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One of Dave’s lessons was set by example: Hard work. Now in his early 80s, he still shows up for work seven days a week. That ethic has been passed along to the third generation. Rusty's son, Mark, often works at the car lot on weekends. The key, Dave said, is to find something you love to do. Rusty, who works with his dad, agreed. "If you do that, you'll never work another day in your life." But, he told his sons, "there are no guarantees. You still have to make your way and prove yourself." The advice from longtime Wichita School Board member Lynn Rogers' dad, Loran, was short and sweet: "Don't do anything stupid." The interesting thing, Lynn said, is that his dad never explained what "stupid" was. Loran was a Nebraska farmer and a practical human, so it was more than likely that you just knew what "stupid" was. He died eight years ago, leaving a legacy of a lifetime of hard work and community involvement. Like Lynn, he also was on the school board and stressed civic work to his son.

Lynn has stressed the same things to his two sons, Kyle and Keegan. He also told them to do something that they're passionate about. Both have succeeded in that: Kyle is in law and Keegan in art. Stan Russell's dad, Earl, was more a doer than a talker. Growing up in the Great DePhoto by David Dinell pression, he, like many Dave Johnson, left, told his son Rusty to find others of that time, his passion in life. He did. He’s in the car busilearned to value paid ness with his dad. employment and treasure hard work. was as a role model for me." He was a good dad and an influFor sheer practical life advice, folence, Stan said. While he wasn't big low the wisdom of John Houston, the on words, every night he told each son father of Scott, a 58-year-old Wichita that he loved him. crane operator. "We may not have had a lot of John told his only son to “always, other conversations about things," Stan always” make sure his wife or signifisaid, "but he made sure to say that." cant other has the better car to drive. Stan, who is retired from Pizza Hut Why? No one likes a mechanical corporate, passed on many of those breakdown, and he’ll get the kudos if same attributes to his 30-year-old son, he sacrifices the better drive. Ryan. Stan said the best thing he got "Make sure they have the best vefrom his dad was his work ethic. hicle you can afford, and you make do "He showed us what it meant to with what you can," he said. work hard, but he rarely brought that stress out at the dinner table," Ryan Contact David Dinell at said. "I can't tell him how important he ddinell932@yahoo.com

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Debbi Elmore, a features writer for the active age, was named Sweepstakes Winner at the Kansas Professional Communicators recent state conference in Winfield. Three stories Elmore wrote for the active age won first-place. The judges reviewed more than 25 entries; firstplace winners have advanced to be judged in the National Federation of Press Women’s competition.

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