Just one year. That's all it was supposed to be. Twelve quick months. Easy in, gain a little experience, move on back to Eastern Kansas where (more of) the people live. It was the perfect plan.
Thirty-four years later, it's still a perfect plan; it's just not the one they followed.
In June, 1987, Craig Sheppard, freshly graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Ag Economics, moved to L…
