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BY JOHN STEARNS

Real Development CEO Michael Elzufon this week passionately rebutted any implication that he, his company or partner David Lundberg are culpable in alleged securities violations outlined in a state cease-and-desist order last week.

Quite the opposite. He suggested that he and Lundberg may be the victims of fraud them-selves if life insurance policies they pledged as collateral for a bank loan prove to be invalid.

“This isn’t a Real Development securities case,” Elzufon said in an interview. “I have no concern whatsoever about the outcome of any of it.”

Lundberg, though, thinks the policies are valid based on his own due diligence. He said infor-mation given by one insurance company to state investigators was incorrect. He said a meeting was planned with the state today to straighten everything out.

The order that emerged from an investigation by the Kansas Offi ce of the Securities Commis-sioner listed Elzufon, Lundberg, Real Develop-ment, and seven other individuals and companies as respondents.

Among those other respondents was Hy-

brid Asset Management, from which Elzufon and Lundberg say the insurance policies were acquired. Three Hybrid individuals listed as respondents in the order are on probation for securities-related crimes.

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THE LISTSBusiest intersections and

Accident-prone intersections

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REAL CONCERNS

Downtown developers confi dent they’ll be cleared of state’s fraud allegations

SandRidge pares oil forecast forMississippian

Dave Neal commits to commercial endeavor

See REAL DEVELOPMENT, Page 20 See NEAL, Page 18

See MISSISSIPPIAN, Page 21

SUTTON PLACEWICHITA EXECUTIVE CENTRE EXCHANGE PLACE

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Real Development Corp.’s holdings in downtown Wichita are extensive and include these three high-profi le buildings.

BY DANIEL MCCOY

SandRidge Energy Inc. announced last week that it was seeing more natural gas and less oil than it expected from wells it has been drilling in Kansas and Oklahoma.

Where it had expected to see wells producing 45 percent oil, it’s instead seeing oil outputs of about 40 percent on average.

The company said it was still very optimistic about those wells, but the news did leave ana-lysts wondering about the company’s plans to double down on its operations on the Missis-sippian Lime oil and gas play and shed some of its interests elsewhere. While oil prices remain relatively high, natural gas prices have been deeply depressed.

“Is this the right time to be increasing con-centration on the Mississippian play, when the play kind of just shifted on you?” equity analyst Charles A. Meade of Johnson Rice & Co. LLC asked during a conference call with SandRidge executives.

SandRidge CEO Tom Ward replied by saying that the rate of return on Mississippian wells was so high that they remained a low-risk prop-osition even if they produce a higher ratio of gas to oil than expected.

But the best bet for turning profi ts on the Mississippian remains fi nding the sweet spots

BY JOHN STEARNS

Dave Neal and Associates has formally launched a commercial division after 34 years of focusing almost exclusively on residential real estate.

President and CEO Dave Neal likes the tim-ing, pointing last Friday to a 435-point drop in the Dow over two preceding days and next-to-nothing interest rates on CDs as examples that can leave people wondering where they can in-vest the cash on which more and more are sit-ting.

For some, that could be commercial real es-tate, Neal says.

That’s where he and Kent Criser come in, the latter tapped to work full time in the commercial division, which Neal formalized over the spring.

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David Lundberg, left, and Michael Elzufon are the “Min-nesota Guys” behind Real Development. Elzufon said this week that he, Lundberg and the fi rm are victims, not per-petrators, in a fraud allegation by state regulators.

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Q: Will you be gift shopping on Black Friday?

Paul Bush,OneSource Technology

“My wife and I have a tradition of getting up Friday morning and going out. It’s actu-ally a fun experience.”

Bush

Dan Unruh,InSite Real Estate Group

“The crowds and the deals are just not worth the energy. I do a lot of shopping in Delano. I try to support the locals here, and I shop online for specialty items.”

Unruh

Ruth Johnson,Nye & Associates

“I do it for entertainment value, not to actually purchase anything. I won’t go out fi rst thing in the morning. I make most of my gifts for the people I give to, or I make a donation to charity on their behalf.”

Johnson

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QUOTEOF THE WEEK

John Smith,Pixius Communications

“No. A lot of (my shopping) is already done.”

Smith

“This isn’t a Real Development securities case. I have no concern whatsoever about the outcome of any of it.”

Michael ElzufonReal Development. P1

Each week we’ll highlight the best business tip in the Wichita Business Journal, and let you know which companies are hiring. If you have any questions, or if your company is hiring, please let me know. E-mail me at [email protected] or call me at 266-6184.

“Sadly, too many politicians are willing to let the country suffer because of their own biases. Both sides of the aisle need to come to grips with the reality that it is going to take both a reduction in spending and an increase in taxes to overcome our fi scal problems. Politicians should focus more on the job of governing and less on pandering to their own special interest supporters.”

BUSINESS TIP OF THE WEEK

CREATIVE CAPITAL — Robert Elliott is using crowdfunding to raise operating money for his company, Art Effects, which does decorative painting for historic buildings. P5

Exchange concerns — Worries about the Kansas online insurance marketplace ... P4

Transfer of power — Constructing a $302 million electrical transmission line ..... P6

People on the Move — Wichita businesspeople improving their careers ............. P8

Go Wichita — Speaker says tourism marketing is a smart investment ...............P10

The Lists — The busiest, most accident-prone intersections ...........................P14

For the Record — Exclusive leads to help grow your business ....................P19, 22

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Q: Will the federal government avert the “fiscal cliff”?

SURVEY Yes, before year-end:79 (28%)

No:77 (27%)

Other:5 (2%)

SOURCE: WBJ ONLINE POLL. NOV. 8 TO NOV. 15. SAMPLE SIZE: 282

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OPPORTUNITIESWHO’S HIRING?

Contractors working on a new electrical transmission line in south-central Kansas may be look-ing for workers. ITC Great Plains has started construction of a $302 million high-voltage electrical line that will run from Spearville to Medicine Lodge to carry power generated by wind farms. The work will be done by contractors, and it will support 40 to 75 jobs. See our story on Page 6.

Eventually, but not until after year-end:

121 (43%)

COMMENT ...

Keep an eye on what happens with the state’s health insurance exchange. Gov. Sam Brownback said Kansas will not pursue a partnership with the federal govern-ment. He says partnering with the feds could cost the state millions of dollars. Others are concerned that the system the state ends up with might result in poor customer service, long waits for claims processing and management from a dis-tance rather than locally. See our story on Page 4.

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Bank’s growth supported by AGH advisorsBank’s growth supported by AGH advisors”

When we deal with customer issues, I know where AGH is coming from based on shared values, and I know that we both try and an-ticipate the needs of our customers. We are extremely pleased with our relationship with AGH.

– Jim Faith

When we deal with customer issues, I know where AGH is coming from based on shared

“

Sunflower Bank has become a force among Kansas banks over the last decade. Sixteen years ago, Salina-based Sunflower Bank had $130 million in assets and three locations. Today, the bank has 31 locations and more than $2 billion in assets. The growth has included an aggressive push into Wichita and south-central Kansas. Growth, though, brought new challenges. To help, the bank turned to the professionals of Allen, Gibbs & Houlik, L.C.

Tax and family business consulting What started as a single consulting engagement in 2001 has grown to a full-fledged relationship, in-cluding tax strategy consulting and assistance with a transition of the business to the next generation of owners. AGH’s organizational development and family business services team has worked extensively with Sunflower, assisting with shareholder

and family meetings, executive coaching and organizational development issues. “AGH and Sunflower have a smiliar heritage and value system,” Sunflower president Jim Faith says. “We are both regional, home-grown companies with a focus on servicing the needs of entrepre-neurial companies.”

Specialized financial services industry team AGH knows banks. Executive Vice President Sean Weaver, senior advisor of AGH’s financial services industry team, collaborates with a team of experienced professionals who have worked with and for Kansas banks in all aspects of the industry. Faith says that Weaver and other AGH profes-sionals have become trusted advisors. “When we deal with customer issues, I know where AGH is coming from based on shared values, and I know that we both try and anticipate the needs of our customers,” Faith says. “We are extremely pleased with our relationship with AGH.”

Sunflower Wichita Market President Jim Faith and AGH’s Sean Weaver

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Your Honor, what does that tattoo say?

Scott Hill admits he ended up hav-ing some fun writing a story about tattooed lawyers for the Wichita Bar

Association’s monthly “Bar-o-Meter” publica-tion, despite his initial objections to the piece.

Hill, a partner at Hite Fanning & Honeyman LLP, was essentially vol-unteered — by his wife — because he has some ink of his own, which, by the way, is the initials

“SH” over the famed Superman symbol. The letters actually look like a dollar sign. Hill says he was proud of his tat-too when he got it in college but doesn’t care much for it now.

In the information-gathering process, Hill learned about the tattoos several Wichita attorneys have and why they got them. Perhaps the best story is about Judge Richard Ballinger, who has a tattoo of what is supposed to be the Harley-Davidson logo with an eagle’s wings. Problem is, though, that “Har-ley” is misspelled “Hareey” on the fi n-ished tattoo, which Ballinger got about 10 years ago. He’s never bothered to get it fi xed.

THE WOES OF KILIMANJAROClinton Baker had been preparing all

year for his chance to take on Mount Kilimanjaro, and in so doing he may have adversely affected his chances of making it to the top.

A back injury kept him about 2,000 feet short of reaching the 19,341-foot summit, Africa’s highest.

Baker found out the day before he and three others were to leave for their climb that he had a bulging disk in his back. But Baker went anyway, deter-mined not to let his injury keep him off the mountain.

Baker, manager of the general prac-tice group at accounting fi rm Kennedy and Coe LLC, went on the trip with his wife, Jennifer Baker, and friends Kim-berly Schrant and Camille Snyder.

Baker says pain medication helped him get as far as he did.

He says the fi nal push to the summit started about midnight on the fi fth day of the climb, and in about eight hours most climbers got from their camp at 15,300 feet to the summit.

But it wasn’t to be for Baker because his back gave out at about 5:30 that morning, and he returned to camp. His three companions, however, continued on and did make it to the top.

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Association’s monthly Association’s monthly “Bar-o-Meter” publica-tion, despite his initial objections to the piece.

Hill, a partner at Hite Fanning & Honeyman LLP, was essentially vol-unteered — by his wife — because he has some ink of his own, which, by the way, is the initials

“SH” over the famed Superman symbol.

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Fanning & Honeyman LLP, was essentially vol-unteered — by his wife — because he has some ink of his own, which, by the way, is the initials

By Josh heck

The idea that an online health insurance marketplace for Kansas likely will be operated by the federal govern-ment isn’t sitting well with some in the state.

Industry professionals have concerns about customer service, response times for claims processing, communi-cation and not having a local organization in charge.

“I probably won’t know anybody at the fed-eral level,” says Tim Witsman, president of the Wichita Independent Business Associa-tion, who is part of a group working to create a health insurance cooperative that will oper-ate on the exchange and compete for busi-ness with other insurance companies.

Concerns like Witsman’s arose in the wake of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s deci-

sion last week not to allow the state to pursue a partner-ship that would have created a health insurance exchange run jointly by the state and federal governments.

Brownback says state involvement in an exchange could cost Kansas taxpayers millions of dollars. He says if law-makers want a partnership exchange they should pursue legislation in the upcoming session.

In the meantime, Kansas is on track to default to an ex-change run exclusively by the federal government.

Part of the federal health care reform law, insurance ex-changes are the online marketplaces in which individual businesses can compare and purchase health insurance plans. The goal is to give more people access to coverage.

Brownback’s decision has frustrated stakeholders who have spent months preparing for an insurance exchange that would be controlled at least in part by the state.

Open enrollment for health insurance exchanges is expected to start Oct. 1, 2013, for coverage plans for in-dividuals and small businesses that would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2014. Large employers, those with more than

100 employees, won’t be eligible to shop group insurance plans on the exchange until 2017.

Witsman says a big concern is whether federally oper-ated exchanges will be up and running in time for the 2013 open-enrollment period. The new insurance cooperative, he says, must have adequate time to sign up members.

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger isn’t happy about Brownback’s decision but says the Insurance Department will do what it can to help where it can.

“Our folks were eager to move forward with it,” Praeger says. “We just have to make the most of the environment

that we are going to be in.”

ceding control

Mary Beth Chambers, a spokesperson for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, says how insurance plans are developed won’t change with a federal exchange, but the way informa-tion is disseminated about those plans will.

Praeger says insurance plans that partici-pate in the exchange will be required to in-clude some additional essential benefits, such as pediatric vision and dental coverage. Plans also will be required to cover items that are defined as “habilitative services,” things such as a wheel-chairs, oxygen tanks or vision services for older adults.

Praeger says insurance plans will have to be licensed in Kansas and regulated at the federal level if they are part of the exchange. It’s likely, she says, that small insurance companies will compete on the exchange against large na-tional companies like Aetna Inc., Humana Inc. and United-Health Group Inc.

She says insurance companies, no matter their size, will be able to showcase their plans on the exchange, assum-ing they meet the minimum coverage requirements and are registered.

“The whole focus here is that people purchase plans that will meet their needs,” Praeger says.


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HeAltH inSUrAnce excHAngeS Key dAteSoct. 1, 2013 — Open enrollment for health insurance exchanges is expected to start for individuals and small businesses. Jan. 1, 2014 — Exchange insurance plans are set to take effect. 2017 — The year when large employers, those with more than 100 employ-ees, will gain access to group plans on the exchange.

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by daniel mccoy

Would you donate money to a for-profit business to help it raise the funds it needs to grow?

Robert Elliot, founder of Art Effects LLC, hopes you and plenty of others will.

Elliot’s company helps restore old build-ings through decorative painting, and to help him continue his work, he’s taking the admittedly different approach of turn-ing to “crowdfunding.”

He has a campaign running on the website Launcht.org, and he has a goal of raising $175,000 from donors. The 45-day campaign went live Nov. 9. As of Wednes-day, it had raised $200.

Crowdfunding sites like Launcht.org and Kickstarter help individuals and or-ganizations raise money from the general public. Donors usually get some token of appreciation in return.

Unlike Kickstarter, where a fundraiser meet its goal or it gets nothing, Launcht al-lows its users to keep whatever they raise.

Elliot’s plan is to use the money to help him market his business, train the artisans that work with him, buy some new equip-ment and pay some of his workers’ wages.

“It gets us back in the game,” he says. “It will help make us a better, smarter com-pany. We’ll be able to go after some big-ger jobs, but we’ll also be able to stay with smaller ones too.”

Money for nothing?

But why would someone want to just give money away to a for-profit business?

Elliot says donors should recognize the social impact of his work.

“We restore buildings, and in so doing, we restore communities,” he says.

Examples of Elliot’s work locally include restorations of the artistic details — such as marble columns, frescoes and statues — in St. Anthony’s Church and Fidelity Bank’s Carnegie Library building.

And like most who seek crowdfunding, Elliot is offering donors tokens of appreci-ation ranging from computer-desktop wall-papers featuring his work to hand-painted friezes and icons, depending on how much they give.

A recent survey by the Crowdfunding Professionals Association suggests Elliot might find some takers.

Of 442 entrepreneurs, investors and in-termediaries surveyed about their interest in crowdfunding, 20 percent of responders listed wanting to be part of something big-ger than themselves as a primary reason for their interest, while 17 percent cited the desire to make the difference in the life

of an entrepreneur.But 33 percent cited potential invest-

ment returns as the reason for their inter-est. Those folks will have to wait. In April, President Obama signed a bill that paves the way for crowdfunding to be a way to trade equity for capital, but the details of how that will work still have to be spelled out by federal regulators.

“I think this survey shows how inspired people are by the unlimited possibilities that can happen with the crowdfunding bill,” Ruth Hedges, CEO of Funding Road-Map and governance board member of the Crowdfunding Professionals Association, said along with the release of the survey.

a growing approach

Launcht spokesperson Georgia Wright-Simmons says Elliot’s idea is “very much in line with current trends.”

While Launcht does work nonprofit organizations, Wright-Simmons says its customer base also includes startup com-panies looking to raise the money they need to get their projects going.

Although Elliot has been in business 18 years, that’s how he’s using it. His cam-paign, like all those on the website, had to be approved by Launcht before it went live.

Wright-Simmons says crowdfunding “in its ideal state” can act as a stand-in for ven-ture capitalists and angel investors. Rather than try to get meetings with such exclu-sive parties, crowdfunding allows individu-als to attract the attention of the masses.

It’s becoming a more common approach. A recent article from Forbes reported

that there are more than 700 crowdfund-ing websites under development. A look at some already in existence shows plenty of for-profit businesses taking the same ap-proach as Elliot. There’s everything from mobile app developers to a company that makes locks for medication bottles.

So why not just go the route of a tradi-tional loan?

“I’d never qualify, not without a contract in hand,” Elliot says. “It costs money to be able to bid.”

In turning to crowdfunding, he says, he hopes to be as creative in securing funds for his business as he is in the execution of his work.


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ITC Great Plains LLC this week offi cially kicked off the construction of a new leg of high-voltage electrical transmission line in south-central Kansas.

The Topeka-based company is building a 122-mile, 345,000-volt, double-circuit line from Spearville south into Clark County and then east to Medicine Lodge.

The $302 million project, which ITC re-fers to as the Kansas V-Plan because of the shape of the route, is expected to go online by the end of 2014.

Prairie Wind Transmission, a joint ven-ture of Westar Energy Inc. and Electric Transmission America, will build another leg from Medicine Lodge to Wichita.

That portion of the project is also expect-ed to be fi nished in 2014.

What it will mean for both residential and commercial customers when the proj-ect is complete is more reliable access to power on a more robust transmission sys-tem, says Tom Kleckner, spokesperson for the Southwest Power Pool, an organiza-tion mandated by the federal government

to oversee construction of transmission lines in several Midwestern states.

CONSTRUCTION SUPPORTING JOBS

Kristine Schmidt, presi-dent of ITC Great Plains, says the construction of the Spear-

ville-to-Medicine Lodge line will mark the end of years of planning, including work-ing with landowners and gaining site ap-proval from regulators.

“This is getting into the parts of the proj-ects that will be much more tangible for people,” she says. “They’ll be able to see the progress.”

When it’s done, she says, it will carry power created by wind farms. A lower cost of power generation should translate to energy savings for consumers.

ITC expects construction of the new line to support 40 to 75 jobs at a time, all from contractors, similar to what it saw on the construction of its line running from Spearville north to Nebraska.

The company fi nished that line, which con-nects to the V-Plan route, earlier this year.

Progress is also under way on the Prai-rie Wind Transmission leg from Medicine Lodge to Wichita.

Prairie Wind refers to that project as the Y-Plan, which from Medicine Lodge will be

turned south and taken to the Oklahoma border and has an estimated cost of about $180 million.

Westar spokesperson Erin La Row says work clearing trees and building culverts along the route began this summer.

The fi rst concrete foundation for one of the transmission line towers was poured in September. That work is supporting 39 contract workers.


Power transmission line projects take shape in south-central Kansas

Spearville substation

Clark Co. substation

POWERING UPHere’s a short timeline of ITC Great Plain’s Kansas V-Plan trans-mission line project.November 2010 — Preliminary route established.July 2011 — Route approved by Kansas Corporation Commission; right-of-way acquisition begins.November 2012 — Construction begins.Late 2014 — Project is completed.

ITC Great Plains V Plan transmission line

Schmidt

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By Josh heck

The offers have been accepted, and local accounting firms are making room for new hires to start work in January.

Local firms say their 2012 fall recruiting season, which wrapped up at the end of October, was a success. The firms added several accountants and a host of interns.

“We found the situation to be a little more competitive than it has been,” says Bill Pickert, managing partner of BKD LLP, which has six interns and three full-

time accountants starting in January as well as two interns who will start next summer.

The recruiting season is competitive as public ac-counting firms go against each other and other busi-nesses for the best account-ing graduates.

The new hires fill vacan-cies and contribute to the firms’ growth. Starting pay for CPAs can range from $40,000 to $60,000.

Derry Larson, managing partner of Larson & Co. PA, says changes in tax law and new federal regulations are in-

creasing firms’ demand for new accountants. Firms like to start hires in January, at

the beginning of their busiest time of year. “With accounting firms, the work load

is much heavier in that first quarter and a half of the year,” says Jena Lysen, vice president for human resources at Allen,

Gibbs & Houlik LC, which is adding eight interns, four accountants and three sea-sonal workers for 2013.

CPA firms recruit heavily at many of the four-year universities in Kansas, local man-aging partners say.

The firms have a presence on college campuses throughout the fall — and oc-casionally the previous spring — meeting with students who are nearing graduation.

Lori Davis, managing partner for Grant Thornton LLP, says spring recruiting is becoming more common as firms work to make connections with students sooner. She says it’s also common for Grant Thorn-ton to recruit college juniors to be part of summer leadership programs before the start of their senior year. For 2013, Grant Thornton hired four audit interns, two tax interns and one full-time tax accountant.

Davis says the candidates were strong this year, and her firm had more qualified applicants than it could make offers to.

“Recruiting season is always competi-tive,” Davis says.


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Accounting firms tout successful, competitive ‘recruiting season’

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How long have you lived in Wichita and what are your impressions of the city? My family moved to Wichita in 1991, when I was a child, because my father, Dr. Ron Hun-ninghake, accepted a position at the Riordan Clinic (then it was called the Center for the Improvement of Human Functioning, International).

What area of town do you live in? We live in the north-east part of Wichita.

Who is the person you would most like to meet?Hmm, tough question ... there are so many! I would love to sit down with Amelia Earhart. She was an inspiration for women and a fellow Kansan. Plus, I would love to know what happened on her last, fateful flight.

What was the last book you read? For work: “Neu-robehavioral Disorders of Childhood: An Evolutionary Perspective,” by Dr. Robert Melillo. For fun: The Hunger Games trilogy.

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By JOHN STEARNS

Get Alicia Early talking and you find out the new president and CEO of the Derby Chamber of Commerce had an interesting youth that reflects in who she is today.

First, her father ran the 5,000 and 10,000 meters for New Zealand’s track team in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Rex Maddaford placed 10th and 12th, respectively, in those events.

“He medaled in my eyes, but not in the stadium,” Early says.

She’s a dual citizen of New Zealand and U.S., born 10 years after those Olympic games in New Mexico, where her father was recruited to run the track team at Eastern New Mexico University.

He ended up marrying a girl from Tucumcari, N.M., Jeannette, whose pub-lic service would include 16 years as Quay County clerk and eight years as the Tucumcari city clerk.

“You just can’t be a child of my mom and dad and not be driven. It’s in our DNA, I think,” says Early, 34, who has a brother.

Not surprisingly then, she had scholar-ships lined up for her first couple of years of college, covering all but about $50 of the cost.

When her mother asked if she’d like to enter the Miss Quay County beauty pag-eant to try to win one more scholarship, Early decided to give it a shot — and won.

“I really didn’t win because of beauty,” she says, crediting instead her knowledge and presence during the interview ses-sion.

She advanced to the Miss New Mexico competition, but being 5-foot-3 was a strike against her, she says.

In both pageants, the talent she dis-played was a dramatic interpretation of the poem “If I Were in Charge of the World.”

Why that choice? “It just fit my personal-ity probably,” she says.

One wOrd: ‘fantastic’

That personality and her experience with boards and fundraising impressed the Derby chamber’s transition commit-tee, which sought a replacement for the retiring Rhonda Cott.

They liked Early’s enthusiasm for the Derby community and her understanding of community partnerships, says Marga-ret Fritzler, chairwoman of the chamber

board.“One word that describes her is just

‘fantastic,’ ” Fritzler says. “She’s awesome, I tell you.”

DenaSue Potestio, president of the Em-poria State University Foundation, is ex-cited about Early’s new role.

“Alicia is a leader, and she couples that with a heart for people and a true business sense, which I think makes her a perfect fit for this role,” says Potestio, who super-vised Early when the two of them worked at the Colorado State University-Pueblo Foundation.

“She was my go-to person and highly re-liable,” Potestio says, calling her an “over-achiever, dedicated, very bright.”

derby’s quality Of life attractive

Early and her husband moved to Derby last year from Omaha after he was promot-ed to unit sales manager for Pepsi Bever-ages Co. in Wichita. It was the third time

the couple moved for his Pepsi job.Having both grown up in small towns,

they saw a quality of life in Derby that ap-pealed to them.

She went to work in Winfield as com-munity relations manager for Mosaic, a nonprofit that serves people with develop-mental disabilities. She had the same job at Mosaic in Omaha.

The Derby chamber is a huge market-ing opportunity for local businesses to reach out and increase their visibility, Early says.

“In every position that I’ve ever held, I think I’ve been highlighting that for the people I’ve served — it’s all about vis-ibility and awareness and education, and I think the chamber encompasses all of that,” she says.

Early says the chamber is on the right path, so she’ll focus on adding value to what it already has and evolving with its 350 members’ needs.

As for growing up in a driven family of go-getters? Well, Early says, it shaped her.

“It definitely has fed my personality,” she says.

She cites a well-known quote, some-times attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, that she thinks represents her: “Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.”


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the alicia early fileage: 34.title: President and CEO, Derby Chamber of Commerce.experience: Anderson Merchandisers, Amarillo, Texas, 2002; Colorado State University-Pueblo Foundation, 2003-08; Mosaic, Omaha, community relations manager, 2009-2011; Mosaic, Winfield, community relations man-ager, 2011-November 2012.education: Bachelor’s degree in mass communications, West Texas A&M University, 2001.family: Husband, Shawn; son, Dylan, 4; daughter, Ken-nedy, 18 months. Hobbies: Family, reading, watching team sports.

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Travel and tourism marketing is a smart investment for communities, according to Michael Gehrisch, president and CEO of Destination Marketing Association Interna-tional. He says he is presenting data in Wichita on Friday to back up his assertion.

Gehrisch is the keynote speaker at Go Wichita Conven-tion & Visitors Bureau’s annual meeting, scheduled at 11:30 a.m. today at the Crown Uptown Dinner Theatre.

He says he’ll share with players in Wichita’s travel and tourism industry some of his organization’s research, which is global in scope.

Destination marketing organizations, like Go Wichita, and state and national travel and tourism offices invest about $4.6 billion worldwide in marketing, Gehrisch says. And, he says, it pays off. His organization’s research shows that in the United States, destination marketing organizations influence about one in every five group hotel rooms booked.

One marketing channel that is growing in popularity is social media, Gehrisch says. He says he’ll present re-search about how destination marketing organizations are using social media to reach potential visitors.

“We’ll talk about how DMOs have embraced and inte-grated this into their overall marketing efforts,” he says.

More details of Gehrisch’s presentation will be available Friday afternoon at wichitabusinessjournal.com.

Priorities for 2013

Go Wichita is among the organizations that plan to put more focus on social media.

Susie Santo, the organization’s new presi-dent and CEO, says Go Wichita’s 2013 initia-tives include an emphasis on improving the organization’s website and social presence.

“Visitors do a lot of pre-trip planning on the Web,” she says. “We want to make sure we’re tackling all the places where people are.”

Another 2013 goal is to carry out more market research, she says. The organization plans to develop a “visitor pro-file” so members can better understand some of the com-mon characteristics and habits among people who travel to Wichita. The information should be helpful to hotels, restaurants, attractions and other local businesses, she says.

The initiatives’ goal is to continue the growth in spend-ing by Wichita visitors.

Santo says that in 2011, visitors to the Wichita metro area spent $712 million, which is up slightly from 2008, before the recession started to have much effect. Visitor spending is on target to increase by about 5 percent in 2012, says Go Wichita spokesman Ken Vandruff.

Santo describes the industry’s growth as moderate but says it’s apparent that travel and tourism is coming back from the recession.

Gehrisch says the Destination Marketing Association International is seeing similar trends. It tracks bed-tax col-lections because bed taxes are the main funding source for most destination marketing organizations. In 2012, bed tax collections are set to surpass pre-recession levels, he says, which indicates a recovery.

“That’s a bellwether for us,” he says.


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Go WiCHitA CoNveNtioN & visitors BUreAU 2012 ANNUAL MeetiNGWhen: 11:30 a.m. Friday.Where: crown uptown Dinner theatre, 3207 e. Douglas.Keynote: Michael gehrisch, Destination Marketing association international president and ceo.other presenters: susie santo, go Wichita president and ceo; Jeff Fluhr, Wichita Downtown Development corp. president.Awards to be presented: innkeeper of the year, Destination promotion award, corporate partnership award, Distinguished service award.

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By JOSH HECk

When Jennifer Wright walks through certain areas ofthehistoricOrpheumTheatreindowntownWichita,shedoesn’tlikethedisrepairshesees.

Thepainthascomeoffthewallsinsomeplaces,plasterinothers.Theredseatsareoldanduncomfortable,andthecarpetingthatcoverstheaislesisheldtogetherwithducttape.Woodrotisevidentthroughoutthe90-year-oldtheaterat200N.Broadway.

But when Wright, the Orpheum’s president, walksthroughthetheater’slobby,sheseesnewtile,freshpaint,areplicaoftheoriginalboxofficeandthepotentialinre-furbishingtherestofthe1,281-seatvenue.

Orpheumstakeholdersareintheearlyphasesofaplantospend$13milliontomodernizethetheaterwhilemain-tainingitshistoriccharacter.Theeffortisacontinuationofearlierrenovationssince2000thathavetotaled$4mil-

lion. Those renovations have included work to upgradeplumbing, heating, air conditioning and stage lighting,renovatethelobbyandupstairsrestrooms,andperformexteriorbrickwork.

“Restoring the Orpheum isoneof the greatest thingswecandoforthecity,”Wrightsays.“WeareenhancingthequalityoflifeinWichita.It’saboutattractingpeopletothecityandkeepingthemhere.”

TheOrpheumlikelywilllaunchafundraisingcampaigntoraisemost,ifnotall,ofthefundsfortheproject.

Butfirst,theOrpheum’sleadershipwantstoensurethatit’sfeasibletorestorethetheaterandrunitlongterm.

TheOrpheumisworkingwithWebbManagementSer-vicesInc.ofNewYorkonastudyofthetheater’snicheinthemarketplace: the typesofshows itattracts, itsatten-dancepotential andwhether it isdifferentenough fromother entertainment venues in town. Terms of the con-tractwerenotdisclosed.

WrightsaysreformulatingtheOrpheum’sbusinessplanhelpsitmakeastrongercasetoinvestorsanddonors.

Duncan Webb, president of his namesake company,sayshis initial impressionsof the theaterand its leader-shiparefavorable.

“Theyaresucceedingtoday,”hesays.“WhatIcantellis

N.Y. firm helps Orpheum Theatre leadership to justify $13M restoration plan

Continued on PAGE 12

ORpHEUM THEATRE ATTENdANCE Here’s a look at the attendance for the past five years for the 1,281-seat venue: 2008 ............................................................................. 37,000. 2009 ............................................................................................................42,000. 2010 .............................................................................40,000. 2011 ..............................................................................................................52,000. 2012 ............................. projected to reach 60,000 by year’s end.

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Orpheum president Jennifer Wright sits in one of the dated auditorium seats in the historic theater at 200 N. Broadway. Replacing those seats is just one aspect of a potential plan to finish restoring the theater.

it is absolutely a unique venue in Wichita.” Webb was in Wichita last week to look at

the theater and meet with its stakeholders. Over the next six months he will collect data, compile his fi ndings and craft a busi-ness plan to address how the theater can grow and stay solvent.

“That’s the good thing: that they are al-ready up and running,” Webb says. “My job is to see if that can go further.”

ATTENDANCE GROWTH

The Orpheum Theatre opened in 1922 and closed in 1974. A group of investors bought the property 10 years later but didn’t offi cially take ownership of it until 1992. It reopened to the public as an enter-tainment venue in 2000.

Since then, attendance fi gures have grown with the addition of more shows. Orpheum shows had an attendance of 37,000 in 2008, but this year the theater is projecting attendance of 60,000.

Wright says ticket sales account for 70 percent of the Orpheum’s $1.2 million op-erating budget. Donations are the rest.

She says the growth in attendance and shows means that the theater is being used more, thus accelerating the wear and tear on the already worn facility. She says the increased activity is also a reason to start the renovation soon.

Harvey Sorensen, president of the Or-pheum’s board of directors and a partner at Foulston Siefkin LLP, says the renova-tion is necessary to preserve one of Wichi-ta’s historic treasures, but steps need to be

taken to ensure the Orpheum can continue to operate and complement the city’s other entertainment venues.

If and when that happens, Sorensen says, the organization will move forward with its fundraising efforts.

“We’re trying to lay the foundation to have a successful campaign,” he says.


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Peeling paint and cracked plaster characterize the areas of the Orpheum Theatre that have yet to be restored. But at right, the ornate replica box offi ce sits in the theater’s meticulously restored lobby. It’s an example, the theater’s leaders say, of what could take place throughout the building.

BY EMILY BEHLMANN

If you want to avoid knowing the result of a sports game or the ending of a TV show before you can watch it, you know by now to avoid Twitter and Facebook, where friends will be chatting about every twist and turn.

But at live theater productions, the norm is to shut the phone off, as Michael Kline, who manages social media for Music The-atre of Wichita, acknowledges.

“We had to fi ght that norm,” he says, in implementing a new marketing concept spreading among theaters nationwide: “tweet seats.”

Music Theatre of Wichita offered up a few free “tweet seats” at each of its produc-tions during the summer season. There, Twitter users were encouraged to share with their followers immediate reactions to what was happening on stage. They men-tioned Music Theatre’s Twitter handle (@MTWichita) in each tweet, and tagged each with the name of the show (#9to5).

“We cautioned them: ‘We’re not buying your ideas and thoughts. We want you to tweet whatever comes to mind,’” says Kline. “It worked wonderfully.”

NEW AUDIENCES

Part of the idea behind “tweet seats” is to reach a younger theater audience, say those who are pushing the idea.

That makes sense to Aaron Wirtz, who participated as a live-tweeter this summer. Wirtz manages social media for Suzuki of Wichita and tweeted on the company’s behalf during the shows. Wirtz says so-cial media is a sensible channel to reach younger audiences because they’re al-ready hanging out there.

“It’s creating loyalty among the next generation of theater-goers,” Wirtz says.

It’s also an inexpensive marketing tac-tic, says Casey Eubank, vice president of Wichita Community Theatre. The com-munity theater tried offering social media seats during one night of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” but didn’t have any tak-ers — possibly, Eubank says, because of the night it was scheduled. He says he’ll try it again.

Eubank says Wichita Community The-atre has about a $40,000 budget for its full season, which doesn’t leave much for advertising. Word of mouth tends to be a good source of marketing, and getting au-diences to share experiences through so-cial media is an extension of that, he says.

At Music Theatre of Wichita, Kline says he hasn’t been able to tell whether the tweets prompted anyone to buy a show ticket who wouldn’t have otherwise.

However, the campaign clearly had some impact. For instance, he says Music The-atre’s Twitter following grew by about 20 to 30 percent after each tweeted show. The organization now has about 550 followers.

CRITICS

The concept has its critics. In a New York Times article, theater reviewer Peter Funt

wrote this about the idea when he heard of a New York theater offering “tweet seats”: “In an unsavory confl uence of social media and the arts, we now have what are known as the tweet seats — sections of otherwise dignifi ed theaters where communicating via Twitter during shows is actually en-couraged.”

But in Wichita, Eubank says theaters can avoid potential problems, like tweeters’ light-up screens disturbing their neigh-bors, by putting those audience members in the back row.

At Music Theatre of Wichita, the tweet-ers had their own box behind other audi-ence members. Kline says the tweeters were also reminded to turn off the sound on their devices and keep their screen lights low.

Kline says Music Theatre’s producing artistic director, Wayne Bryan, still was skeptical at fi rst, though he later embraced it. There were a few unexpected issues, Kline says, like how actors began interact-ing on Twitter with the audience members between scenes. He says directors asked them to keep their focus on the show and read the tweets afterward.

Wirtz says he enjoyed the way theater became more participatory in the “tweet seats.”

“I think it was very progressive of MTW to consider it,” he says. “You can fi ght peo-ple on stuff like that, or you can embrace it.”


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Busiest and Accident-

ProneIntersections

The Busiest Intersections list is ranked by average

daily traffi c. The Accident-Prone Intersections list

is ranked by number of accidents so far in 2012.

Source: City of Wichita and the Wichita Police Department.

Key: T - TieNL - Not listedResearched by Stephanie Bloyd; [email protected]

Footnotes: 1 The number of vehicles passing through intersections daily. Counts have been taken by the City of Wichita over the course of several years. 2 Updated as of Nov. 1, 2012. Accidents may have occurred near, rather than in, the intersection.

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2012 Rank/ 2011 Rank Intersection

Average daily traffi c Businesses located at intersection

11

Kellogg and Webb 69,046Hawker Beechcraft, Motel 6, GuestHouse Inn

& Suites, Groves Discount Wine & Liquor.

22

Central and Ridge 49,945Hobby Lobby, Phillips 66, A-OK Pawnshop,

Nu-Way Cafe.

33

Central and Rock Road 49,592UMB Bank, Dillons, Starbucks, UMB Bank,

Chili’s, Chick-fi l-A.

417

Kellogg and Greenwich Road 49,144Scholfi eld Auto Plaza, Steven Volkswagen, Mike

Steven Infi niti, Wendy’s, Green Lantern Car Wash.

54

I-235 and Zoo Blvd. 48,714 None.

65

21st St. N. and Maize Road 48,352NewMarket Square Shopping Center, Dillons,

McDonald’s, Bank of the West.

76

Windmill and Zoo Blvd. 45,631 Sedgwick County Zoo.

87

21st St. N. and Ridge 45,521QuikTrip, Phillips 66, A-OK Pawnshop,

Nu-Way Cafe.

98

Harry and Rock Road 45,094Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Phillips 66,

Starbucks, Bank of America, Quiznos.

109

Kellogg Drive and Rock Road 44,922Towne East Square Shopping Center, Eastgate Plaza

Shopping Center, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse, Holiday Inn, Green Mill Restaurant, Adventure Sports.

1110

Westdale and Zoo Blvd. 44,752 None.

1214

21st St. N. and Woodlawn 43,397Emprise Bank, Phillips 66, Brittany Center Shopping

Center, Felipe’s Mexican Restaurant.

1311

21st St. N. and Rock Road 43,326Bradley Fair Shopping Center, Clarks Fine Jewelers,

Phillips 66, McDonald’s, Dillons.

1412

21st St. N. and Tyler 42,686 Book-A-Holic, Papa John’s Pizza, Sunfl ower Bank.

1513

21st St. N. and Oliver 42,309Family Dollar, Extra Space Storage, All Occasions

Events Center.

1615

Kellogg and 119th St. W. 41,111Mel Hambelton Ford, Resthaven Cemetery,

Mid-America Orthopedics.

1716

Central and Tyler 40,768Jimmy’s Egg, Westlink Ace Hardware, Scholfi eld

Hyundai West, Wendy’s.

1818

13th St. N. and Rock Road 40,296 Genesis Health Club, Mike Grbic Team Realtors.

1920

Maple and Ridge 39,792Outback Steakhouse, Lowes, McAlister’s Deli,

Maple Ridge Shopping Center.

2021

47th St. S. and Southeast Blvd. 39,414 None.

2123

Central and Maize Road 37,285Capitol Federal Savings, Home Bank and Trust Co.,

Dillons, Bartelli’s Pizza, AT&T.

22NL

13th St. N. and Woodlawn 36,818Dillons, Walgreens, Commerce Bank,

Fidelity Bank, McDonald’s.

2324

Harry and Webb 36,468 Dillons, Felipe’s Jr., QuikTrip.

24NL

Pawnee and Rock Road 36,225 AMG Specialty Hospital, QuikTrip.

25NL

21st St. N. and Hillside 35,609Wichita State University, Bank of America,

WSU Child Development Center.

A look back ...

The 2011 Accident-prone Intersections list.Intersection Number of accidents1. Kellogg and Seneca. .......................................................632. Kellogg and Webb. ..........................................................553. Kellogg and Mid-Continent Road ................................444. Harry and Rock Road .....................................................365. Kellogg and Main ............................................................356. Kellogg and Broadway ...................................................347. 21st St. N. and Tyler ........................................................338. Central and Maize Road. ...............................................339. 21st St. N. and Woodlawn ...............................................3110. 21st St. N. and Maize Road ...........................................31

SOURCE: The Wichita Business Journal’s 2012 Book of Lists.

The 2011 Busiest Intersections list.Intersection Average daily traffi c1. Kellogg and Webb. ................................................... 58,2952. Central and Ridge ....................................................49,9453. Central and Rock Road ...........................................49,7274. I-235 and Zoo Blvd. ................................................. 48,7145. 21st St. N. and Maize Road.. .................................. 48,3526. Windmill and Zoo Blvd... ......................................... 45,6317. 21st St. N. and Ridge. ............................................... 45,5218. Harry and Rock Road. ............................................ 45,0949. Kellogg and Rock Road.. .........................................44,92210. Westdale and Zoo Blvd. .........................................44,752

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Busiest Intersections Accident-Prone Intersections

2012 Rank/ 2011 Rank Intersection Number of accidents

12

Kellogg and Webb 72

21

Kellogg and Seneca 50

39(t)

21st St. N. and Maize Road 41

46

Kellogg and Broadway 38

513(t)

Pawnee and Seneca 31

613(t)

Kellogg and Meridian 30

715(t)

Kellogg and Washington 29

811(t)

Kellogg and West St. 28

(T)NL

Kellogg Drive and Rock Road 28

(T)15(t)

Kellogg and Greenwich Road 28

1117(t)

Kellogg and Hillside 27

12NL

13th St. N. and Rock Road 26

13NL

21st St. and Amidon 25

(T)9(t)

21st St. N. and Woodlawn 25

157(t)

21st St. N. and Tyler 24

(T)NL

21st St. N. and Ridge 24

175

Kellogg and Main 23

(T)19

21st St. N. and Rock Road 23

(T)NL

21st St. N. and Hillside 23

204

Harry and Rock Road 22

(T)20(t)

Central and Ridge 22

2220(t)

Harry and Webb 21

2317(t)

Central and Rock Road 20

(T)11(t)

21st St. N. and Oliver 20

25NL

13th St. N. and Oliver 19

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Residency and fellowship-level train-

ing stressed intervention by thermal

(heat) laser. Collateral damage was sig-

nificant, with frequent development of

suboptimal symptoms such as diminu-

tion of peripheral and night vision. In-

terestingly, the management of diabetic

disease at the retinal level has transi-

tioned over the last several years from

a surgical emphasis to mostly medical

(pharmacologic or drug-based) proto-

cols.

Drugs that block blood vessel growth

and leakage (called anti-VEGFs) have

proven extremely safe when applied in

a careful, individualized manner. Un-

fortunately, their effects are relatively

short-lived and associated costs for ap-

proved versions mount up to jaw-drop-

ping expense. Access to these and other

physician-shouldered drugs is likely to

become more limited as demand and

margin curves continue to diverge.

The news remains VERY good from

a pure outcome vantage. We are enjoy-

ing a new era of disease control, with

an unprecedented upside to patients

threatened by an old enemy. Efficient

monitoring and strategies to best access

limited resources are the next hills to

climb.

The most correct answer is accurate

trending as coordinated by your pri-

mary care physician, optometrist, and,

when indicated, retinal subspecialist. We

recommend dilated restaging anywhere

from three months to two years depend-

ing on retinal findings at the initial

staging exam, the individual patient’s

control level, and his/her co-morbidi-

ties. The more common accelerators of

diabetic eye disease include high blood

pressure, obesity, poor triglyceride/cho-

lesterol control, and tobacco abuse.

Screening protocols are being written

and refined, partly in response to the

growing disconnect between patient

demand for medical services and avail-

able doctors experienced in the required

fields. It is clear that patients at risk will

soon be screened by protocols more

efficient than routine face-to-face ap-

pointments with physicians. This is not

a negative, rather, it is the key to appro-

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Neal had done occasional commercial deals himself over the years and owns and manages commercial property, but he brought in Criser to provide a full-time focus on commercial real estate.

Dave Neal and Associates’ residential business creates a pipeline of clients who are frequently interested in the investment opportunities of commercial real estate but not always sure where to begin, Neal says.

“We educate our clients to consider the advantage in what I call the abilities of real estate,” Neal says.

In Neal’s view, those “abilities” are:• Availability: Anybody can invest.• Appreciability: Potential to rise in value.• Leasability: Potential to collect rent.• Loan ability: Possibility of borrowing

against the property.• Tax ability: Tax advantages that include

depreciation, deductions and deferral.• Entrepreneurial ability: The ability of

an owner to think of new ways to use and market the property.

• Adaptability: The potential to convert property from one use to another.

• Usability: The ability of a tenant or property owner to use the property for business operations.

The idea is to put money to work and ensure a return on investment, Neal says.

He also sees opportunity to help the new-home developers he represents with commercial developments at sites like the

corners of major intersections that may not be appropriate for homes.

Neal doesn’t see his new division com-peting with the big brokerages. Instead, he sees their hundreds of listings as opportu-nities he can present to his clients.

“We view the other commercial guys as an extension of our service that we offer,” he says.

RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT IS KEY

Doug Malone, a commercial real estate agent at J.P. Weigand & Sons Inc., sees a similar symbiosis. Neal may have relation-ships with buyers, for example, who’d be good fi ts for Weigand listings, he says.

“That’s going to be to my advantage,” Malone says. “That’s the way I look at it.

You can’t have relationships with everybody.”

Malone says a recent deal with Neal and Criser went well.

“I think because of the quality of guy Dave is, he should be able to come out of the blocks running,” he says.

Tom Lassley, a commercial agent with Keller Williams Realty/Home-town Partners LLC, says those relation-ships are built one person at a time.

“I think a lot of it is word of mouth here in town,” Lassley says.

Dave Neal and Associates has built a lot of relationships over the years, Criser says.

“These personal relationships on the residential market many times unfold into these op-portunities in the commercial world,” he says.

Criser says his family’s investments in real estate, some of which are still man-aged under Criser Develop-ment, helped him see its value from an early age.

“I just had a good awareness of the ben-efi ts of commercial real estate from grow-ing up in the business,” he says.

Neal says they approach real estate in-vestment market with this thought: “To build wealth, you’ve got to buy, operate, pay off and then hold.”



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Kent Criser, left, and Dave Neal, both of Dave Neal and Associates, are marketing a build-to-suit property next to the new Chick-fi l-A at 21st and Maize Road. It’s one of about a half-dozen commercial listings they’re marketing through the brokerage’s new commercial real estate division.

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Building Permits

Newly issued building permits are collected from the county and city building inspection departments. The following information is included: contractor/owner, job site address, description, square feet (if available) and estimated value.

Commercial

City of Wichita

Commerce Construction Service, commer-cial alteration at 1950 S. Florence, (renova-tion), $150,000.

Diggs Construction Co., commercial addition at 2653 N. Hillside, Calvary Baptist Church (sanctuary renovation and office addition), $500,000.

Guthridge/Nighswonger, commercial alteration at 3001 E. Harry, (remodel for Epic Sports), $75,000.

K&M Building Co. Inc., commercial con-struction at 7520 E. Harry, (dental office), $400,000.

Law Co. Inc., commercial alteration at 929 N. St. Francis, Via Christi (renovate mail room and volunteer office), $51,492.

R. Messner Construction Co., commercial alteration at 530 S. Topeka, (interior office remodel), $300,000.

S&J Construction Service, commercial alteration at 533 S. St. Francis, (reconstruc-tion), $180,000.

SBA Construction Co. Inc., commercial addi-tion at 3143 S. Millwood Ave., Kelly Elementary School (additions and remodel), $1,200,000.

Walz Harman Huffman Construction, com-mercial alteration at 105 N. Main, Intrust Bank (remodel office), $201,180.

Residential

City of Wichita

Javen Brown Construction, multi-family residence at 3417-3419 W. St. Louis, St. Knight Acres (2 unit replacement), $86,208.

Key Construction Inc., multi-family resi-dence at 3450 N. Ridgewood Building 700, Chisholm Lake Apartments, $1,690,000.

Relph Construction Inc., multi-family resi-dence at 12714 E. Willowgreen, Casa Bella Lot 17 Block 1 (2 units), $221,971.

Ritchie Building Co. Inc., single-family resi-dence at 10751 E. Crestwood, Waterfront Lot 29 Block 1, $324,531.

ROBL Construction Inc., single-family resi-dence at 4722 N. Marblefalls, Falcon Falls Lot 12 Block C, $136,159.

Socora Homes Inc., single-family residence at 3202 N. Chambers, Fontana Lot 58 Block 1, $171,034.

Terry Gilman Construction dba T.G. Homes, single-family residence addition at 260 N. Armour, Rockwood Lot 2 Block 2 (add to rear), $65,000.

Warren Homes LLC, single-family residence at 2022 S. Webb Unit 256, (townhouse), $134,456.

Commercial

Sedgwick County

Bear Creek Ranch Inc., commercial construction at 9801 S. Meridian, (storage), Owner: Bear Creek Ranch Inc., $110,000.

Conco Inc., commercial addition at 6200 S. Ridge, $250,000.

Eby Construction, commercial alteration at 3801 S. Oliver Blvd. No. 3-224R, Owner: Spirit Spirit Aerosystems Inc., $429,173.

Jam Farms LLC, commercial construction at 6240 N. 231st St. W., (agricultural), Owner: Jam Farms LLC, $110,000.

Marquez Construction, commercial construc-tion at 6751 N. Hoover, (agricultural), Owner: Amanda R. Hall, $53,701.

Morton Building Inc., commercial construc-tion at 33501 W. Sixth, (agricultural), Owner: Michael and Debrah Wolfe, $121,000.

Randall Miller, commercial construction at 39551 W. 31st S., (agricultural), Owner: Randall D. Miller, $65,000.

Residential

Sedgwick County

Build Wichita Inc., single-family residence at 305 W. Willow, Owner: Clint Miller Family LP, $135,000, 1,201 square feet.

Chapman Custom Homes LC, single-family residence at 2735 S. Saratoga, Owner: Bran-don D. and Mandy Kupper, $160,000, 1,800 square feet.

Dream Life Homes, single-family residence at 404 E. Pretty Flowers, Owner: Lawrence Steckline Revocable Trust, $155,000.

Gearhart Homes, single-family residence at 4734 Emerald, Owner: Emerald Springs LLC, $275,000, 1,704 square feet.

Hampton & Sons Construction, single-family residence at 900 Melvin, Owner: Hampton & Sons Construction, $240,000, 1,790 square feet.

Hentzen Contractors, single-family residence alteration at 1207 E. Dirck, (remodel), Owner: Leah M. Haun, $160,000, 1,312 square feet.

Jarod Eck Construction, single-family resi-dence at 33220 W. 13th N., Owner: May April Rose & Kevin Revocable Trust, $144,000, 1,318 square feet.

Klausmeyer Construction, single-family residence at 11712 Wilkenson, Owner: Suite 112, $125,000, 1,249 square feet.

Klausmeyer Construction, single-family residence at 4411 Pearline, Owner: Suite 112, $150,000, 1,212 square feet.

Michael Tracy, single-family residence at 8051 S. Broadway, Owner: Michael L. Tracy Revocable Living Trust, $88,000, 432 square feet.

Mike George Homes, single-family residence addition at 18810 W. Hickory, (detached garage), Owner: Thomas and Cynthia Dick, $50,000.

Mike Love Construction, single-family residence at 3911 N. Goldenrod, Owner: Lane Walker, $290,000, 1,725 square feet.

Paul Arnold (owner), single-family residence at 850 S. 215th St. W., Owner: Paul Arnold, $65,000, 1,751 square feet.

Perfection Builders, single-family residence at 4066 N. Golden Rod, Owner: Perfection Signature Properties LLC, $211,551, 1,376 square feet.

Perfection Builders, single-family residence at 4011 N. Bluestem, Owner: Lane Walker, $325,000, 1,767 square feet.

Perfection Builders, single-family residence at 4026 N. Golden Rod, Owner: Perfection Signature Properties LLC, $275,000, 1,980 square feet.

Perfection Builders, single-family residence at 3920 N. Golden Rod, Owner: Walker Lane & Reed Development LLC, $430,000, 2,490 square feet.

Ron Oldfather Construction Inc., single-family residence addition at 7405 S. Field-crest, (detached garage), Owner: Nolan M. and Teresa Ballinger, $70,000.

Wildcat Homes Inc., single-family residence at 3302 S. 339th W., Owner: Joe and Janet Weninger, $205,000, 1,801 square feet.

Court Judgments

Judgments filed with the district clerk. Civil judgments filed against businesses are published in the following order: plaintiff name, defendant name, defendant address (if available), amount of judgment, prevailing party, case number, recording date.

Sedgwick County

Decker Electric Inc. v. Powerplus Tech-nologys Inc., (address not shown), $6,947, plaintiff, document #12LM02342, 10/05/12.

Journal Broadcast Group Of Kansas Inc./Wichita Operations v. Technidream LLC, (ad-dress not shown), $12,284, plaintiff, document #12LM08281, 10/05/12.

Yellowbook Inc. v. Brian Stuart dba Dis-count Restaurant Equipment, 229 S. Ashley Park Court, Wichita 67209, $8,391, plaintiff, document #12LM08886, 10/17/12.

Johnsons Garden Center Inc. v. Jillian Lenahan dba Jillco Landscapes, 854 Meadow Road, Valley Center 67147, $21,615, plaintiff, document #12LM13426, 10/16/12.

Joe Morten and Son Inc. v. JMMT Inc., (ad-dress not shown), $11,461, plaintiff, document #12LM15059, 10/09/12.

Journal Broadcast Group v. Bubbas Nekked BBQ LLC, (address not shown), $3,112, plain-tiff, document #12LM15226, 10/25/12.

Star Lumber and Supply Co. Inc. v. Michael Todd Construction Inc./Michael Todd, (ad-dress not shown), $4,751, plaintiff, document #12LM15353, 10/12/12.

YP Texas Region Yellow Pages LLC v. Frank Avila dba Netready, (address not shown), $5,889, plaintiff, document #12LM15749, 10/22/12.

Federal tax liens

These are recently filed by the Internal Revenue Service against assets of a business for unpaid income or payroll taxes. They are recorded with the register of deeds. The data appears in the following order: taxpayer’s name, address, amount of lien, type of lien (if available), document number and record-ing date.

Sedgwick County

Contract Sales Inc., P.O. Box 146, Wichita 67201, $49,391, (1120/941), Book/Page 2933/1314, 11/06/12.

A Clear Direction Inc., 2020 E. Central Ave., Wichita 67214, $17,029, (941), Book/Page 2933/1313, 11/06/12.

Gools LLC, 11505 N. Hydraulic St., Valley Center 67147, $6,266, (1120/941), Book/Page 2933/1311, 11/06/12.

Federal tax liens released

Sedgwick County

Sailhug A Corp./Scotch And Soda, 3827 W. 13th St. N., Wichita 67203, $4,541, (941), Book/Page 2933/1323, 11/06/12.

Bernard E. Edward, 345 S. Crestway St., Wichita 67218, $109,965, (940/941), Book/Page 2933/1324, 11/06/12.

Bernard E. Edward, 345 S. Crestway St., Wichita 67218, $4,128, (6721), Book/Page 2933/1325, 11/06/12.

Rickman Machine Co. Inc., 922 N. Santa Fe St., Wichita 67214, $51,759, (941), Book/Page 2933/1326, 11/06/12.

Rickman Machine Co. Inc., 922 N. Santa Fe St., Wichita 67214, $31,007, (941), Book/Page 2933/1327, 11/06/12.

new CorPorations

New corporations are filed with the state of Kansas. They are listed in ZIP code order and include the following information: business name, resident agent, address, ZIP code.

State of Kansas

Subearth Environmental LLC, Tom Don-dlinger, 2656 S. Sheridan, Wichita 67201.

SEP Holdings LLC, Sam Seward, 100 S. Main St. Suite 600, Wichita 67202.

Blue Valley Holdings LLC, Robert Young, 250 N. Water Suite 300, Wichita 67202.

Crash LLC, Gregory Reed, 800 E. First Suite 410, Wichita 67202.

Valley Investments LLC, Sid Unruh, 6767 N. Meridian, Wichita 67204.

Medical Consulting & Staffing LLC, Bradley Eck, 2260 Ridge Road No. 100, Wichita 67205.

DCG Field Services LLC, 3917 N. Lakecrest Circle, Wichita 67205.

Faux Pros LLC, Patrick Lester, 1082 N. Armour, Wichita 67206.

Forum Theatre LLC, Grant Rine, 11 E. Central Parkway, Wichita 67206.

ICT Exploration LLC, Gregory Bongers, 1104 N. Linden Circle, Wichita 67206.

P&Z LLC, Charles Steincamp, 8301 E. 21st St. N. Suite 450, Wichita 67206.

Schmitz Pharmacy Services LLC, Jason Schmitz, 7111 E. 21st St. N., Wichita 67206.

Smart Teeth Real Estate LLC, Christopher Majors, 1163 N. Linden Circle, Wichita 67206.

Totally Giving In Forever Inc., Lavester Moore, 1009 N. Woodridge Court, Wichita 67206.

Ribbit Restaurant Group LLC, Alex Harb, 438 S. Rock Road, Wichita 67207.

Red’s Place Inc., Karon Howard, 2010 N. Edgemoor, Wichita 67208.

Cascade Resorts LLC, Grace Sipe, 151 N. Ridgewood Drive, Wichita 67208.

Global Flight Inc., 1 Learjet Way, Wichita 67209.

Huong Nam LLC, Don Nguyen, 3108 E. Grail St., Wichita 67211.

Elite Metal Finishing LLC, Jonathan Valenzu-ela, 3601 W. Harry, Wichita 67213.

DNG Properties LLC, 3105 E. Central Box 105, Wichita 67214.

First Grade Excavating Inc., Richard Han-cock, 430 E. 63rd S., Wichita 67216.

ENC Trucking LLC, 4403 S. Dodge St., Wichita 67217.

Fit 4 You LLC, Constance Pearl, 3309 E. Mount Vernon, Wichita 67218.

Physician Alliance Of Kansas Inc., Marlon Dauner, 4031 E. Harry No. 25, Wichita 67218.

Sterling ATM Inc., 4601 E. Douglas St. Suite 150, Wichita 67218.

AEG Construction LLC, Allen Gilkey, 303 Courtleigh, Wichita 67218.

DRBarbCNM LLC, 330 S. Yale, Wichita 67218.

ATK Investments LLC, Drew Kice, 5500 Mill Heights Drive, Wichita 67219.

Elite Medical LLC, 6446 Chisholm Pointe, Park City 67219.

Air Capital Media LLC, Philip Matthew, 4811 E. Willow Point Court, Bel Aire 67220.

Cochener Garvey Capital Partners Inc., Harvey Sorensen, 2420 N. Woodlawn Building 500, Wichita 67220.

The Hearth Inc., John Newsom, 7202 E. 21st St., Wichita 67226.

IIIDELTA LLC, 13806 E. Camden Chase Court, Wichita 67228.

Godspeed Inc., Lance Swearingen, 14426 E. Lincoln, Wichita 67230.

Love 4 Landon Foundation Inc., Shannon Johnson, 13711 W. Kiwi, Wichita 67235.

Yelverton Holdings LLC, Robert Yelverton, 13205 W. Hayden Circle, Wichita 67235.

Trust Women Foundation Inc., Troy Newman, P.O. Box 782888, Wichita 67278.

new lawsuits

New litigation filed against businesses with the district clerk; includes plaintiff, defen-dant, case number and date filed.

Sedgwick County

Mi Windows and Doors Inc. v. Mid-West Remodeling Inc./Doran B. Wulf, case #2012 CV 003809, 11/05/12.

#1 Old Town Development LLC v. Kevin W. Tomlin/Kelly’s Irish Pub Inc., case #2012 CV 003818, 11/06/12.

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A pair of federal tax liens against Bernard E.

Edward, totaling $114,000, have been released.

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Building Permits ................................................. 19Court Judgments................................................. 19Federal Tax Liens ................................................ 19Federal Tax Liens Released.................................... 19New Corporations ................................................ 19New Lawsuits ................................................. 19-22Real Estate Transactions ...................................... 22State Tax Liens ................................................... 22State Tax Liens Released ...................................... 22State Tax Warrants .............................................. 22

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Real Development began buying proper-ties downtown almost a decade ago. Their holdings include the Exchange Place build-ing at the northeast corner of Douglas and Market, the Sutton Place building at Wil-liam and Market, and the Wichita Execu-tive Centre on Market north of Douglas.

The SOURCe OF The CONTROVeRSY

The cease-and-desist order emerged after attempts by Sutton MN LLC, controlled by

Lundberg and Elzufon, to pay a $2 million loan they took out with Kaw Valley Bank in Topeka to improve the Sutton Place build-ing.

The building has been a monthly finan-cial drain, and Elzufon said it’s not unusual for expenses to exceed rent by $20,000.

Kaw Valley had renewed the loan several times, but the building’s loss of value forced the bank’s hand, he said. The securities commissioner’s order says an appraisal last spring valued the building at just $350,000.

The order describes different proposals made by Lundberg and Elzufon to satisfy

the bank. What emerged was a plan to re-duce the principal balance to $850,000.

Gordon Schultz, a respondent in the order, would purchase the property for $950,000, with $100,000 cash and assumption of the $850,000 debt. Schultz would personally guar-antee the loan, and Sutton MN, Lundberg and Elzufon would sign a new promissory note for $1.45 million, the order says.

Lundberg said he and Elzufon were over-collaterizing the loan to ensure the bank was paid in whole for principal, deferred interest and future interest.

The note would be secured by the assign-

ment of beneficial interest in life insurance policies acceptable to the bank.

The order indicates two of those policies appeared to be invalid.

Lundberg said Thursday he’s baffled by those findings.

“I did as much due diligence as I could to determine that the premiums were real,” he said. “I still have no doubt they are. I have letters from the insurance companies show-ing they’re real policies.”

Lundberg said the letters were supplied by Jeffrey Williams, Hybrid’s general manager.

Williams is also respondent in the state’s order, along with Churchill Capital Strat-egies Inc.; Mark Nordyke, a member of Hybrid; and Sherrilynn Frierson, resident agent for Hybrid.

Williams, Frierson and Nordyke were the subjects of a state order in 2009 that required them to cease and desist from dealings in se-curities of any kind, the state’s order says, and all three are on probation for misdemeanors involving the sale of securities.

The order also says that Williams had been convicted of fraud and served prison time, and that Schultz declared personal bankruptcy in 2006.

Hybrid leases an office at Real Develop-ment’s Wichita Executive Centre. Hybrid’s office door was locked Wednesday, and no one answered knocks on the door.

Lundberg said he was aware of the Hy-brid respondents’ past but says they de-serve a second chance. “I was more careful on my due diligence, if anything, knowing their background,” he said.

Elzufon expressed confidence that once the securities matter is cleared up, Real Development’s long-planned $65 million Exchange Place project can proceed. The project would convert the long-vacant build-ing into 230 apartments.

The project, to which the city pledged $10.3 million in tax-increment financing in 2010, has been awaiting a $36 million loan backed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The project also includes $18 million in equity, he said.

Elzufon said the HUD loan was in its final steps.

The city, for its part, is trying to figure out what’s going on. “We’re still trying to inves-tigate whether they’re guilty by association or whether there’s an actual problem with them,” Mayor Carl Brewer said.


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withgreaterproportionsof liquidoil,saysWayne Woolsey, CEO of Woolsey Operat-ingCo.inWichita.

His experience on the play — he hasdrilleditformorethan40yearsandoper-atesmorethan400wells,includingseveralhorizontal ones — tells him the play stillfavorsoilproduction.

“Theoilstillhasalittledominanceovergas,”hesays.“Myresults...I’destimateitatabout55to60percent(oil).”

kANSAS dRILLINg TO INCREASE

SandRidgelastweeklowereditsexpect-edoiloutputin2012byabout2percentto17.8millionbarrels,inpartbecauseoftheresultsithasseenoutoftheMississippian.

Butit’sclearthecompanyisstillbettingbigontheMississippianin2013.InKansasalone,thecompanyplanstodrill191wellsnextyear—100morethanithasdrilledinthestatetodate.

And there are hints it may have foundoneofthosesweetspotsinthenorthwestcorner of its activity in the state, wherethreewellsdrilledinGrayandFordcoun-tiesshowedearlyreturnsof377barrelsofoilequivalentperdayat91percentoil.

Even with higher rates of gas in somespots, SandRidge still sees increasingvalueontheplay.

“We’ve not changed our strategy fordrilling in high-return areas,” Ward toldanalysts on last week’s conference call.“TheMissisdrivenbyoilproduction,butalso benefits from the rising natural gasvolumeswearecurrentlyseeing.”

Thecompanysaiditstillhasabouta50percentrateofreturnonallitsdrillingac-tivityacrosstheplay.

Big companies like SandRidge may beabletosurvivewithloweroilreturns,butforsmalleroperatorslikeWoolsey,theim-portanceoffindingthoseoilsweetspotsismagnified.

With natural gas prices still around $3per thousand cubic feet, the money justisn’tthereingaswells.Getthatpricebackuptoaround$5,Woolseysays,andsuchastrategywouldbemorejustified.

Oil-to-gasratiosvaryacrosstheMissis-sippian,hesays.Sohisplanistocontinuetargeting the more oil-rich spots he has

found,suchasawellhehasdrilledinBar-berCountywhereheisgetting400barrelsofoilperday.

Natural gas production commonlyspikes when a well is first drilled, Wool-seysays,andthatBarberCountywellhastapered off from 3 million cubic feet ofgas per day to between 1 million and 1.5million, or roughly 175 to 250 barrels ofoilequivalent.That’sanoil-to-gas ratioofroughly2-to-1,whichhe’shappywith.

“Youhavetoknowtheareayou’redrill-ing,”hesays.

SoisthattheissuewithSandRidge?Thatthe company didn’t know the area wellenoughandoverestimateditsoilreturns?

Yes, says Rex Buchanan,interim director of the Kan-sas Geological Survey. But,hesays,that’stobeexpected.

Hepointsoutthatdevelop-mentontheMississippianisstillinitsearlystages,mean-ingfewoperatorsknowexact-lywhatthey’regettinginto.

“SandRidgeandalotofthesecompaniesalwayssaythey’restillinassessmentphas-es(on theMississippian),”hesays. “Andwhenyouhearthat,itmeansexactlythat.”

As the play progresses, companies willgetamuchbetterideaofwherethesweetspotsareandwhattoexpectfromthem.

To Buchanan, the fact that SandRidgeoverestimateditsoilreturnsontheMissis-sippiandoesn’tsignalanythingworrisomeabouttheplayasawhole.

Itjustmeansthecompany’sstilllearninglikeeverybodyelse.


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Land Brokerage Division: www.sundgren.com

Joe Sundgren: 316-377-7112Jeremy Sundgren: 316-377-0013

Rick Remsberg: 316-322-5391218 E. CENTRAL

EL DORADO, KS 67042 Any announcement made the day of auction

takes precedence of any printed ad.

316 Acres Butler Co. Land • 2 Indiv. TractsGreat opportunity for ag producers & investors! Both tracts offer fi rst classwhitetail deer and turkey hunting. Land is located from El Dorado, 5 mi Eon Hwy 54 to Hwy 177, N 10 mi to NE 90th St., E 1/4 mi to NE Price Rd.,

S 1/2 mi. Auction will be held at the El Dorado Civic Center.Tract 1: 156+- ac, Durachen Creek, tillable bottom ground, timber, pasture, pond.Tract 1: 160+- ac native pasture, timber, pond, timbered draw, rolling terrain.

Lola Lee Jackson Animal Welfare Foundation, Seller.

AUCTION: TUES, DEC. 11, 6:00 PM

Land Brokerage Division: www.sundgren.com

Joe Sundgren: 316-377-7112Jeremy Sundgren: 316-377-0013

Rick Remsberg: 316-322-5391218 E. CENTRAL

EL DORADO, KS 67042 Any announcement made the day of auction

takes precedence of any printed ad.

80 Acres Butler Co. Land w/ ImprovementsExcellent land for ag income & hunting/recreation. A very hard to fi ndhome in the country! 80 ac pasture, timber, & 2 ponds. Improvements

include a nice 2 BR home, attached garage, rural water, water well, largeheated shop w/ concrete fl oor, 2 other ag/storage bldgs. Great location!

647 SE Grant Road: From El Dorado, 9 miles east on Hwy 54, quarter milenorth on Grant Road. Auction will be held on site. Call today to Schedule a viewing.

Open House, Tuesday, November 27, 4 PM - 6 PM

AUCTION: SUNDAY, DEC. 2, 1:00 PM

MISSISSIPPIAN: Drilling to ramp up

FROM PAGE 1 NOT OUT OF REACHOil and gas companies have shown increased interest in Kansas in the past several years as horizontal drilling techniques have opened up reserves once thought un-reachable. The jury may still be out on just how big this boom will be, but a look at average drilling rig counts for the month of November shows how much activity has increased.November 2012 ................................................32.November 2011 ..................................................................... 34.November 2010 ................................................25.November 2009 ................................................................... 20.November 2008 ................................................ 10.

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JPMorgan Chase Bank NA v. Sandra Jessop/Jeffrey E. Jessop/Home Sweet Home Rent-als LLC, case #2012 CV 003825, 11/07/12.

Bowtie Bits LLC v. Classic Standard Re-productions Inc., case #2012 CV 003834, 11/08/12.

Greatamerica Leasing Corp. v. Montoya Family Practice PA/Natalia A. Montoya MD, case #2012 CV 003836, 11/08/12.

Tommie Bonse v. Alexey Nesterishin/Ashley Brown LLC, case #2012 CV 003839, 11/08/12.

Cessna Finance Corp. v. First Cocoa Investments LLC/Steven E. Freidah/Lori R. Niebuhr, case #2012 CV 003841, 11/08/12.

Givens Cleaning Contractors Inc. v. Second Chance of Wichita Inc., case #2012 CV 003854, 11/09/12.

Meritrust Credit Union v. Christian J. Kentling/Morgan Enterprises LLC, case #2012 CV 003858, 11/09/12.

Diana K. Hilburn v. Enerpipe Corp./Jimmy Dee Harris, case #2012 CV 003859, 11/09/12.

Steven G. Hilburn v. Enerpipe Corp./Jimmy Dee Harris, case #2012 CV 003860, 11/09/12.

Thunderbird Bowling of Wichita v. Ultra Clean LLC, case #2012 LM 017732, 11/05/12.

Samantha Hopkins/Selena Hopkins v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co., case #2012 LM 017776, 11/05/12.

Crestway Inc. v. Advanced Solutions Addic-tion Management LLC/Patricia A. Ashlock, case #2012 LM 017782, 11/06/12.

Bruce B. Waugh/Gilliand & Hayes PA v. Mitesh Construction Inc./Mitesh Patel, case #2012 LM 017855, 11/07/12.

Sanchez Corp. Services Inc. v. Danco Enter-prises Inc., case #2012 LM 017905, 11/08/12.

Worley Enterprises v. Rhino Wash c/o Syl-vester Michaels, small claims, case #2012 SC 000767, 11/07/12.

Ronald C. Burton v. Justin Chanboer/Levihen LLC, small claims, case #2012 SC 000768, 11/07/12.

Anytime Labor - Kansas dba LaborMax Staffing v. Farha Development, small claims, case #2012 SC 000776, 11/09/12.

Ricky W. Neal v. Shannon Coleman dba Coleman Flatworks, small claims, case #2012 SC 000777, 11/09/12.

Shawn M. Wood/Lisa A. Wood v. Alterations by Sarah/Arif Abdul, small claims, case #2012 SC 000778, 11/09/12.

Real estate tRansactions

Real estate transactions are recorded with the register of deeds. Following are commer-cial transfers including: seller, buyer, buyer’s address, property address and subdivision (if available), book/page number and date recorded.

Sedgwick County

Larry Penrod/Donette R. LaVoie Penrod to Schark Investments LLC, (no address shown), Lots 215/216 on Pershing Ave. Bel-mont Park an Addition to Wichita, Book/Page 2933/0415, 11/02/12.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to LJC Properties LLC, P.O. Box 47806, Wichita 67201, Lots 13/15 Block 6 Fairview Addition Wichita, Book/Page 2933/0553, 11/02/12.

J and L Enterprises Inc. to Neill Enterprises LLC, (no address shown), Lots 1/2 and the E. 28 feet of Lot 3 Block C Edgemoor Plaza an Ad-dition to Wichita, Book/Page 2933/0614, 11/02/12.

21/127 L.C. to Ritchie Development Corp., 8100 E. 22nd St. N. Building 1000, Wichita 67226, Lot 4 Block 1 Reeds Cove Fourth Addi-tion, Book/Page 2933/0638, 11/02/12.

Kenton Connor/Cynthia Connor to P.C. Ven-tures LLC, (no address shown), Lot 13 Block 4 Bowers First Addition, Book/Page 2933/0641, 11/02/12.

Monarch Landing LLC to Nies Homes Inc., 10333 E. 21st St. N. Suite 303, Wichita 67206, Lot 10 Block 2 Monarch Landing Third Ad-dition an Addition to Wichita, Book/Page 2933/0829, 11/05/12.

Caber Construction Corp. to The Kansas District Council Assemblies of God Inc., 3810 Walker Ave., Maize 67101, Lot 3 Block 6 Wyn Wood Addition, Book/Page 2933/0931, 11/05/12.

Great Plains Ventures Inc. to 3504 N. Great Plains LLC, (no address shown), Part of Lot 1 Block 2 Great Plains Business Park Third Addi-tion to Wichita, Book/Page 2933/0956, 11/05/12.

3526 North Oliver LP by Venture Manage-ment Corp. to 3504 N. Great Plains LLC, (no address shown), Part of Lot 1 Block 2 Great Plains Business Park Third Addition to Wichita, Book/Page 2933/0957, 11/05/12.

William Jacob Nichols Living Trust to KBEE Holdings LLC, (no address shown), The S. 170 feet of Lot 6/The S. 170 feet of the W. 54 feet of Lot 7 Edminster Gardens, Book/Page 2933/1002, 11/05/12.

Connie R. Richardson/Dorothy M. Davison to Paradigm Services Inc., (no address shown), Lot 41 and the S. 34 feet of Lot 43 on Wabash Ave. in Mathewsons Second Addition to City of Wichita, Book/Page 2933/1020, 11/05/12.

Rodney D. Horton to Atlas Holdings LLC, 27 N. Sagebrush Circle, Wichita 67230, Unit 305 in Building 3 in Execu Stor Condominiums on part of Lot 2 Block 1 Cornejo East Second Ad-dition, Book/Page 2933/1045, 11/05/12.

Richard A. Unruh/Maretta J. Unruh to Warren Homes LLC, 1201 Hamilton Circle, Lot 9 Block C Hamilton Estates Addition Derby, Book/Page 2933/1097, 11/06/12.

CEP Properties LLC to Simmco LLC, (no ad-dress shown), A tract of land in Lot 1 Block 3 Bridgeport Third Industrial Addition Wichita, Book/Page 2933/1177, 11/06/12.

Clear Creek Development Inc. to Farrell Construction Co. Inc., (no address shown), Lot 5 Block 5 Clear Creek Addition Wichita, Book/Page 2933/1252, 11/06/12.

Stag Wichita 2 LLC to Stag Wichita 3 LLC, 99 High St., Boston, Mass. 02110, Lot 2 Block 1 Oak Knoll Industrial Park Second Addition to Wichita, Book/Page 2933/1299, 11/06/12.

Stag Wichita 3 LLC to Stag Wichita 2 LLC, 99 High St., Boston, Mass. 02110, Lot 5 Block 1 Oak Knoll Industrial Park Addition to Wichita/Lot 1 Block 1 Oak Knoll Industrial Park Second Addition, Book/Page 2933/1300, 11/06/12.

Reza Eftekhar/Cena Eftekhar to Goertz Homes Inc., (no address shown), Sec. 16 27 04, Book/Page 2933/1407, 11/06/12.

Thomas W. Henning to Cline Properties LLC, (no address shown), Lot 13 Block 6 First Addi-tion to Southwest Village Wichita, Book/Page 2933/1418, 11/06/12.

Firethorne LLC to Paul Gray Homes LLC, 4416 S. Doris Court, Wichita 67215, Lot 7 Block C Woods North Addition, Book/Page 2933/1419, 11/06/12.

Tom Pappas/Janet Pappas to Millenia Homes Inc., (no address shown), Lots 5-8 Block 2 Maize Academy Addition to Maize, Book/Page 2933/1508, 11/07/12.

Corey J. Patry to Triumph Enterprises LLC, (no address shown), Lots 253/254 Belmont Park Addition, Book/Page 2933/1534, 11/07/12.

Corey J. Patry to Triumph Enterprises LLC, (no address shown), Lots 33/34 Block 14 Country Club Heights Addition, Book/Page 2933/1535, 11/07/12.

Corey J. Patry to Triumph Enterprises LLC, (no address shown), Lots 41/42 Block 14 Country Club Heights Addition, Book/Page 2933/1536, 11/07/12.

Stone Creek Land LLC to Don Klausmeyer Construction LLC, 10008 W. York, Wichita 67215, Lot 8 Block G Stone Creek Forth Addi-tion Derby, Book/Page 2933/1614, 11/07/12.

Stone Creek Land LLC to Don Klausmeyer Construction LLC, 10008 W. York, Wichita 67215, Lot 5 Block B Stone Creek Fourth Addi-tion Derby, Book/Page 2933/1616, 11/07/12.

Russell Mason/Brenda Mason to Farha Properties LLC, (no address shown), Lot 7 on Martinson Ave. in Jenkins, Book/Page 2933/1625, 11/07/12.

CBB North Lakes LLC aka CBB Northlakes LLC to Kurt Bachman Building Inc., (no address shown), Lot 15 Block 1 The Moorings 10th Addition an Addition to Wichita, Book/Page 2933/1681, 11/07/12.

Bruce A. Martin/Marcia J. Martin to First Choice Homes LLC, (no address shown), Lot 9 Block 17 Oak Cliff Estates to Wichita, Book/Page 2933/1741, 11/07/12.

Elmer D. Porter/Maureen Porter to J and D Home Buyers LLC, 1635 N. Waterfront Park-way Suite 150, Wichita 67206, Lot 6 Block 3 Fourth Addition to Cedar Ridge Wichita, Book/Page 2933/1766, 11/07/12.

Federal National Mortgage Association to BAT Holdings Two LLC, 1112 Price Ave., Columbia, S.C. 29201, Sec. 25 25 01, Book/Page 2933/1789, 11/08/12.

Turkey Creek LLC to Don Klausmeyer Con-struction LLC, 10008 W. York, Wichita 67215, Lot 106 Block A Turkey Creek Third Addition Wichita, Book/Page 2933/1801, 11/08/12.

D and M Enterprises of Wichita to Don Klausmeyer Construction LLC, 10008 W. York, Wichita 67215, Lot 4 Block B Tylers Landing Third Wichita, Book/Page 2933/1803, 11/08/12.

Turkey Creek LLC to Don Klausmeyer Con-struction LLC, 10008 W. York, Wichita 67215, Lot 59 Block H Turkey Creek Third Addition Wichita, Book/Page 2933/1806, 11/08/12.

Marti Vo/Minh Vo to EKB LLC, (no address shown), Lots 33/35 on Wichita St. Bar-tholomews Addition to Wichita, Book/Page 2933/1822, 11/08/12.

Fannie Mae aka Federal National Mortgage Association to ELM Properties LLC, 712 S. Martinson St., Wichita 67213, Lots 70/72/74/76 on Martinson Ave. in Lawrences Seventh Addi-tion to Wichita, Book/Page 2933/1825, 11/08/12.

Toto Homes LLC to Ott Property Manage-ment, (no address shown), Lot 1 Block 1 Pleasantview Third Addition to El Paso Derby, Book/Page 2933/1838, 11/08/12.

NVT Wichita LLC to LIN Television Corp., One W. Exchange St. Suite 5-A, Providence, R.I. 02903, Sec. 23 26 02, Book/Page 2933/1858, 11/08/12.

NVT Wichita LLC to LIN Television Corp., One W. Exchange St. Suite 5-A, Providence, R.I. 02903, Lots 111/113/115/117/119/121/123/125/127 on Main St. Mungers Original Town now City of Wichita, Book/Page 2933/1859, 11/08/12.

NVT Wichita LLC to LIN Television Corp., One W. Exchange St. Suite 5-A, Providence, R.I. 02903, Lots 104/106/108/110/112/114/116/118/120/122 on Water St. Mungers Original Town now City of Wichita, Book/Page 2933/1860, 11/08/12.

Heights LLC to Don Klausmeyer Construc-tion LLC, (no address shown), Lot 15 Block D Falcon Falls Second Addition Wichita, Book/Page 2933/2058, 11/08/12.

Jore Gonzalez to Brandt Holdings LLC, 3910 N. Bridgeport Circle, Wichita 67219, The South half of Lot 9 all of Lots 11/13 in Burchs Subd. to Wichita, Book/Page 2933/2221, 11/09/12.

Palladio Developers Inc. to Casa Builders Inc., (no address shown), Lot 10 Block 5 Sierra Hills an Addition to Wichita, Book/Page 2933/2250, 11/09/12.

Palladio Developers Inc. to Cherrywood Construction Inc., (no address shown), Lot 9 Block 2 Sierra Hills an Addition to Wichita, Book/Page 2933/2251, 11/09/12.

Casa Builders Inc. to Cherrywood Construc-tion Inc., P.O. Box 781974, Wichita 67278, Lot 9 Block 4 Sierra Hills an Addition to Wichita, Book/Page 2933/2252, 11/09/12.

Thomas D. Carlisle/Anita S. Carlisle to D and S Investments Inc., (no address shown), Lots 9 and 10 Block 17 Franklin Yike Addition to Wichita, Book/Page 2933/2255, 11/09/12.

state tax liens

New liens filed by the state for unpaid income, sales and use, payroll or county taxes. These are recorded with the register of deeds. Published are liens against busi-nesses. The data appears in the following order: taxpayer’s name, address, amount of lien, type of lien (if available), document number and recording date.

Sedgwick County

Shoeless Inc./Shoeless Joes, 2315 W. 21st St. N. Suite 101, Wichita 67203, $1,019, Book/Page 2933/0917, 11/05/12.

Forshee Painting Contractors Inc., 448 S. Pattie St., Wichita 67211, $5,816, Book/Page 2933/0909, 11/05/12.

Smart Security And Investigations Inc., 626 N. Broadway St. No. D, Wichita 67214, $4,361, Book/Page 2933/0900, 11/05/12.

The Carpenters Tool LLC/Carpenters Tool, 1220 El Paso, Derby 67037, $3,050, Book/Page 2933/0882, 11/05/12.

TMD Telecom Inc., 3534 W. 29th St. S., Wichita 67217, $3,535, Book/Page 2933/0897, 11/05/12.

Fresh Start Of Wichita Inc., 428 N. Emporia, Wichi-ta 67202, $9,221, Book/Page 2933/0881, 11/05/12.

Companion Animal Hospital PA, 611 E. 45th St. N. Suite 10, Maize 67101, $1,171, Book/Page 2933/0876, 11/05/12.

Platinum Inc./Platinum Salon, 10248 W. 13th St. N., Wichita 67212, $1,085, Book/Page 2933/0903, 11/05/12.

Just Plain Real Estate Management Corp., 9000 E. Lincoln, Wichita 67207, $1,275, Book/Page 2933/0871, 11/05/12.

Food Mart Midwest LLC, 180 S. Rock Road No. 200, Wichita 67207, $1,411, Book/Page 2933/0880, 11/05/12.

Evergreen Pallet LLC, 302 W. 53rd St. N., Wichita 67204, $3,060, Book/Page 2933/0901, 11/05/12.

BLA Enterprises Inc./Corporate Caterers Of Wichita, 405 E. Second St., Wichita 67202, $4,368, Book/Page 2933/0894, 11/05/12.

Sam W. Kuns/Air Capital Catering, 5521 W. Kellogg, Wichita 67209, $1,028, Book/Page 2933/0883, 11/05/12.

Tuesday Morning Inc., 800 S. Woodlawn, Wichita 67218, $2,641, Book/Page 2933/0905, 11/05/12.

Pamela S. Wiemerslage/Salon Knotty And Day Spa, 1447 N. Rock Road Suite 200, Wichita 67206, $1,151, Book/Page 2933/1476, 11/07/12.

Stephens Industries Inc., 1999 N. Amidon Ave. Suite 115, Wichita 67203, $1,221, Book/Page 2933/1475, 11/07/12.

Micor Communications KS LLC, 3601 W. Harry St. Suite 1, Wichita 67213, $2,901, Book/Page 2933/1980, 11/08/12.

state tax liens Released

Sedgwick County

C and E Drywall LLC, 1770 N. Broadway, Wichita 67214, $1,101, Book/Page 2933/0857, 11/05/12.

state tax WaRRants

New warrants filed by the state and recorded with the district clerk. The data appears in the following order: taxpayer’s name, address, amount of warrant, type of warrant (if avail-able), document number and recording date.

Sedgwick County

Huong K. Ma dba B and H Fast Trips, 1917 S. Michelle St., Wichita 67207, $5,495, (Sales), document #12ST2033SA, 11/01/12.

K9 Design LLC/Meredith Silva, 709 S. Terrace Drive, Wichita 67218, $7,154, (Sales), document #12ST2031SA, 11/01/12.

Safe Riders Inc./Marvin L. Dickerson, 1047 N. Market St., Wichita 67214, $4,626, (With-holding), document #12ST2029IC, 11/01/12.

K9 Design LLC/Meredith Silva, 709 S. Terrace Drive, Wichita 67218, $1,037, (Withholding), document #12ST2030IC, 11/01/12.

Absolute Custom Car Care LLC/Craig Rus-sell, 925 E. Central Ave., Wichita 67202, $9,361, (Sales), document #12ST2034SA, 11/01/12.

Heremias Hernandez/Jose A. Leon, 2150 N. Meridian Ave. No. 304, Wichita 67203, $1,502, (Withholding), document #12ST2046IC, 11/05/12.

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