15 apply for Court of Appeals vacancy

TOPEKA—The names of 15 persons have been submitted to the Supreme Court Nominating Commission as candidates for a vacancy on the Court of Appeals that was created by the death May 3rd of Judge Robert J. Lewis Jr.

The Nominating Commission, which consists of one lawyer and one non-lawyer from each of the state's four congressional districts, plus an attorney member selected statewide, is scheduled to conduct interviews June 25-26 to narrow the list to three. The governor will then make an appointment from the list.

• Nancy S. Anstaett, Lawyer, Overland Park, Kansas

• Thomas Dean Arnhold, Lawyer, Hutchinson, Kansas

• Michael B. Buser, Lawyer, Olathe, Kansas

• Nancy Landis Caplinger, Lawyer, Topeka, Kansas

• Henry Reid Cox, Lawyer, Shawnee, Kansas

• Douglas M. Crotty III, Lawyer, Garden City, Kansas

• Douglas Lynn Guill, Lawyer, Salina, Kansas

• Charles Daniel Kugler, Lawyer, Kansas City, Kansas

• Joe Allen Lang, Lawyer, Wichita, Kansas

• Bruce E. Moore, Judge, Salina, Kansas

• Sally Davis Pokorny, Lawyer, Independence, Kansas

• Edwin Rodney Smith, Judge, Ottawa, Kansas

• Steven Paul Smith, Lawyer, Wichita, Kansas

• Jeffrey S. Southard, Lawyer, Lawrence, Kansas

• Brenda S. Watkins, Lawyer, Olathe, Kansas