as head of garvey industries and its subsidiary builders, petroleum, garvey international to name a few, he wore many hats but called himself a builder and if you look around town you can see that he did just that began building in a small world war ii brick home you see and apartments around town, returning veterans, he went on to bigger developments like out east and commercial properties, one of the first shopping plazas in wichita. and in the late 1980s he had a vision or maybe he was crazy enough to build the epic center, downtown's tallest building with the hope it would become a beacon for downtown revitalization, he lost the building and something like $5 million in the process two years after it was built but never regretted building a new project. in northern nevada where i first ran across him working in my first newspaper job out of college, that is another story, willard was a rancher who broke out against the bureau of land management and billed the state's largest private dam and reservoir created a valuable resource for his land in the process, a beautiful place. he dabb

willard had enormous resources and they could've taken in egypt have, noting that garvey purposely chose to focus on the minutia of local government. the former mayor can still go willard's voice that tells me so depressed him and other candidates to sign no tax pledges and how he always, always spoke up about his mistrust of government and was a passionate defender of the freedom. and wichita he was a good citizen, bob said. and i think of something we need to take away. in wichita, the name garvey is brandished on buildings, athletic facilities and a host of educational facilities and programs. willard garvey to the service above self model too hard and whether you agreed or disagreed with him, i think there's a lesson in there all for us. take you for your opportunities become and thank you for the interest in this book. [applause] >> don't waive those fingers. does anybody have any questions backs don't waive those fingers at me. [laughter] no questions? spent i think he did an excellent job. >> thank you. [applause] >> there's a question here, maura. >> my question was, what was the