Archives for the 'wichita' Category
We Sold Our House….Finally!
We’ve sold our house! Finally! It was on the market more than a year.
Kirsten and I had been married for sixteen months when we purchased our first house. The rent for our one-bedroom apartment was going up a hundred dollars a month and we were tired of coin operated laundry and hunting […]
A Long Dream Comes True
brentdanley
Kirsten and I planned to leave Kansas before we arrived. In 1995, while I was in Air Force technical school, we received orders to McConnell AFB and vowed to leave after my four year enlistment was over. After a year in Wichita we purchased a house. Then Skye was born…then I started […]
Learjet Sues Area Couple In Phantom Parts Scam
Learjet, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against David Gulledge and his wife for an elaborate, yet poorly executed, parts scam. David worked in the stock room at the Learjet service center in Wichita, Kansas and had the ability, but not the authority, to approve purchase orders. According to the lawsuit filed by Learjet, […]
Lake Afton Public Observatory
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Last week I read Carl Sagan’s new book, The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, which kindled my interest in astronomy. I plan to write a review of Carl’s book for The Rhetoric in the next few days.
I picked up a brochure at WSU this week […]
Our House Is For Sale
brentdanley
Kirsten and I have been planning to leave Kansas since 1996 when the Air Force issued our Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders while we were living at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. I’ve now graduated from WSU, Kirsten has recovered from her surgery and is done with post-operative care, and the remaining […]
Car Chase
brentdanley
I witnessed a car chase today while taking pictures of trains.
On the drive home I crossed some railroad tracks and noticed an approaching train. I quickly pulled onto the first side street and parked in front of a car that had been pulled over by the police. I put the 18-75mm glass on […]
Big City Values?
Small towns certainly have charm. My cube mate at work is on the city council in Norwich, Kansas. Norwich is a very small rural town with a population of 551 (2000 census). According to my friend it’s a nice place to live where you still don’t have to lock your door and […]