Charlie Apt was never bashful.
Apt had a private law practice in Iola and was city attorney for many years before his death in 2000.
Some of the more delightful of my news-gathering experiences were attending city commission meetings when Apt held the city’s legal reins.
He, Mike Russell, from the radio station, and I huddled in three chairs at the end of the commissioners’ table. Our whispered exchanges often had nothing to do with the business being transacted.
Apt would have made a good stand-up comedian. He was quick of…
A little humor doesn’t hurt
