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The Anthony Republican: Vol. 145 - No. 14 • The Anthony Bulletin: Vol. 125 - No. 14Established October 9, 1879: Oldest continuous business in Anthony • Wednesday, April 4, 2024To advertise your business or event in our “Hot Spot”call the Anthony Republican at 620-842-5129. Courtesy PhotoNATIONAL AG DAY: Anthony Elementary kindergarten students from Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Struble’s classes with Kasey Waldschmidt, Harper County Farm Bureau Coordinator.National Ag Day fell on March 19, 2024, this year. The Harper County Farm Bureau Association cel-ebrated by reading to the Kindergarten students at each of the 3 county schools throughout the week. Coun-ty Coordinator, Kasey Wald-Harper County Farm Bureau Celebrates National Ag Dayschmidt, visited each of the 5 classrooms of students in Attica, Harper and An-thony elementary schools. She read Milk Comes from a Cow? and taught about milk production. She also read Celebrate Wheat and educated about wheat be-ing the main ingredient for a delicious pizza crust. Waldschmidt enjoyed read-ing to the students and answering their questions about agriculture! All 63 students received a Milk Comes from a Cow? Book. They were donated by The Harper County Farm Bu-reau Association and the Kansas Farm Bureau Foun-dation for Agriculture. Patterson Health Center CEO Makes List Of 196+ Women To Know In 2024Sara Teaff, PhD, FACHEPatterson HealthCenter CEOBecker's Hospital Re-view is proud to honor 196+ women presidents and CEOs of hospitals and health systems. The women leading these hospitals and health sys-tems are passionate about care access, equity and di-versity, and the overall im-provement of healthcare delivery.Congratulations to Sar-ah Teaff, PhD, FACHE, for being named one of the top women CEOs by Becker's Healthcare. She was the only CEO in Kansas outside of the Kansas City area to be named to the list."In her role as CEO of Patterson Health Center, Dr. Teaff ensures quality, affordable and consistent patient care delivery. She is a staunch advocate for pa-tient safety. She is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.” Becker’s Hospital Re-view is the leading hospital magazine for hospital busi-ness news and analysis for hospital and healthcare sys-tem executives. For more in-formation on Becker’s visit: beckershospitalreview.com.Sarah stared he posi-tion of CEO at Patterson Health Center in Febrary of 2023. Teaff has more than 17 years of management experience in several areas of the healthcare indus-try. She has been the Chief Saturday evening, March 23, 2024, Trivia game fans gathered at the Municipal Hall to test their knowledge in science, sports, televi-sion, music, movies, history, literature, and geography at Anthony PRIDE’s third Trivia Game Night. The group ﬁlled the evening with fun and laughter with new teams and players challenging the returning teams and players for the prize money of $200 for the ﬁrst place team, $150 for second place and $100 for third place. After winning the last two times, Team Willow fell to a new team, The Electric Elite Fleet. It was a tight match with Team Willow taking second. Third place went to another new group - Team P.E.O.Players on Team Willow were team captain, Susan Croft, Rodney & Pauletta Goertz, John Cox, Kimber-ly Cox, and Taryn Meek. The Electric Elite Fleet sponsored by Mayor Greg Cleveland included team captain Robert Chandler, Mary Chandler, Sherri & Brad Miller, Hayley Miller Simpson, and Melinda Ew-ertz. Diane Couch spon-sored Team P.E.O. with Teams Battle At The Anthony PRIDE’s Third Trivia Game Night Courtesy PhotoTRIVIA GAME NIGHT: The Anthony PRIDE held their third Trivia Game Night at the Munici-pal Hall on March 23rd. Pictured is trivia emcee Aaron Warner (holding microphone) with Anthony PRIDE volunteers and board members along with trivia game contestants.By Lori WilsonThe Chaparral TSA (Technology Student Asso-ciation) attended the state conference March 27-29. Eleven members prepared projects and participated in on-site challenges during the three-day event in Sali-na. The Chaparral chapter Chaparral TSA Attends State ConventionCourtesy PhotoCHAPARRAL TSA AT STATE CONVENTION: Participating students were: EmmaRae Mercer, Addison Walker, Izzy Korhonen, Cate Jensen, Brooklyn Thomas, Drake Jaeger, Leah Oliphant, Brody Mathews, Zoey Hamilton, Joe Jaeger, and Alex Jaeger.sponsor is Matthew Wilson.TSA is a STEM-focused national student organiza-tion that allows students to explore several STEM-related careers. CHS Road-runners created board games, submitted photos, created drag-racers, and programmed drones in or-der to register for the event. Students also participated in delegate meetings and voted on future decisions for the state TSA chapter.Chaparral had four stu-dents placed in the state-TRIVIA Continued on next pageCEO Continued on next pageTSA Continued on next page

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Page 2 the Anthony Republican • April 3, 2024players Martha Hadsall, Sunni Reed, Suzanne Clark, Juliana Whisman, Erin Albright, and team cap-tain, Mary Julana Hall. Returning teams included the Anthony Library team sponsored by Eldon Younce with library players Laura Cormack, Phyllis String-ﬁeld, Jerydth Twyman, and board member JD Hays. Prairie Rose Funeral Home sponsored the Kiwanis team composed of team captain, David Kesterke, Bill & Sue Moyer, Jason & Olivia Sch-roder, and Major Weiss. Bank of the Plains spon-sored team Trivia Newton John with Lisa Parsons as captain and players Carla Downing, Tammy Marteniz, Emma Trahan, Cyd Dan-iel, and Tracy Aleshire. The Quizzards of Oz returned with captain Don Atha, Rebecca Tarnow, Virginia Downing and new players, Brandy Smith, Ivon Cas-tillo, and Brittany Earls. The Full Frontal Nerd-ity team was composed of Emily Tompkinson, team captain, Austin Tompkin-son, Haley & Nick Gates, and Allie & Jordan Moritz. Traveling from Wichita to play was team Family Ties with Harper County fam-ily connections. It included captain Stephen Brown, Lisa Brown, Casey Vornauf, Kim Vornauf, and Shawna Clanton.Aaron Warner and James Cline of Wichita were the returning Trivia emcees along with scorer, Donata Ball. This was the third game night Anthony PRIDE has sponsored and each game night the duel has added a new twist to the evening. While the scores were being tallied between rounds, the twist involved extra questions tossed out to the group. PRIDE gave a total of $174 out to the teams with each team se-lecting an envelope that determined the amount of cash they would win. Each team submitted a question wide event. Brody Matthews placed 1st in middle school Computer-Aided Drawing. He and Addison Walker placed 2nd in on-demand problem solving and 3rd in Operating Ofﬁcer at St. Luke Community Health-care in Ronan, Mont., since 2016. While there, she col-laborated with competitors, health departments and tribal health to bring in community health workers to improve access to the un-derserved. She also serves as project director for be-havioral health programs within the organization.Before that, she served in several roles at Lillian M. Hudspeth Memorial Hospital in Sonora, Texas, at the beginning of the eve-ning and the hosts also had random questions ready. The team could challenge the emcees to answer the question they submitted, or the team could choose to an-swer the challenge question of the emcees. The emcees added another twist when they passed out a sheet with photos of celebs from the ce-lebs youth with teams iden-tifying who they were. The winner was determined by a tie breaker with Electric Elite Fleet winning the tie breaker over the Quizzards of Oz. All these games were in addition to the regular trivia game. We also held a 50/50 rafﬂe with Rebecca Tarnow winning $70 and the other half going to An-thony PRIDE. Anthony PRIDE mem-bers helping with the eve-ning included trivia chair, Greg Cleveland, food chair, Rebecca Tarnow, Don Atha, Deborah Umana, Tammy Calderon, Jacqueline & Ran-dy Wiseley, Belinda Cleve-land, Jim & Sherrie Eaton, and president, Autumn Kloefkorn. Our thanks to the participants, team spon-sors and those donating. An-thony PRIDE works to keep Anthony -Active and Attrac-tive, but we need more vol-unteers. Please volunteer or join us on the 1st & 3rd Thursday’s at the Bank of the Plains community room from 6 to 7 pm. Please sup-port Anthony PRIDE with a donation for our many activ-ities and projects by sending your donation to PO Box 2, Anthony, KS 67003.TSA Continued from previous pagemiddle school Technical De-sign. Addison also placed 1st in Digital Photography for middle schoolers. Cate Jensen and Izzy Korho-nen placed 4th in the high school board game creation with their invention of “The Heist of the Crystal Gem”.CEO Continued from previous pageincluding Associate Admin-istrator, Administrator for Home Health and Hospice, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, and Direc-tor of Wellness.Teaff has a master’s of education degree from An-gelo State University in San Angelo, Texas and a PhD in Organizational Leadership from Our Lake of the Lady University in San Antonio, Texas. She also just com-pleted a Healthcare Leader-ship Certiﬁcation at Carroll College in Helena, Mont., and she is a fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives.* * WWW.ANTHONYREPUBLICANNEWS.COM * *TRIVIA Continued from previous pageFair Book & Button Contest Design Contest Kicks OffEntires for the 2024 Harper County Fair Book Cover and Button are now open! The theme for this year's Fair is "Crazy Nights Under Barn Lights".To submit an entry, please follow these guide-lines: • The Fair Book Cov-er designs need to be 4"x10" in size. • The Fair Button design must ﬁt into a 2.5" circle. • Submitted designs can be hand drawn or a dig-ital le. • There is no limit on the number of colors, but please use a white back-ground. • The cover and button must include the fol-lowing: "Crazy Nights Un-der Barn Lights" & Harper County Fair, August 7-10, 2024.When submitting your designs, please include your name, address and contact information on the back of paper forms or include it in your email submission. The winners will be announced in the Fair edition of the local newspapers. Entries must be submitted to the Harper County Extension Ofﬁce, PO Box 275, Harper, Kansas 67058 or email a PDF ﬁle to macaleyh@ksu.edu by April 12, 2024.

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the Anthony Republican • April 3, 2024 Page 3HARPER COUNTYDISTRICT COURT REPORTIndividuals listed below are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.DOMESTIC CASE FILINGSAngel R. Green Graham vs. Jeffrey D. Green, divorce; 24-DM-15.CIVIL CASE FILINGSBank of the Plains vs. Rusty’s Channel Cat Bait LLC, et al., mortgage foreclosure; 24-CV-7.JPMorgan Chase Bank NA vs. B Jay Vincent, et al., mortgage foreclosure; 24-CV-8.LIMITED CASE FILINGSHospital District No. 6 of Harper County vs. Michelle Leidy-Franklin, et al., debt collection; 24-LM-5.H2O Drilling vs. Tara M. Dale, debt collection; 24-LM-29.CRIMINAL CASE FILINGSState of Kansas vs. Wynema K. Campbell: 1) Possession of methamphetamine. 2) Possession of drug paraphernalia. 24-CR-21.State of Kansas vs. Nicholas J. Arnett: 1) Possession with intent to distribute fentanyl - <3.5 grams. 2) Possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine - <1 gram. 24-CR-22.COUNTY COURT DOCKETJUDGE SCOTT E. McPHERSONMonday, April 1, 20241:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. James D. Landreth, status conference; 21-CR-29.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Christina A. Lear, status conference; 23-CR-300003.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Ah Yout Kah, rst appearance; 24-TR-49.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. David E. Studebaker, status conference; 22-CR-178, 23-CR-105.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Kai T. Kannenberg, status conference; 23-CR300020.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Rolland G. May Jr., status conference; 23-TR-83.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Annetta F. Meeks, sentencing; 23-TR-115.Tuesday, April 2, 20241:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Chad M. Deffenbaugh, status conference; 24-CR-14.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Wynn S. Anderson, status conference; 24-CR-16.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Rana J. McGrew, status conference; 24-TR-28.2:00 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Hunter S. Gray, case; 23-CR-300011.Wednesday, April 3, 20241:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Nicholas J. Arnett, evidentiary, 23-CR-90; status conference, 24-CR-22.Thursday, April 4, 202410:00 a.m. Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Susan A. Hulm, answer hearing; 23-LM-300004.10:00 a.m. Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Mackenzie L. Redgate, answer hearing; 23-LM-300005.HARPER COUNTY JAILARRESTS & BOOKINGSPatrick K. Clingerman, 35: Arrested: 3-27-24; Released: 3-30-24. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Serving 72 hour quick dip.Dawn M. Goldsmith-Mills, 47: Arrested: 3-26-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Probation violation.Douglas E. Asper, 64: Arrested: 3-30-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Serving 48 hour quick dip.Jerid D. Wilson, 38: Arrested: 3-30-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Possession of narcotics. 2) Possession of narcotics with intent to distributre - <3.5 grams within 1,000’ of school. 3) Probation violation. 4) Possession of drug paraphernalia.Byron L. Richards, 40: Arrested: 3-31-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: APD. Charges: 1) Domestic battery.Jeffery P. Lauless, 52: Arrested: 3-31-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Serving 72 hour quick dip.HARPER COUNTY DEEDSBOOK D108#1183 - Warranty Deed: James C. Baker and Robin I. Baker to James W. Baker, Trustee of the James and Robin Baker Irrevocable Trust, the N/65’ of the S/150’ of the W/2 of Blk. 7 E of Highland Addition (aka 509 N. Anthony) in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas#1184 - Quit Claim Deed: Terry Ghere to Brian Acord, a 5 acre tract in the NW corner of the NW/4 of Sect. 8, Twp. 32 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1185 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Clark Property Management LLC to Jaden Eslinger, a tract in the NW corner of the NW/4 of Sect. 30, Twp. 33 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1186 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Jerrold L. Francis and Linda K. Francis, and Erick Francis, to Jerrold L. Francis and Linda K. Francis, Lot 19 in Blk. 6 of Meig’s Addition to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1187 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Richard A. Martin Jr. and Nettie E. Martin to Justus D. Crow and Lexie D. Crow, Lots 7-9, less 20’ off the East end, in Blk. 4 of Redden’s Addition to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1188 - Trustee’s Deed: Andrew Foxworth and John Harvey, Trusteees of the Margaret G. Pennington Credit Shelter Trust, to Big Foot LLC, the NW/4 and the W/2 of the NE/4 of Sect. 23, Twp. 33 S, Range 9 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1189 - Sheriff’s Deed: Sheriff of Harper County to Conway Bank, Lot 12 and the S/2 of Lot 9 in Blk. 9 of Madara’s Addition to the City of Harper, Harper County, Kansas.#1190 - Quit Claim Deed: Roger A. Goodman to Roger A. Goodman, Trustee of the Roger A. Goodman Trust, Lots 9-12 in Blk. 41 in the City of Attica, Harper County, Kansas.#1191 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Douglas D. Williams to Douglas D. Williams, Trustee of the Douglas D. Williams Revocable Trust, Lots 1-6 in Blk. 4 of Gray’s Addition to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1192 - Transfer-On-Death Deed: Kenneth R. Graves transfers on death to Dianna L. Martin, Blks. 4 and 5 of Mueller’s Addition to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1193 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Randy R. Oller and Glenda Oller to Michael D. Barker and Kelli D. Barker, Lots 1-9 in Blk. 1 of Ultch’s Addition to the Town of Duquoin, Harper County, Kansas.#1194 - Trustee’s Deed: Deborah L. Cox and Jerry L. Cox, Trustees of the Deborah L. Cox Trust No. 1, to Deborah L. Quinonez, it’s undivided 1/2 interest in the E/90’ of Lots 5 and 6 in Blk. 7 in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1195 - Trustee’s Deed: Jerry L. Cox and Deborah L. Cox, Trustees of the Jerry L. Cox Trust No. 1, to Deborah L. Quinonez, it’s undivided 1/2 interest in the E/90’ of Lots 5 and 6 in Blk. 7 in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1196 - Quit Claim Deed: Donna R. Danner to Ruby Florence LLC, the NE/4 of the NW/4 of Sect. 18, Twp. 35 S, Range 8 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1197 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Krista L. Kirkwood and Krissa C. Kirkwood to the Ty and Erin Duncan Trust, the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Sect. 14, Twp. 34 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1198 - Statutory Warranty Deed: William K. Smith and Augusta H. Smith to Gregory J. Bird and Alicia A. Bird, the SW/4 of the NE/4 and the W/2 of the SE/4 of Sect. 2, Twp. 34 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1199 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Christopher G. Weston and Ronalda Weston to Joshua Sullivan and Michelle Sullivan, Lots 13, 14 and the W/10’ of Lot 15, Blk. 33 in the Original Town of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1200 - Transfer-On-Death Deed: Walton P. Lee transfers on death to Tisha Rein and Tatum Lee, the N/45’ of Lot 10 in Blk. 25 in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1201 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Kowan Plain to Sage Enterprise LLC, a tract in the NE corner of Lot 1 in Blk. 3 of Martin’s Addition to the City of Harper, Harper County, Kansas.#1202 - Statutory Warranty Deed: City of Anthony to Kirk Black and Nicia Black, Lot 24 E in Spring Creek Addition to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.Dept. On Aging: Kansas Legal Services At Tuesdays TogetherBy Jennifer WolffThis month at “Tuesdays Together” 4/16 guest speak-er Danielle Saunders will be discussing how to avoid probate. Learn steps you can take now to transfer as-sets & bank accounts to your heirs upon your death. Plan-ning now will make life eas-ier for your heir(s) later. She will also explain the differ-ences in powers of attorney & living wills in Kansas. An-other important topic Dani-elle will advise on is avoid-ing scams. How many of us are frustrated by the con-vincing phone calls, letters, emails & now texts assault-ing us daily? Be armed with knowledge of what is legal & what is most likely fraud. Join us 4/16 @ 11:30 Patter-son Health Center meeting room. Danielle will be avail-able after her presentation to answer questions & set appointments as needed.The Public Transporta-tion Service assists ALL Harper Co residents of any age to stay independent with transportation to work, medical appointments, shop-ping, errands, Patterson Health Center & locations less than 70 miles. Hours of operation: 8:30am– 4:30 pm, Monday – Friday. Ev-ery Harper Co resident can ride with public transit re-gardless of age or mobility. Equal access is provided to the public. Although we are available to make trips M-F out of county, rides need to be scheduled 24 hours in ad-vance & the bus returns for Harper Co by 3pm. CALL 620-842-5104 for ride res-ervations & rates. 1st come, 1st served. We currently have an opening for a full time driver which will af-fect our availability until a driver is hired. Advance res-ervations are recommended for in-county as well as out of county rides.Out of County Transit Schedule: Mon 4/8: WichitaTues 4/9: WellingtonWed 4/10: Wichita Thurs 4/11: No out of countyFri 4/12: Wichita All routes are subject to change without notice.

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Page 4 the Anthony Republican • April 3, 2024GOT NEWS OR PICSYOU WANTTO SHARE?Send It To Us Atanthonyrepublican@att.netT2C Veterinarian Speaker Learned “I Really Like CowsBy Carol Jean MartinDr. Tara Lynch, of Red-land Veterinary Hospital in Medicine Lodge, Kan-sas grew up in Coldwater which is a small rural town. She had been around cats and dogs but not around any other larger animals. This didn’t stop her from having an interest in vet-erinary science. She knew she loved animals, which is a prerequisite for pursuing a career in the veterinary ﬁeld of study. Lynch began her ﬁeld of study at Kansas State Uni-versity (KSU) with a major in pre-veterinary animal science with heavy em-phases in the agriculture classes. Her backup plan for her studies was the ﬁeld of agriculture. She was very aware that competition was tough when pursuing a Doc-torate of Veterinary Medi-cine (DVM). More students are vying for spots than are available at colleges and universities. She gained a more thorough knowledge through the agriculture subjects. She was not ac-cepted at ﬁrst for the DVM at Stillwater. She shared she was not in the top of the classes she took. However, she still worked in the ﬁeld as she applied for admittance into the DVM program. If she had not been admit-ted to the DVM program she would have continued working on the horse ranch where she was employed. Her career took 3.5 years of study at KSU then four more years of school at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. “I learned how the body works, then how diseases and complications from a medical trauma, acute ill-ness or other conditions called for the veterinarian.” The third year of the school-ing she learned how to put the information together. The fourth year she worked in the veterinary hospital setting. She was exposed to cardiac and circulatory issues to treat in animals. Doctors need people to as-sist with blood work, x-ray, laboratory analysis and an-esthesia. As she gained more ex-posure to livestock, small animals, large animals, and exotic animals she found more respect and under-standing of cattle. She had not been raised on a farm in the small rural city. I learned, “I really liked cows.” The prolapsed and c-section of birthing or even having to pull a calf out of the birth canal was very re-warding to Lynch.Lynch’s emergency work in the rural area around Tulsa three days a week made her feel at home like she was in Coldwa-ter. Emergency veterinar-ians often work outside the standard operating hours of the clinic. Consequently, she has worked on rotat-ing schedules across nights, early mornings, and week-ends.Mathematics and sci-ence courses in high school are helpful for achieving a goal in veterinary science. Lynch stressed, “Learn-ing to communicate with people as well as animals a plus. Being kind and polite, making good eye contact, and having manners gets an individual far in life.” In addition she recommend-ed that students learn to manage their money. “The ﬁnancial burden of gaining an education is high. Per-sonal ﬁnance helps you to be smart about money.” At Redlands, Lynch’s usual day is from 8 am to noon performing various surgeries. There is dental and spayed procedures fol-lowed in the afternoons by emergency procedure for various animals. Lastly, her day is ﬁlled with pro-viding vaccines and well-ness checks of animals. She works ﬁve days a week and is on call every other week. It is important to note that 80 to 90 % of veteri-narians are female. Yet, men are still needed in the profession. The dedication and care of small or large animals provide opportunities for veterinary professionals to help patients and their owners navigate health de-cisions. Jobs for vet techs and veterinarians are pro-jected to grow in the coming years.PRINTING • SIGNSBANNERS & MORE!LD’s PRINTING 620-842-5129Harper Co. Health Dept. Celebrates National Public Health Week April 1st Thru April 7thThe Harper County Health Department was established on Septem-ber 6, 1966. Public Health Services are an important component in the commu-nity health system, pro-viding a number of basic services to promote health and wellness, and to pro-tect individuals and com-munities from injury and disease. Listed below are some of the services available at the Harper County Health Department: • Basic Health Services – Blood pressure checks, height/weight, BMI, injec-tions, TB skin tests, ear/nose/throat checks, foot care, daycare, preschool and kindergarten physi-cals, glucose level, hemo-globin checks, information and referral services. • Immunizations – The immunization program is designed to prevent the spread of contagious dis-eases that can involve seri-ous health problems and/or death. • WIC (Women, Infants and Children) is a supple-mental nutrition program for pregnant and delivered women, and for infants and children from birth to age ve. WIC provides, breast-feeding support, infant for-mula and a variety of nu-tritional foods, dependent on the age of the partici-pant. • Reproductive Health Services – Initial and an-nual pelvic examinations, pap smears, birth control options, pregnancy test-ing, sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing, and counseling services are provided through the Fam-ily Planning Program. We receive Federal grant fund-ing for this program so that services may be provided on a sliding fee schedule. • Disease Investigation – Public Health personnel complete investigations into reportable diseases in our community to try to re-duce the incidence and se-verity of disease outbreaks. This also includes animal bites investigations. • Public Health Emer-gency Preparedness Plan-ning – The agency is in-volved with Federal, State, regional, and local plan-ning efforts to prepare for a public health emergency and response to infectious disease outbreaks. • In-Home Services - These services include non-skilled services including: laundry, cleaning, shop-ping, errands, meal prepa-ration, and assistance with personal care, and are available through a vari-ety of in-home service pro-grams under public health. The Harper County Health Department is lo-cated at 123 N. Jennings in Anthony. We are open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. We can be reached by the follow-ing methods – Phone: (620) 842-5132, Email – harper-health@harpercountyks.gov , Facebook: www.Face-book.com/Harpercountyhd and on our website – www.harpercountyks.gov In celebration of Na-tional Public Health Week, we are hosting a coloring contest. Complete the col-oring page, return it to the Harper County Health De-partment by April 8th to be entered into a drawing for a prize. You can pick up the coloring page at our of-ﬁce or download it from our website. We look forward to assisting you!

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the Anthony Republican • April 3, 2024 Page 5Undersheriff Kenny Hodson Jr. Receives Life Saving AwardOfﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted By HarperCounty Clerk’s OfﬁceMarch 4, 2024The Harper County Board of County Commissioners met in regular session, with Chairman Struble calling the meeting to order with Commissioner Waldschmidt and Commissioner Vornauf. Shonda Larson, Assistant to the Board, and Ami DeLac-erda, County Clerk, were present. Also present were Sheriff Tracy Chance, Dusty, Erin, and Inslee Albright, Chris-tine Chance, Laura DeCh-enne, and Undersheriff Ken-ny Hodson, Jr.Sheriff Chance presented Undersheriff Hodson with the “Life Saving Award”, for his response and actions when called to Edward Jones on July 14, 2023, to aid Mrs. Albright. Commissioner Vornauf moved that the Board ap-prove the 2/26/2024 minutes. The motion passed unani-mously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt moved that the Board approve Accounts Payable for 3/4/2024 in the amount of $435,354.48. The motion passed unanimously.Mike Bennett and Janet Slankard with Public Works gave a department update, and presented a contract for $2.99 per gallon from 4/1/2024 – 9/30/2024, for 5,000 gallons of dyed diesel stored at our shop in Attica. The purchase of tanks for fu-ture use was also discussed.Commissioner Wald-schmidt moved that the Board sign the presented Private Utility Application Permit for ROW use for Flat Ridge 4 Wind, LLC. The mo-tion passed unanimously. Commissioner Struble motioned to enter executive session at 8:55am. The justi-ﬁcation for closing the meet-ing is to discuss personnel matters of nonelected per-sonnel. The open meeting will resume at 9:15am in this room; approved unanimous-ly. Mike Bennett and Ami DeLacerda remained in the meeting. At 9:15am, Com-missioner Vornauf moved to extend for two minutes. The motion was approved unanimously. Mike Ben-nett left the meeting at this time. The meeting resumed at 9:17am, no binding action taken. Jason Jump entered the meeting at 9:17am. The Board discussed potentially opening em-ployment positions for af-ter-hours work to help get caught up on road mainte-nance. Also discussed Com-missioners volunteering to run equipment, and identi-ﬁed areas in need of atten-tion. Cheryl Adelhardt met with the Board to recom-mend Carolyn Moore be ap-pointed as Township Trustee for Township 5. Commis-sioner Vornauf moved that the Board approve the re-quest. The motion passed unanimously. Also discussed work at the pioneer ceme-tery, identifying burial sites.Christina Cintron, Direc-tor of Emergency Communi-cations, gave a department update. Discussion was held on equipment required to meet new FBI requirements for Law Enforcement radio use. Also discussed a poten-tial public outreach project to be promoted at the County Fair. Commissioner Struble motioned to enter execu-tive session at 9:43am. The justiﬁcation for closing the meeting is to discuss person-nel matters of nonelected personnel. The open meet-ing will resume at 10:00am in this room; approved unanimously. Christina Cintron and Ami DeLac-erda remained in the meet-ing. The meeting resumed at 10:00am, no binding action taken. Discussion was held on the dispatch center reloca-tion to the Health Depart-ment basement, and the potential to upgrade equip-ment at this time. The Board requested more information on the new FBI encryption requirements and an idea of what software and equip-ment upgrades would cost to improve our 911 service. Josh Teel, IT/Building and Grounds and Emily Tompkinson, Childcare Di-rector met with the Board to open sealed bids for the At-tica childcare location. Bids were received from:Blubaugh Construc-tion (demo and new build), $132,900.00. Blubaugh Construction (renovation to current struc-ture), $76,550.00Silver Star Construc-tion (via email) (renova-tion to current structure), $81,120.00There was continued dis-cussion on demolishing the current structure and build-ing a new facility on the location. Josh did receive conﬁrmation from BCU that there is grant money avail-able, our portion of the cost (match and administration fee) would be approximately $52,000.00, possibly to be paid from Community De-velopment. Commissioner Wald-schmidt moved that Board approve the publishing of a Request for Proposal for a new building, rather than a renovation. The motion was approved unanimously. Bids will be opened at 9:00am during the March 25th, 2024 Regular Meeting. Emily Tompkinson left the meeting at this time.Josh Teel continued with a department update. An update on the relocation of the Dispatch Center to the Health Department Base-ment was given. An Inordi-nate Spending Request was presented for server and radio racks to First Wire-less, Inc. in the amount of $1,400.00. Commissioner Waldschmidt moved to ap-prove the request. The mo-tion passed unanimously. Discussion was held on po-tential storage options. Kari O’Riley, Commu-nity Development Director entered the meeting, and discussed using Economic Development funds to help cover the Attica Daycare building. Kevin Alexander, Harper County Community Founda-tion, gave an update on the Endowment, and current Board Member list. There was brief discussion on po-tentially creating an En-dowment for Harper County Schools, and possibly one for the County in the future.Brooke Mantey, County Appraiser, entered the meet-ing at 10:45am. Commissioner Struble motioned to enter executive session at 10:47am. The justiﬁcation for closing the meeting is to discuss person-nel matters of nonelected personnel. The open meet-ing will resume at 11:10am in this room; approved unan-imously. Brooke Mantey and Ami DeLacerda remained in the meeting. The meet-ing resumed at 11:10am, no binding action taken. Discussion was held on the City of Harper having a hearing on 3/26/2024, hoping to incorporate an additional 3 miles into the City Limits. Ms. Mantey recommended that one of the Commission-ers attend. Discussion was held on Kingman County’s FMV property values, and the consequences of possibly differing from the State rec-ommendations. Brooke ex-plained that we are required to be within 10% of the es-timates, and the purpose of valuation is to create a fair and equal distribution of taxes. They discussed recre-ational use/taxes on hunting land (local farmland being purchased or large amounts of money impacting the com-munity). The State is also considering this at this time.Jan Harding, EMS Di-rector, gave a department update, and potentially con-tracting a company to per-form an audit of our charts. COUNTY Continued on next page

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Page 6 the Anthony Republican • April 3, 2024The County Counselor is re-viewing the contract. Also discussed the recent cyber-attack on Change Health-care, which is utilized by our billing company, DeLisa Bill-ing. Shonda Larson, Finance Director gave a department update. Transfers were pre-sented and approved for the Health Department. Period 13 transfers were also pre-sented for signature (ap-proved previously). She discussed the possible Sand Ridge Abatement, and veri-ﬁed that an informational letter was previously sent to the USD 361 Superinten-dent. The impact of the Sand Ridge and recent Hospital abatements on distributions to various entities was also discussed. Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk, gave a department update. Several Personnel Status Forms were reviewed and approved. The recent KWORCC facility inspec-tion was reviewed, as was the 2023 KWORCC audit. The Board agreed to allow the annual Show and Shine Car Show to be held on the Courthouse Campus on May 18th. Commissioner Struble COUNTY Continued from previous pagemotioned to enter executive session at 11:41am. The justiﬁcation for closing the meeting is to discuss person-nel matters of nonelected personnel. The open meet-ing will resume at 12:00pm in this room; approved unanimously. Ami DeLac-erda remained in the meet-ing. The meeting resumed at 12:00pm, no binding action taken. Cynthia Hekel, County Treasurer, entered the meet-ing and addressed a recent complaint from a resident about the Treasurer’s Ofﬁce being unable to process a ve-hicle tag renewal at 4:34pm last week. The Board left the Court-house and met at the Hall & Hall Law Ofﬁce Building in Anthony, to tour the facility and consider as an option for storage. Josh Teel, Build-ing and Grounds Director and Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk were in attendance. As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:17pm. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, March 11, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner Room at the Harper County Courthouse. Approved: Darrin Stru-ble, ChairmanAttest: Ami DeLacerda, County ClerkCommerce Awards CDBG Grants For Housing And Commercial Projects In Anthony & HarperTOPEKA — The Kan-sas Department of Com-merce has announced that ﬁve Kansas cities will re-ceive a share of $1,450,000 through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to assist with community develop-ment projects.CDBG, administered by the Department of Com-merce, is a federal grant program that provides funding for projects that help low- to moderate-in-come neighborhoods pros-per.“These grants provide critical support to Kansas communities and downtown areas for important projects that might not otherwise happen,” Lieutenant Gover-nor and Secretary of Com-merce David Toland said. “The CDBG program allows Commerce to partner with local communities and ad-dress speciﬁc housing and building issues standing in the way of progress.” The CDBG Housing program provides funding to support the rehabilita-tion of housing units and the demolition of blighted structures. Awarded cities completed the Housing As-sessment Tool (HAT) and identiﬁed Housing Rehabil-itation as a program area to address their needs.CDBG Housing Rehabil-itation grants were award-ed to the following cities:Anthony: $300,000 to rehabilitate 10 homes and demolish two.Harper: $300,000 to re-habilitate nine homes and demolish four.The CDBG Commercial Rehabilitation program provides funding to assist private property owners in the rehabilitation of blight-ed structures in downtown commercial districts.“As the Department of Commerce continues to as-sist advancing economic growth throughout Kan-sas,” Commerce Assistant Secretary of Quality Places Matthew Godinez said, “it’s crucial these grants are awarded to ensure we are investing in communities that otherwise might not have the ﬁnancial means to do these key projects.”Overall, CDBG awarded more than $13 million in 2023 for Housing, Commer-cial Rehabilitation, Com-munity Facilities, Youth Job Training and more.School Board Holds Special MeetingUnofﬁcial Minutes from the USD #361 Board of Education MeetingMarch 25, 2024Special MeetingBoard Members Pres-ent: Jan Misak, Samantha Troyer, RoseAnn Teel, Bret Walker, Dusty Albright, Jarrett Schmidt, Lindsay Zimmerman. Others Pres-ent: Josh Swartz, Robyn Liebelt, Juliana Whisman, Terrelle Mock.1. Kansas School Board Resource Center Next Steps: The board discussed plans for meetings with Tracy Frederick from the Kansas School Board Re-source Center. 2. Workshop over Chap-ters 1-6 of Great on Their Behalf: The group discussed the ﬁrst part of the book Great on Their Behalf and how it can be applied to the USD 361 board and district. 3. Executive Ses-sion for Non-Elected Personnel:Motion by Al-bright, second by Misak: I move to go into executive session to discuss an indi-vidual employee’s perfor-mance pursuant to non-elected personnel exception under KOMA to include ad-ditional personnel as need-ed from 8:06 to 8:21 pm. Motion passed 7-0. Others in executive session: Mr. Swartz: 8:06-8:21 pm.Motion by Schmidt, sec-ond by Misak: I move to go into executive session to dis-cuss an individual employ-ee’s performance pursuant to non-elected personnel exception under KOMA to include additional person-nel as needed from 8:22 to 8:37 pm. Motion passed 7-0. Others in executive session: Mr. Swartz: 8:22-8:37 pm.Motion by Misak, second by Albright: I move to hire Robert Gower, custodian, and Brayden Francis, as-sistant baseball coach. Mo-tion failed 2-5 (Nay: Troyer, Teel, Zimmerman, Walker, Albright). Motion by Troyer, sec-ond by Teel, I move to hire Brayden Francis as assis-tant baseball coach. Motion passed 7-0.4. 2024-2025 Finance: The board discussed plans and options for the 2024-2025 budget.5. Executive Session to Discuss Potential Litiga-tion: Motion by Schmidt, second by Misak: I move to go into executive session to discuss pending litiga-tion with our legal counsel pursuant to the exception for matters which would be deemed privileged in the attorney-client relationship under KOMA to include ad-ditional personnel as need-ed from 9:28 to 9:50 pm Mo-tion passed 7-0.Others in executive ses-sion: Mr. Swartz: 9:28-9:50 pm; Terelle Mock: 9:28-9:50 pm.AdjournmentThe meeting was ad-journed at 9:51 pm.Dusty Albright, PresidentRobyn Liebelt, Board Clerk* * WWW.ANTHONYREPUBLICANNEWS.COM * *Local NWOSU Social WorkSenior Begins Work In KansasNine Northwestern Oklahoma State University senior social work majors began their ﬁeld practicum assignments at agencies throughout Oklahoma and Kansas this spring semes-ter.These students must complete 420 contact hours, demonstrate 20 behaviors and master the program’s nine core competencies as outlined by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Field Education is a signature pedagogy for so-cial work that instructs and socializes students to the fundamental dimensions of professional practice. During ﬁeld education, stu-dents are able to immerse themselves in practice and apply the skills and knowl-edge they have attained.“Each student in their ﬁeld education is assigned to a ﬁeld instructor who volunteers their time to as-sist in the education of stu-dents, as well as reinforce social work ideas, behaviors and competencies,” Codi Harding, director of ﬁeld experience and assistant professor of social work, said. “We appreciate all of our past and present ﬁeld instructors.”Listed below are the stu-dents currently in their ﬁeld practicums, hometowns, and their practicum agency placements: Maci Howell of Attica, Kansas, Horizons Mental Health Center in Hutchinson, Kansas.ONLINE SUBS CRIPTIO N S ARE NOW AVA ILA BLE!VIS IT O UR WEBS ITEFOR MORE INFO:WWW.A NTHO NYREPUBLICA NNEWS .COM

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At the First Chris-tian Church, Pastor Charles Fitzgerald presented the award to Betty Wells, Linda Matrow, Carol Hoel, Roxanne Crouch and Vickie Hughes. Rev. Harald Wisegarver pre-sented the awards to Mary Runyan, Debbie Barber and Doris Aleshire at the Con-gregational Church. At the Church of God, Rev. James Morrison presented the award to Debra Evans. Rusty Ryan, formerly with Denny’s Barber Shop, had opened a new barber shop at 213 East Main, just east of the O & E Market.John Carothers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Caroth-ers, had enlisted in the U.S. Army and left in February for Fort Leonardwood, Mis-souri for basic training.50 YEARS AGO - 1974Lynn Rhodes and Debbie Warbinton had been select-ed to represent Chaparral High School at Girls State June 9 to 16 at the Universi-ty of Kansas. The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 54 of Anthony selected the girls for their interest in govern-ment, leadership qualities, good character and scholar-ship.Manchester Boy Scouts met at the Hut with Scout-master Mike Feist in charge. Mike Bennett, Mike Koehler, Jimmy Morawitz, Jack Meadows and Mark Ricks worked on points necessary for full Scout requirements. Others present were Assis-tant Scoutmasters Ernest Bush and Donnie Otis, and Scouts, Keilian Davis and Keith Brotherton.Chapter BU members of PEO were guests in the home of Mrs. Pat Williams with Mrs. Clotene Masner co-hostess. The program was presented by children of PEO members and was opened with a dance by Ilene Williams. Magician acts were presented by David Williams and Jeff Masner. Glen Fisher sang a solo, fol-lowed by Mark Fisher who read a paper about “Wheat.” 40 YEARS GO - 1984A new candidate for the Harper County ofﬁce of Register of Deeds was an-nounced by county election ofﬁcer, Joann Poston. Filing for the ofﬁce was Rhonda Swafford (R) Anthony.Anthony Community leaders and area Church of God pastors joined for an installation service for the Reverend Carl Reinholz who assumed pastoral duties at the First Church of God in early January.Four Chaparral forensics team members placed at the Chisholm Trail League meet held at Southwestern Col-lege in Winﬁeld. Individual results for Chaparral in the 14-team meet were: Robin Harnden, ﬁrst, oratory; Kim Ricke, ﬁfth, oratory; Shelly Woodring, ﬁfth, solo acting; Trish Wescoat and Mike Rucker, seventh, improvised duet acting. One day before the of-ﬁcial opening of spring, Ol’ Man Winter got in one last blast of a chilly storm by unleashing rain, hail and a thick blanket of snow. The Bluff City area reported nine inches of snow and all roads in Harper County were ofﬁ-cially closed.30 YEARS AGO - 1994Two Chaparral football players had signed nation-al letters of intent to play football on the college level. Shaun Kunz signed with Dodge City Community Col-lege and Heath Williams signed with Coffyville Com-munity College.Chelsea Catlin and Wen-dy Scott were in Topeka to work as paiges for Rep. Rich-ard Alldritt.High School students from Chaparral were among 606 students competing in the Kansas Scholastic Press Association regional journalism contest held at Wichita State University. Contest winners from Chap-arral were: Alissa Schmidt, second, news writing; Molly Matthews, second newspa-per design; Heather Bon-ham, third, cutline writing.Attica seventh grader Matt Martin won the Harp-er County Spelling Bee. The two other winners were both Harper students, sixth- grader Scott Plank won sec-ond place and seventh- grad-er, Russell Jelink won third.20 YEARS AGO - 2004Chris Stark was the win-ner of the year’s VFW Voice of Democracy $500 schol-arship. Chris, a senior at Chaparral High School is the son of Cheryl and Stan Stark, Anthony.The Chaparral girls’ bas-ketball team ended their regular season ranked num-ber one in the Wichita Eagle and Coaches Polls with a 20-0 record.Park Hill Lanes shared the news that Dallas Ken-ney, Harper, and Bob Ash, Anthony, had both bowled a perfect 300 in the month of February. 10 YEARS AGO - 2014Friends and neighbors came from far and near to attend the February “Thurs-day Morning Coffee Klatch” hosted by Freeport Mayor Bill Peterson and Freeport City Treasurer, Carol Peter-son. The Clerk, Jim Brooks was also on hand to welcome guests. Enjoying the morn-ing of visiting and refresh-ments were: Ernie and Frie-da Schmidt, Bill and Donna Greve and Pat Coady, all of Freeport; Betty Medlam, Joann Robertson and Mary Jo Hodson from Anthony; Miles and Jeanie Tade, Wichita; David and Lynn Standrich of Mulvane. and Phyllis Standrich of Derby;The Jr. High wrestling team took second in overall team points at the Larned wrestling tournament. The wrestlers were: Isaac Helms, Cauy Thomas, Jaden Es-linger, Kavin Hess, Tanner Asper, Drake Whealy, An-drew Clark, Jacob Helms, Ely Eslinger, Adrian Gerber, Lucan Farzi, Jake Burke and Miq-uel Gerber. Coach was Patton and helper was Dave Eslinger. 5 YEARS AGO - 2019Seven Chaparral FFA members competed in the public speaking contest held FILES Continued on next page

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Page 8 the Anthony Republican • April 3, 2024Patterson Health Center Honors Patsy McKeeverBy Carol Jean MartinPatterson Health Cen-ter recently honored Patsy McKeever with a retirement reception held at the center. McKeever had worked at Patterson for 14.75 years. Heather Reames, supervi-sor of nursing in inpatient services, shared with those in attendance that, “Patsy was a positive, joyful per-son who seemed to ﬁnd the humor in most activities.” In addition, Reames added, “McKeever was listed on Friday, March, 29, 2024 ros-ter of employees as No call! No Show!”McKeever read testimo-nies of her positive uplifting to others in the cards she read as she opened them at the reception. Many shared that McKeever had provided a fun caring at-mosphere among not only her patients, but the people that assisted with the care of the patient. Many noted that they would never for-get the difference she made in their lives. McKeever held a han-kie up to her face as she told the group, “I enjoyed taking care of my patients and learned that I also was taking care of their fami-lies.” She has been held in high esteem for her caring attitude and patience with Patsy McKeeverthe people whose lives she touched. Patients and their fami-lies and employees at all levels at Patterson have been marinated in love and humor at Patterson Health Clinic by McKeever. TOPEKA - On Monday, April 8, a total solar eclipse will cross North America. The Kansas Department of Transportation and the Kansas Highway Patrol ad-vise travelers to plan ahead as trafﬁc is expected to in-crease.“Remember that the shoulders of highways and interstates are for emergen-cies only,” said KHP Capt. Candice Breshears. “Find-ing a safe and secure loca-tion to view the eclipse is a must for all travelers to make it to their destina-tions safely.”Travelers should be pa-tient, avoid distractions and Total Solar Eclipse To Cross North America On April 8practice safe driving habits.“Pay attention to the roadway, not the sky,” said KDOT Director of Safety Troy Whitworth. “Be on the lookout for other driv-ers who may be distracted. Trafﬁc will most likely be heavy before, during and after the event in the loca-tions where the eclipse can be viewed. So, plan your travel accordingly.”Kansas is not in the di-rect viewing area of the total solar eclipse. It will begin in Mexico and enter the U.S. in Texas, and parts of 14 addi-tional states will experience the total solar eclipse as it travels northeast across the country. Then it will enter Canada.According to the Nation-al Weather Service, a total solar eclipse occurs when the moon’s elliptical orbit is towards its minimum distance from Earth, mak-ing the moon appear larger than the sun. This allows the moon to completely ob-scure the sun, and a shadow is cast on the Earth’s sur-face. Use specialized eye protection to view the sun during this time. Check the weather and plan accord-ingly – make sure to dress properly and be prepared for potential weather in-cidents when driving long distances. For information on Kansas road conditions, go to www.kandrive.gov or call 5-1-1.Courtesy PhotoNATIONAL AG DAY: Kasey Waldschmidt, Harper County Farm Bureau Coordinator, read-ing to Mrs. Osner’s Kindergarten class at Attica Elementary.Courtesy PhotoNATIONAL AG DAY: Mrs. Lantz and Mrs. Ord’s Harper Kindergarten students with Kasey Waldschmidt, Harper County Farm Bureau Coordinator.CHAPARRAL HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL - CONNER HOSTETLERPhoto By: Don HoltPhoto By: Don HoltPhoto By: Don HoltSCTELCOM MAKES DONATION TO HARPER REC: Pictured (L-R): SCTelcom Director of Public Relations Shelly Hansel and Director of Marketing Wendy Crenner present Bret Misak, Harper Recreation Commission, with a check for $5,000 to help in the purchase and installa-tion of the new scoreboards on the baseball and softball elds (pictured in the background).PRINTING • SIGNS • BANNERSLD’s Printing • 620-842-5129 • Anthony, KSCHAPARRAL TENNIS - LINCOLN WATTSPhoto By: Don HoltPhoto By: Don Holtin Buhler. Kadence Smith and Dalton Blair competed in the freshman division. Kadence received 6th place overall and Dalton received 2nd overall. Brailey Koehler and Brieley Koehler com-peted in the junior division with Brailey receiving 7th overall and Brieley receiv-ing 2nd. In the senior divi-sion, James Hatley-Rommel FILES Continued from previous pagereceived 7th. Haley Redgate and Addison Wilcox compet-ed in the creed with Haley receiving 8th and Addison receiving 2nd overall.Competing at the “Battle of The Belts” wrestling meet, Chaparral Kids Wrestling team members, Vohn Wil-liams took ﬁrst place in his bracket and was also named “Outstanding Wrestler” in his age group. Brandon Jones took 2nd place in his bracket.

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