CIMARRON ? While a portion of the fortune he had amassed was being sold at the Gray County Courthouse, Sid Warner was quietly moving a mop bucket and mop, cleaning the sidewalk at the Dodge City Co-Op car wash.

“There is no job beneath me,” said Warner, once a multimillionaire, as he moved a bucket on wheels along the sidewalk of the facility on U.S. Highway 50.

The former member of the Kansas Board of Regents said he was grateful for the job and that life would go on.

“We’re still alive and breathing. We’ll get through this,” he said, speaking softly.

In less than five minutes, more than $1.9 million worth of land owned by Warner and his family was sold in a sheriff’s sale on the steps of the courthouse. The land was part of the Warner Ranches LP, being liquidated to help pay more than $7 million in debt.

It was another gloomy chapter in the Warner family’s bankruptcy proceedings that began in April when a judge authorized Wells Fargo Bank’s seizure of the Warners’ assets.

Wells Fargo Bank was the only bidder at the sale, and the land went back into the hands of the institution, which currently holds the lien on it.

Warner said he was thankful for the job at the co-op because it provided insurance benefits. He also said it was an opportunity to meet some nice people.

Until the situation is settled, which he estimates will take about a year, he said he didn’t wish to comment any further.