The Kansas Association of Counties will hold its 38th-annual conference and exhibition today through Thursday in Wichita, and among the nearly 700 attendees will be members of the Barton County Commission. It’s a chance, said Barton Commission Chairman Don Cates, to interact with peers from other counties.“There are a 105 counties in Kansas and over 100 are members of the KAC,” he said. “We each have our individual issues, but all deal with a lot of common problems.