From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Feb. 23, 1991:

A Lawrence company this week began producing and distributing a patriotic postcard to send to U.S. troops stationed in the Persian Gulf. The cards, available at 25 cents each at several local stores, featured an American flag on a blue background, with the words “KANSAS Supports the Men and Women of our Armed Forces OPERATION DESERT STORM 1991.” Ron Snipe, who with his wife Betsy Snipe had produced the cards at their home-based Kansas Post Card Co., said the cards would probably be a popular item. “We think a lot of people will want them,” he said. “It seems like everybody knows somebody over there.” The company had also, since September, distributed about 35,000 scenic Kansas postcards to more than 100 schools in the state for children to send to U.S. troops. “It was a tremendous sacrifice for us and we did not make a profit last year,” Snipe said. He added that the children who wrote to the troops reported a good response from the scenic cards, with some of the soldiers writing back to say they had used them to decorate their tanks and military vehicles.