvall and Louise Baker married late in life after their spouses died. Norvall died a few years after this story, Louise took back her name of McElroy, but I’ll always remember that day we had out in their pasture, and even though their time together was short, they were so much in love.

Ernie Dittimore -- One of my most oft-requested stories was done in Doniphan County, way up in the Northeast part of the state. It was there, near the little town of Troy, that I found Ernie Dittimore. Ernie lived an existence most of us can’t even imagine. Ernie liked his life and didn’t want to change. I admired him for his convictions and for the fact that he wanted nothing, but to be left alone. He died a year after the story was broadcast.

Rudolf & Rosie Oborny -- Rudolf and Rosie Oborny lived near Rush Center in the North part of the state. In Kansas, people are comfortable. Rudolf and Rosie were. His Czechoslovakian background was never far away. His roots, their roots close to the soil and the soul.

Buster Hathaway -- Nestled in the gypsum hills to the west of Medicine Lodge, a small community of Sun City. Known mostly by hunters and the locals, Buster Hathaway had a little restaurant. He’s passed on now, but if you knew Buster, he was a single-minded man. Buster was Buster. If he liked you, you had a friend for life.

Gene Jacobs -- There is always a job to be done that a lot of people wouldn’t like. Digging graves. Gene Jacobs, who in the Harper and Anthony area is known as the gravedigger. He’s dug thousands of graves and finds that he’s just building another room on God’s house.

Tom Harvey -- Moving East to Caney, Kansas, I can hear the roar of the lions, and the growl of tigers over the prairie. I hear it because there’s this little place called the Safari Zoological Park where animals are raised and cared for. For Tom Harvey, the park is his dream.