The Robert E. Strack family is relatively a newcomer to Barber County,
     having moved to Medicine Lodge in the summer of 1962. Bob and Judy were
     raised in Iola, Kansas, and were married there in 1954. For a few years
     they led a rather nomadic life while Bob obtained his B.S. Degree from
     Kansas State College in Pittsburg, taught biology in the high school at
     Ulysses, Kansas, and then obtained his D.D.S. degree from the University
     of Kansas City School of Dentistry. During those years they had three
     children: Timothy Stephen (b.1956), Tambra Anne (b. 1957), and Catherine
     Jane (b. 1958), and Judy was busy working full time outside the home.
       At the time of their arrival in Medicine Lodge, Tim was six years old,
     Tammy was five years old, and Cathy was four years old. The children
     attended primary, intermediate and high school in Medicine Lodge and, of
     course consider Barber County their home.
       Bob joined the dental practive of Dr. Jack Marteney in 1962 and he 
     purchased the practive a year later. He became interested in horses during
     his early years in the county, and the family raises and shows registered
     Quarter Horses. Bob is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the
     Kansas Quarter Horse Association and is active in the state and national
     dental associations.
       In 1972, when her children were all in high school, Judy began taking
     courses at Pratt Community Junior College where she received her A.A. 
     degree in 1974. She continued her education at Wichita State University 
     and received her B.A. in 1976. She is currently working on her Master's 
     degree in English at Wichita State University. For the past two years she 
     has been a part-tim English instructor at Pratt Community Junior College.
       Since their graduation from high school, the Strack children have all
     continued their education. Tim played football at Garden City Junior College
     and at New Mexico State University, where he graduated May 12, 1979, with
     a degree in Biology. He married Rhonda Trujillo of Las Cruces, New Mexico
     on May 19, 1979. Tammy was an exchange student for one year in Scotland,
     and then began college at Hutchinson Community Junior College where she
     received her A.S. degree in 1978. She is currently majoring in dietetics
     at Kansas State University and will graduate in May 1980. She married Brian
     Poland of Isabel on August 11, 1979. Cathy graduated from Wichita State
     Univesity in December 1978 as a licensed Paralegal. She is currently working
     and living in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
       The Stracks feel fortunate to live in Barber County and have formed
     friendships they will always treasure.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 444 
     Submitted by: Judith Anne Strack