By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir recently expressed his satisfaction of working with the county attorney's office. County Attorney-elect Colin Reynolds said the feeling is mutual. After spending five years as an assistant county attorney in Barton County, and the last 20 months as Miami County Attorney in Paola, Reynolds will return to Great Bend after winning last Tuesday's general election.
"I'm ready to get back," Reynolds said. "I miss Western Kansas. I'm ready to jump in and get to do some things I've been thinking about doing for a few years but never was in the position to execute."
With current Barton County Attorney Levi Morris running for 20th Judicial District Judge, Reynolds won 2,444 votes as an uncontested candidate in August's primary election for county attorney. He was uncontested again in last Tuesday's general election.
"The hardest part of stepping into the big chair is all the management things you just don't' think about when you're an assistant," he said. "I have a big head start on knowing how to do budgets and manage staff that I wouldn't have if I came straight out from the assistant spot to county attorney."
A lifelong Kansan, Reynolds earned his law degree from Washburn University in Topeka.