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The Anthony Republican: Vol. 145 - No. 32 • The Anthony Bulletin: Vol. 125 - No. 32Established October 9, 1879: Oldest continuous business in Anthony • Wednesday, August 7, 2024To advertise your business or event in our “Hot Spot”call the Anthony Republican at 620-842-5129. Harper Co. Fair: Crazy Nights Under Barn LightsThe Harper County Fair is set to kick off in style, bringing a week of exciting events, community spirit and tradition to Harper, Kansas. From August 7th to August 10th, the Blue Fair Barn and various downtown locations will be bustling with activities, showcasing the best of lo-cal talent and agricultural pride.Wednesday, August 7th: The fair will begin with a busy schedule on Wednes-day. At 7:45 a.m., the Man-datory Swine Meeting will set the stage for the day’s livestock events. The Swine Weigh-In runs from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m., while 4-H/FFA livestock check-in will be open at the Extension Booth from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Goat Weigh-In is scheduled from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., followed by Sheep Weigh-In from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., with strict un-loading and vet check pro-tocols.Open Class Exhibit Check-In will take place from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m., alongside the Antique Ex-hibit Check-In. The 4-H & Open Class Rabbit Check-In will be held from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m., and the 4-H & Open Class Poultry Check-In from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Beef Weigh-In is scheduled from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.The day’s highlights include the 4-H Royalty Crowning at 7:00 p.m. at the downtown park stage, followed by the 4-H Public Fashion Revue. The Horse Show Awards will conclude the evening’s festivities. Booths must be in place by 9:00 p.m.Thursday, August 8th: Thursday begins with the Swine Show at 8:00 a.m. and continues with Open Class Food & Handi-work Judging at 9:30 a.m., followed by Rabbit Judging at 10:00 a.m. Additional judging for Open Class ex-hibits, including Antiques, Hobbies & Crafts Art, Pho-tography Booths, Cookie Jar, Flowers, Crops & Gar-den, will take place at 10:00 a.m., with 4-H Booths & Banners judged at 10:30 a.m.The Cookie Jar Silent Auction kicks off at 12:00 p.m. in the Fair Barn, with a free meal for the public at 12:00 p.m., sponsored by the Bank of the Plains. The meal is available under the tent in downtown Harper for those wearing a fair but-ton.Indoor Static 4-H Ex-hibits will be judged at 1:00 p.m., followed by the Pioneer Feed at 6:00 p.m., sponsored by the cities of Harper, Anthony, and Atti-ca. Kids Pedal Tractor Pull pre-entries will be accepted from 6:00 to 6:50 p.m., with the event starting at 7:00 p.m. The Attica, Chaparral and Norwich FFA clubs will be hosting a free carnival from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Park in Downtown Harper. There will be games, dunk tanks and lots of fun for ages 10 and under, but all are welcome!, with lots of prizes (while they last).Friday, August 9th:Friday starts with the VFW Pancake Feed at the VFW Building from 7:00 to 10:00 a.m. The Sheep Show kicks off at 8:00 a.m., followed by the Meat Goat Show at 9:00 a.m. Poultry Showmanship will take County Fairs depend on volunteers. It takes a mul-titude of volunteers to run a successful four day county wide event. These special Larry & Donna Gaug Named As The 2024 Grand Parade Marshalspeople do their jobs without any fanfare and very little gratitude.The 2024 Harper County Fair Grand Marshal’s are Larry and Donna Gaug of rural Harper. The Gaugs are the driving force be-hind the Harper Boost-ers, every year Larry and Donna solicit donations from businesses and indi-viduals from Harper and surrounding communities. This money is used to pur-chase animals at the Live-stock Sale on the ﬁnal day of the fair. Harper Boosters also provide add-on money to exhibitors to help ensure that all livestock exhibitors are successful.Larry, a Chaparral grad-uate, and Donna, a Sharon LARRY & DONNA GAUG - 2024 HARPER CO. FAIR GRAND PARADE MARSHALSCourtesy PhotosFAIR BUTTON & BOOK COVER WINNERS: Left Photo - The winner of the Harper County Fair Book Cover Design Contest, sponsored by Bank of the Plains, is Brogan Hostetler. Brogan is pictured receiving her $50 cash prize from the Bank of the Plains employees at the Harper location. Right Photo - Christina Stevens’ design for the Harper County Fair Button was chosen as the winner, she is pictured receiving her $50 prize, sponsored by Burke Bringer Memorial, from Kylin Newberry (right), 4-H Youth Development Agent for Harper County. MARSHALS Continued on next pageSCHEDULE Continued on next page

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Page 2 the Anthony Republican • August 7, 2024place at 1:00 p.m., with Poultry Judging follow-ing at 1:30 p.m. The Beef Show begins at 3:00 p.m., leading into the thrilling Demolition Derby at 7:00 p.m., sponsored by Harper Masons & Harper County Shriners with proceeds go-ing to beneﬁt local youth programs and scholarships. Check out the line up for live music at the Harper County Fair! Beginning Friday at 8:00 p.m. at the stage, performing will be American Idol contestant MaKayla Brownlee along with Katie Ziegler, Garrett Willert & Harper County’s very own Wes Wescoat.Saturday, August 10th: Saturday features the Horseshoe Tournament at Harper Park at 9:00 a.m., and the Large Animal Round Robin at 9:30 a.m. The Baked Pie Contest will be held in the Northeast room of the fair building at 11:00 a.m. The Cookie Jar Silent Auction ends at 12:00 p.m. Lunch for 4-H/FFA members, families, and livestock buyers start-ing at 12:00 p.m., sponsored by Mid Kansas Coop.Award Presentations at the livestock arena will commence at 1:30 p.m., fol-lowed by the Livestock Sale at 2:00 p.m. The Baked Pie Silent Auction begins at 12:30 p.m. and ends one hour after the livestock graduate, were married in the fall of 1993. They are the founders and owners of Midwest Machine Inc. of Harper. Their business is located in the old Armory Building. Larry and Don-na have one son Jeremy. Jeremy and his wife Jen-nifer have three children: Aliya, Dallas, and Drew. The Gaugs enjoy spending time with their grand chil-dren. When you see Larry and Donna thank them for all they do to ensure the Harper County Livestock Sale remains one of the top premium sales in the state of Kansas.MARSHALS Continued from previous pageSCHEDULE Continued from previous pagesale concludes. The Harper County Fairboard will have miniature golf and inﬂat-ables set up from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m., bracelets can be purchased for $5 for access to both. The Grand Parade starts west of downtown Harper at 6:30 p.m., fol-lowed by Turtle Races at 7:30 p.m., sponsored by the VFW. Entertainment downtown will begin at 8:00 p.m., with exhibit and booth checkout starting at 8:00 p.m. Live Music from Kaitlyn Kilian will kick off at 8:00 p.m. at the Stage in the park. Don’t miss out on this week of fun, competition, and community spirit. Join us at the Harper County Fair for an unforgettable experience celebrating lo-cal talent and agricultural achievements.File PhotoREMEMBER WHEN - 1993 HARPER COUNTY FAIR: The 4-H Style Review Champions were during the 1993 Harper County Fair were (L-R) Jaclyn Arnet, Sara Hibbard, Cassie Latta, Dorinda Gates, Kodi Baver, Charlessa Gates, Eli Warren, Jessica Hunt, Zachary Bauer, and Mark Davis. Wes Higgs Agency, LLC Wes Higgs, Agent Anthony, KS (620) 842-3106 whiggs@amfam.com American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I. & its Operating Companies,American Family Insurance Company, 6000 American Parkway, Madison, WI 53783007250 – Rev. 1/17 ©2017 – 19424884PROUD TO SUPPORTOUR LOCAL 4-H & FFA PARTICIPANTS GOT NEWS OR PICS YOU WANT TO SHARE? SEND IT TO US AT:anthonyrepublican@att.netWWW.ANTHONYREPUblICANNEWS.COm

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the Anthony Republican • August 7, 2024 Page 32024 Harper County FairRoyalty Candidates NamedSunnyside 4-H Club’s candidate is Audrey Befort, the daughter of Jerid Befort and Karen Befort. Audrey’s hobbies include traveling and photography. Audrey’s favorite things about 4-H are the different experiences, the community, the respon-sibility, and the ability to show pigs and sheep. Audrey is currently and has been the Sunnyside 4-H Club President for ﬁve years. Out-side of 4-H, she is a Sargent of Arms in National Honors Society and the President of FCCLA.Representing Westside 4-H Club is Makena Mans, the daughter of Clint and Christy Mans. Makena’s hob-bies include volleyball, bak-ing, and painting. Makena’s favorite things about 4-H is being able to see her friends from all over the county and showing her pigs. Outside of 4-H, Makena is involved in the Attica Volleyball team, cheerleading, and track. She went to the State Track Meet in 2023 for pole vault and the 4x800 relay, both in which she placed. Moffett Hilltoppers 4-H Club is represented by Let-tie McIntire, daughter of Travis and Shelia McIntire. Lettie’s hobbies include singing, drawing, and play-ing sports. Lettie’s favorite things about 4-H are getting to work with her animals, being able to hang out with friends, and learning from others. Outside of 4-H, Let-tie is involved in volleyball, basketball, track, and cheer-leading at Norwich. Representing Spring Robins 4-H Club is Leah Trislyn Oliphant, daugh-ter of Richie Oliphant and Krissy Oliphant. Leah’s hob-bies include ﬁshing with her papaw, baking, going mud-ding with her twin brother, and reading the bible. Leah’s favorite thing about 4-H is being able to witness the younger kids in her club who are shy and hesitant become more conﬁdent and outgoing throughout participation in 4-H activities. She is also the secretary of the Harper Co. 4-H council. Outside of 4-H, Leah has received many awards, is involved in many community service events and school organizations in-cluding TSA, FCCLA, FCA, and the National Honor So-ciety. The King candidate for Spring Robins 4-H Club is Kayden Koehler, son of Kris-tine and Tracy Chance & Jarrod and Riani Koehler. Kayden’s hobbies include playing the piano, hunting, making models, playing vid-eo games, and hanging out with his friends. Kayden’s favorite things about 4-H are being able to help others, being of service to his com-munity, learning new things, Tobias Pool Lettie McIntire Leah Oliphant Kayden Koehler Audrey Befort Makena MansROYALTY Continued on next page

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Page 4 the Anthony Republican • August 7, 2024Farmers OilCompany, Inc.GOT NEWS OR PICS YOU WANT TO SHARE? SEND IT TO US AT:anthonyrepublican@att.netFile PhotoREMEMBER WHEN - 2014: The 2013 Harper County Fair Queen, Kierstin Newberry (left), puts the crown on the 2024 Harper County Fair Queen Courtney Larson while standing next to the Harper County Fair King, Jaden Eslinger.By Chad CarlisleFair Board PresidentIt’s August, so you know what that means. Before the kids go back to school, it is a chance for one last bit of family fun at the Harper County Fair. The Harper County Fair Board have been busy preparing for the fair.Again, this year we have approximately 30 booths. These booths showcase lo-cal vendors, business, and organizations. Along with the commercial booths, the Fair Board encourages local residents to enter and ex-hibit a project into the fair. There are so many possibil-ities. Grab a fair book and check out all of the options. There is still time to enter a project. Outside the Blue Barn, the livestock barns are overﬂowing again this year. All of the livestock numbers are up, so be sure and visit the barns as well as attend the livestock show. Please check the fair book to see the schedule of events. The 4-H and FFA kids truly do love to see people in the stands watch-ing them show off all of their hard work.In the downtown park (by the stage) there will be lots of food choices, so be sure and check them out. Also at the downtown park, the Queen and King will be announced, as well as a fashion revue. Check out the daily schedule to ﬁnd out more.Thursday night the At-tica, Chaparral and Nor-wich FFA Chapters are or-ganizing a carnival for kids to come enjoy. This is a free event and the kids will be Welcome To The Harper County Fairable to win prizes. Be sure and support them. On Saturday evening from 4 to 9 p.m. there will be inﬂatables and a 9-hole mini golf course set up north of the Extension Of-ﬁce. For $5 a wristband can be purchased for both.For entertainment this year, be sure and attend the live music at the Farm Bureau Stage in downtown Harper. While enjoying the live music, be sure and visit the great vendors that are set up in the park.To ﬁnish off the weekend is the Grand Parade. The Parade has become a family tradition, with generations of family mem-bers meeting at the same spot each year to enjoy the parade. The Grand Marshall leading the parade this year are Larry and Donna Gaug. The Fair Board is proud to have them lead the parade this year. Be sure and ﬁnd a great spot along the parade route to watch the Grand Parade on Saturday eve-ning.There is really some-thing for everyone at the Harper County Fair. Be sure and visit the Harper County Fair and support all the local exhibitors, ven-dors and performers.See you at the Fair!and competing at the county fair. Outside of 4-H, Kayden participates in many lead-ership programs as well as choir. Moffett Hilltoppers 4-H Clubs’ King candidate is To-bias Pool, son of Zach and Becky Pool. Tobias’ hobbies include dirt biking, R.C. cars and planes, baking cookies, swimming, and showing his quail and sheep. His favorite thing about 4-H is being able to go to the fair and show off all his projects. ROYALTY Continued from previous pagePRINTING • SIGNSBANNERS & MORE!LD’s PRINTING 620-842-5129

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the Anthony Republican • August 7, 2024 Page 5Advertise your business or event with the Anthony Republican! Call or Email for rates: anthonyrepublican@att.net620-842-5129Have FunHave Fun at theat theHarper County Fair!Harper County Fair!Use our Mobile App on the go!Use our Mobile App on the go!bankofcommerce.wsbankofcommerce.ws Harper - (620) 896-7391Harper - (620) 896-7391Anthony - (620) 842-5700Anthony - (620) 842-57001002 Central & 807 W 14th, Harper KS1002 Central & 807 W 14th, Harper KS 300 W Main St, Anthony, KS300 W Main St, Anthony, KS also in Wellington & South Havenalso in Wellington & South HavenGood luckto all the4-H competitors& FFA membersat theHarper County Fair!File PhotoREMEMBER WHEN - 2014: Dawn Crow won the round-robin showmanship contest for the second consecutive year at the Haper County Fair. The championship ribbon went to Dawn after accounting for 234 points.Creating A Positive Experience At The Harper County FairCounty fairs are commu-nity get-togethers that pro-vide great opportunities for teaching youth responsibili-ties and decision- making skills. It also provides an opportunity for the general public to learn and gain a new respect for the many projects exhibited. It is an exciting and fun time of the year. Let us remember that exhibiting at the county fair is a learning experience for everyone. The learning comes from the entire expe-rience from practicing and preparation of the exhibit at home, to showing the ex-hibit at the fair -not just the ﬁrst place ribbon.The judging process is a vital part of the county fair educational experience and the evaluation of an exhibit should be positive.Exhibiting good sports-manship is not just for youth, it applies to all ex-hibitors, parents, grand-parents, volunteers, teen leaders, fair supporters, spectators and everyone in-volved.Teach your child sports-manship. Require him/her to demonstrate sportsman-ship before, during and fol-lowing competitive activi-ties.Encourage them to: Learn and follow rules, be honest, fair, and straightfor-ward in everything they say and do. Be well mannered and show respect - treat people, animals and things kindly. Refrain from ill hu-mor and arguing. Respect and accept judges ﬁnal deci-sion and the results with a positive attitude.Congratulate winners! Applaud for your children, your friends’ children, your club members, and others to express appreciation and admiration.The Fair Ofﬁce is located on the Northeast corner of Fair Building. Open Class check-in time and proce-dures: exhibit numbers are available with the fair sec-retary Wednesday, August 7 from 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. and Thursday, August 8 from 7:00 – 9:00 a.m. See depart-ment for speciﬁc times of entries. Check in time for Antiques will be Wednesday only from 3:00- 8:00 p.m. All entries & questions shall be addressed with the depart-ment superintendents and not with the fair secretary in order to avoid confusion and long lines. All exhibits MUST remain in place un-til the 8:00 pm check out time on Saturday. For safety reasons, the County Fair Board requests no bikes, rollerblades, or skateboards in the Harper County Fair Building. Fair management not responsible for items left after 9:30 p.m. Satur-day. Alcoholic beverages will not be allowed in the fair buildings or livestock barn at any time. Harper County Fair As-sociation: Chad Carlisle, President. Jason Baker, Vice President. Diane Miller, Secretary. Travis McIntire, Treasurer.2024 Board Members: Jerid Befort, David Blair, Jeff Blubaugh, Cindy Boden Brown, Dennis Cooper, Bob Coslett, Kandi Es-linger, Sandy Gammill, Au-dra Hudspeth, Jim Lamb, Courtney Larson, Tod Lar-son, Will Maka, Travis Marsh, Justin McCartney, Lewis McCartney, Kirk Moore, Dustin Newberry, Lynda Newberry, Emily Schlickau, Gabe Schlickau, Clay Shelton, Marvin Spen-cer, Dustin Stansbury, Kier-stin Vogt and Jeff Vornauf.Honorary Directors: Clyde Ghere.Harper County Exten-sion Board: Jerid Befort, Chairman. Joe Zimmerman, Vice Chair. Royal Borel, Sec-retary. Kara Bello, Treasur-er. Rose Ann Green, Kristine Chance, Jennifer Wolff, Kari O’Riley and Jenny Moore.

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Page 6 the Anthony Republican • August 7, 2024Good Luckto all 4-Hand FFAHarperCo. FairParticipants!TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has rescinded a boil water ad-visory for the City of Attica public water supply system located in Harper County. The advisory was issued because of a line break re-sulting in a loss of pressure in the system. Failure to maintain adequate pres-sure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bac-terial contamination. Public water suppliers in Kansas take all mea-sures necessary to notify customers quickly after a system failure or shutdown. Regardless of whether it’s the supplier or KDHE that announces a boil water ad-visory, KDHE will issue the rescind order following test-ing at a certiﬁed laboratory.Laboratory testing samples collected from the City of Attica indicate no Boil Water AdvisoryRescinded For City Of Attica, Harper Countyevidence of bacteriological contamination and all oth-er conditions that placed the system at risk of con-tamination are deemed by KDHE ofﬁcials to be re-solved. For consumer questions, please contact the water system at: 620-254-7216 or you may call KDHE at 785-296-5514. For consum-er information please visit KDHE’s PWS Consumer Information webpage: kdhe.ks.gov/waterdisruption.Statewide Silver Alert Issued For Harper Man The Harper Police De-partment requested the Kansas Bureau of Investi-gation (KBI) issue a state-wide Silver Alert for a miss-ing Harper man. The whereabouts of 73-year-old David L. Reese, are unknown, and the pub-lic’s assistance is requested to help locate him. Reese is believed to be driving a white Chevy Sil-verado bearing Kansas tag 885NEW. Reese was last seen on Thursday evening, Aug. 1, but investigators believe he was driving southbound on U.S. Highway 281 near Medicine Lodge, on Friday morning around 7:40 a.m. As of Friday, August 2nd the Barber County Sher-iff's ofﬁce conﬁrmed Reese was at a residence in rural Barber County newer Little Mule and Hardtner Short-cut at approximately 10:26 a.m. and had not been seen since.Kraft is a white male who is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs around 250 pounds. He has brown eyes, a white beard, and is bald-ing. He may be traveling with a chocolate Labra-dor retriever, and is likely wearing a baseball cap. Re-ese has diabetes, anxiety, and a condition impairing cognition and memory. If you see David Reese or his vehicle, please call 911 immediately. If you have other information about his whereabouts, please call the Harper Police Depart-ment at (620) 842-3830. What do ribbons award-ed at fairs and other 4-H events mean? Actually, they represent on judge's opin-ion of one item at one par-ticular time, given the cri-teria which are being used for evaluation. Judges are qualiﬁed by means of ex-perience or education and try to do their best to make the judging a learning ex-perience for the 4-H mem-bers. It's an opportunity for growth!A Purple Ribbon stands for Superior quality. Usu-ally reserved for top two or three of the group, but not limited in number given.The Blue Ribbon is given for Excellent quality. Ex-hibit most nearly meets the standard (does not indicate perfection).A Red Ribbon means Good; relative to pre-es-tablished standards, a few speciﬁc shortcomings have been identiﬁed.The White Ribbon is for Below average quality. Does not meet standards. Im-provement needed.Participation Ribbons What Is A Ribbon?are given when members exhibit for personal satis-faction, not to see how their exhibit compares to a stan-dard.However, the most valu-able part of the project is the doing what proceeds the exhibiting. If the 4-H member has learned some-thing from making, doing or raising his/her project, that is more important than the color of the ribbon awarded. Anyone who has prepared an exhibit should take pride in what has been accom-plished!David L. ReesePRINTING • SIGNS • SHIRTSLD’s PRINTING • ANTHONY • 620-842-5129* * WWW.ANTHONYREPUBLICANNEWS.COM * *

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the Anthony Republican • August 7, 2024 Page 7WISHING ALLEXHIBITORSThe best of luck at the2024 HARPER COUNTY FAIRHarper Industries, Inc. proudly supports our local 4-H and FFA programs, dedicated to fostering leadership skills in today’s youth, and cultivating a passion for agriculture to benet our communities for generations to come. harperindustries.com • 151 E Hwy 160 • 620.896.7381PRINTING • SIGNS • SHIRTSRAFFLE TICKETS • STAMPSBANNERS • VINYL STICKERSLD’s PRINTING • ANTHONY • 620-842-5129Obituary...Bob Hightree1948 ~ 2024Bobby Joe “Bob” Hightree, 76, of Harper, Kansas passed away on July 29, 2024 at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on February 22, 1948 in El Dorado Springs, Missouri to the late Herbert and Stella (Jennings) Hightree.Bob’s educational journey be-gan at El Dorado Springs High School and was followed by further studies at the School of the Ozarks, Missouri Southern State University, and Wichita State University. His lifelong commitment to learning and development was evident in all his endeavors.Bob’s career was a testament to his passion for education and community service. He worked in various capacities, including Teach-er, Coach, Athletic Director, Assis-tant Principal, and Superintendent across multiple school districts such as: Wineld, Hesston, Andale, Harper/Anthony/Chaparral, and South Barber. Bob’s commitment extended beyond education and into real estate and auctioneering. He was an avid supporter, leader, and volunteer of sports and recre-ational activities for his children and grandchildren.The many interests that Bob had included art, sports, farm-ing, gardening, hunting, sh-ing, trapshooting, traveling, food, cooking, people-watching, visit-ing with friends as well as strang-ers, tinkering, gator rides with his great-granddaughters, going to his family’s concerts, music, dance re-citals, and sporting events. He par-ticularly cherished any activity that involved his wife, children, grand-children, and great-grandchildren, reecting his deep commitment to family and friends.56 years ago, on July 20, 1968, Bob married Judy Lowery, his college sweetheart of Noble, Oklahoma. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his: son, Jason Hightree and wife, Nikki of Harper; daughter, Amy Hamilton and hus-band, Jason of Gardner, Kansas; and foster-son, Carlos Atondo of Wichita. Bob’s legacy continues through his grandchildren: Kyndell Hightree and wife, Megan of Bridge-water, Virginia, Kytrena Hightree of Dayton, Virginia, Daniela and Sa-mantha Atondo of Wichita, and Ky-drenn Hightree and ancé, Peyton McDermott of Fremont, Nebraska; and great-granddaughters, Han-nah Ruth and Gracie Mae Hightree of Bridgewater. He also leaves behind brothers, Gary Hightree of Branson Missouri and Dennis Hall-ford and wife, Darlene of El Dorado Springs; numerous brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, extended family members, and countless friends.Preceding Bob in death were his parents, Herbert Hightree and Stella Mae Hallford; stepfather, Sam Hallford; brother, Larry Hall-ford; and mother-in-law, Jennie Mae Lowery.Bob will be remembered as a strong, loving, and passionate husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, and son, who was dedicated to his fam-ily as well as his many friends. He touched the lives of many with his generosity, kindness, and humility. As a teacher, coach, parent, and role model, he will be cherished in the memories of all who knew him.Memorial Service was 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 3, 2024 at the Pleasant Valley Mennonite Church, Harper with Pastor Royce Vogt ofciating.Memorial contributions may be made to the Bob Hightree Memorial Scholarship Fund and can be sent in care of the funeral home. The family is looking forward to continu-ing Bob’s lifelong love of learning with these funds.Prairie Rose Funeral Homes, 613 W 14th St ~ Harper, Kansas 67058. Online condolences can be left at www.prairierosefuneral-homes.comFile PhotoREMEMBER WHEN - 1984: The title of 1984 Harper County Fair Queen went to one of these young ladies. Candidates are (L-R) Stephanie Osborn, Shirley Howie, and Janice Hughbanks.

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Page 8 the Anthony Republican • August 7, 2024GOT NEWS OR PICSYOU WANTTO SHARE?Send It To Us Atanthonyrepublican@att.netSummer Reading Program Comes To An End At Anthony LibraryThe adventures at An-thony Public Library were never ending this summer. The theme “Adventure Be-gins at Your Library” gave our youth a variety of fun learning opportunities along with plenty of ad-venture books to read, ac-cording to Laura Cormack, Summer Reading Program Coordinator. Speakers who donated their time and knowledge to the summer program cov-ered many topics, such as Bruce Albright, Astronomy; Chris Matthews from Road-runner Robotics, mini robot tag; Kevin Ricker, Scouts of American, camping; and Don Holt, Wheatland Pho-tography, the many aspects of photography.A special program pre-sented nationally this sum-mer was Didgeridoo Down Under Show from Florida. This hour-long entertain-ing program presented by Raiham Alam, combined themes of kindness and in-clusion interspersed with stories and music featuring several different didgeri-doos.Through this summer, the participating youths read and logged their num-ber of Everybody Books or, if reading Chapter Books, pages in their reading logs. The last week of the Sum-mer Reading Program was ﬁlled with parties high-lighted by the giving away of prizes. 3 Year Olds: 1st place, Mason Waldschmidt, 70 books. 2nd place, Rowan Fye, 33 books. 3rd place, McCoy Larcom, 12 books.4 Year Olds: 1st place, Walker Greve, 69 books. 2nd place Elsie Jo Hall, 28 books. 3rd place Emberlynn Shelton, 10 books.5 Year Olds: 1st place, Adalyn Waldschmidt, 75 books. 2nd place, Collins Greve, 69 books. 3rd place, Dylan McClellen, 19 books.6 Year Olds: 1st place, Riley Calderon, 106 books. 2nd place, Jemma Rowlett, 41 books. 3rd place, Saoirse Radler, 31 books.7 Year Olds: 1st place, Sidney Kohler, 43 books. 2nd place, Claire Hall, 25 books. 3rd place, Henli Reed, 11 books.8 Year Olds: 1st place, Ryker Fye, 34 books. 2nd place, Kenneth Radler, 32 books. 3rd place, Blakely Davis, 17 books.9 Year Olds: 1st place, Faith Kohler, 2,531 pages. 2nd place, Lilly Fye, 455 pages. 3rd place, Brylee Reed, 156 pages10 Year Olds: 1st place, Lucy Radler, 952 pages. 2nd place Nova Fye, 646 pages.11 Year Olds: 1st place, Jalyn Kohler, 1,015 pages.12 Year Olds: 1st place, Samantha Coffey, 1,994 pages.“There are two girls who read all summer long, but didn’t attend the in-library programs. Congratulations to our ‘Voracious Home Readers’,” Cormack added. The readers are: Emerie Sanchez, 5, read 40 books, and Bryndle Calderon, 7, read 27 books and 1,336 pages.“Congratulations to ev-eryone. We enjoy working with the youth and their families. Summer Reading is always a fun challenge for everyone at the library,” Cormack said. “It takes all of us to make it run smooth. I could not do this without the help Eldon Younce, Library Directory, who oversees the paperwork of the program; also the assistant librar-ians, Jerdyth Twyman, who read to the kids weekly and coordinated a fun scavenger hunt, Phyllis Stringﬁeld, who helped with reading to the little ones and crafts, and Sherilyn McPherson who attended the check-out desk while these events kept us busy.”GOT NEWS OR PICS YOU WANT TO SHARE? SEND IT TO US AT:anthonyrepublican@att.net60 YEARS AGO - 1964New dentist, Dr. E.A. Pe-terson, began serving the Anthony community when he ofﬁcially opened his new ofﬁce at 113 North Jen-nings.Lucille Hibbard, Joyce Gates and Debbie Evans, all of Anthony, attended a special seminar held on the campus of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla.Seven members of the Anthony Babe Ruth team were placed on the 1984 All-Star baseball team. All-Star players from Anthony were: Dick Holmes, Larell Krehbiel, David Warbinton, Terry Allen, Kirk Elliott and Darrell Niemann.To help Ricky Croft cel-ebrate his ﬁrst birthday, his mother honored him with a party. His guests in-cluded Debra and Denise Crow, Mrs. Shirley Crow, Brenda Hill, Mrs. Vera Hill, Ty Meyer, Mrs.Val Meyer, Stephanie Ryan, Mrs. La-Vonne Ryan and Darren Ryan and Mrs. Karen Ryan.50 YEARS AGO - 1974Members of United Methodist Youth Fellow-ship enjoyed a spaghetti supper at the home of Mrs. Ruth Jean Andersen. Those attending were Mike Bon-ham, Connie Cather, Meg Hunt, Shirley Bruey, Jo Weber, Jane Moore, David Copeland, Ted Dower, Gary McCourtney, Donnie An-dersen, Mike Cather, Da-vid Andersen, Lynn Jacobs, Mike Gregory, KimMiller, Stan Watt, Sarah Godwin, FILES Continued on next page

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the Anthony Republican • August 7, 2024 Page 9HARPER COUNTYDISTRICT COURT REPORTIndividuals listed below are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.PAID TRAFFIC CITATIONS3/14: Michael S. Downs: 1) Operate a motor vehicle without a valid license. 2) Speeding - 80/65. $283.00. 24-TR-52.6/14: Vega Jezus: 1) Speeding - 83/65; $201.00. 24-TR-115.6/22: Andrew R. Boucher: 1) Speeding - 84/65; $207.00. 24-TR-126.6/22: Patrick S. Malone: 1) Defective tail lamp on motor vehicle. 2) Transporting an open container; $303.00. 24-TR-127.7/7: Mark K. Nathan: 1) Speeding - 80/65; $183.00. 24-TR-139.7/12: Blake A. Molz: 1) Speeding - 80/65; $183.00. 24-TR-144.DOMESTIC CASE FILINGSJacob L. Summers vs. Raylie L. Vassar, divorce; 24-DM-36.State of Kansas DCF vs. Benjamin Smithey King, foreign support order; 24-DM-40.COUNTY COURT DOCKETJUDGE SCOTT E. McPHERSONMonday, August 5, 20141:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Colton L. Kitchen, rst appearance; 24-CR-45.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Jennifer R. Hamill, rst appearance; 24-TR-120.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Benjamin T. Swartz, status conference; 24-CR-41.Tuesday, August 6, 20141:00 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Kameron M. Wood, rst appearance; 23-TR-9.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Hunter S. Gray, bench trial; 23-CR-300011.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Derek R. Vandolah, sentencing; 24-CR-23.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Larry D. White II, status conference; 23-CR-83.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Rana J. McGrew, status conference; 24-TR-28.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Matthew D. Clark, preliminary hearing; 24-CR-43.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Arthur L. Miner, status conference; 24-CR-48.Wednesday, August 7, 20241:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Justin W. Morris, bench trial; 24-CR-12.Thursday, August 8, 20249:00 a.m. Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Wesley Hawel; answer hearing; 24-LM-20.9:00 a.m. Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Tania R. Baker, answer hearing; 24-LM-70.HARPER COUNTY JAILARRESTS & BOOKINGSAlexander L. Acosta, 33: Arrested: 7-29-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Probation violation.Robert W. Bruce, 35: Arrested: 7-30-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Serving 30 days.Kaedon J. Greening, 23: Arrested: 8-1-24; Released: 8-3-24. Arrested By: HPD. Charges: 1) Domest battery.Jordan R. Crane, 40: Arrested: 8-2-24; Released: 8-3-24. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Driving under the inuence - 1st conviction.Jesie J. Skinner, 29: Arrested: 8-2-24; Released: 8-4-24. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) 48 hour quick dip.HARPER COUNTY DEEDSBOOK D108#1391 - Quit Claim Deed: Matthew C. Busby to Mark Ward and Anita Ward, Lot 6 and the S/25’ of Lot 3 in Fractional Blk. 6 in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1392 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Melissa K. Urquhart to Mark Ward and Anita Ward, Lot 6 and the S/25’ of Lot 3 in Fractional Blk. 6 in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1393 - Quit Claim Deed: Carl L. Barker and Latricia D. Barker to Harper County Properties LLC, Lots 10 and 11 in Blk. 2 of Glenn’s Addition in the City of Harper, Harper County, Kansas.#1394 - Quit Claim Deed: Carl L. Barker and Latricia D. Barker to Harper County Properties LLC, Lot 12 in Blk. 2 of Glenn’s Addition (aka 602 W. 11th) in the City of Harper, Harper County, Kansas.#1395 - Quit Claim Deed: Ken M. Maltbie to Toby J. Beye, a 1 acre tract in the NE corner of Sect. 26, Twp. 33 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1396 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Jarom Reeves to Sean Reeves and Frida Reeves, Lots 1, 4 and the N/2 of Lot 5 in Blk. 12 (aka 322 N. Massachusetts) in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.Scott Martin, Jeff Jelinek, Danny Moore, Pat Walker, Galen Bonham, Cinda Mar-tin, Mary Fisher, Joesphine Park, Mark Fisher, Kend-all Powell, Dennis Hughes, Farley Frazier, Henel Bush-nell, Beatrice Frazier, Brett Collins, Gary Harms and Roger Harmon.Jim Hall, Governor of the Kansas District of Key Club International headed the twenty-six member del-egation from Kansas at the group’s International Con-vention in Houston, Texas. Six other Chaparral High School students and one sponsor were in the Kansas group, Mike Cather, Mike Galloway, David Hufford, J.C. Long, Mike Scott and Jeff Jelinek were accompa-FILES Continued from previous pagenied by Robert Hottman, lo-cal Key Club sponsor. The USD 361 Board of Education had hired two teachers for the coming year. They were Cynda Carr and John Cunningham. Miss Carr, born at Harper and a graduate of Wichita South High School would teach third grade at Wash-ington Grade School. John Cunningham, 25, would teach auto mechanics at Chaparral. He replaced Dennis Baker. 40 YEARS AGO - 1984Three Harper County athletes were in competiton at the State Junior Olym-pics held at Juction City. In the boys senior division, Jon Joslin of Argonia won the 800 meter race with a time of 1:59.89. In the girls junior division, Harper athletes, Suzanne Spencer placed third in the 800 me-ter with a run of 2:33.5 and Belena McClung ﬁnished third in the shot put with a toss of 31’ 9”. Dr. Jerry D. Hall, M.D., had opened new ofﬁces at 105 west Steadman, east of the Anthony Post Ofﬁce.Among the 2,560 enter-FILES Continued on next page

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Page 10 the Anthony Republican • August 7, 20242024 Harper County Fair Book CoverDesign by Brogan Hostetler2024 Harper County Fair ButtonDesign by Christina StevensEach year the Harper County 4-H Council decides on a theme for the Harper County Fair. This year the theme is “Crazy Nights Under Barn Lights”. The 4-H Council also requests entries from the public for the cover of the fair book as well as the fair button. This year’s fair but-ton winner is Christina Stevens. Christina is the daughter of Jon and Kristin Stevens and is a member of the Moffett Hilltoppers 4-H Club. When we asked Christi-na why she decided to enter in the contest she said, “I’ve always liked drawing and decided to enter this year.” She said her inspiration for her design was, “When I think of the fair, I think of all the animals and having fun.” In her free time, Chris-tina likes to work with her livestock, bake, and hang out with her family and Winners Selected For Harper Co. Fair Book & Button Contestfriends. Her favorite thing about the Harper County Fair is the ability to show, walk around and look at all the exhibits, and eating the fair food. This year’s fair book winner is Brogan Hostetler. Brogan is the daughter on Regan and Ashley Hostetler and will be entering the 7th grade this year. When we asked Brogan why she decided to enter the drawing contest she said, “I enjoy drawing farm animals and I didn’t want to do my math homework.” She said her inspiration for her design was “Crazy Nights Under Barn Lights made me think of cows go-ing crazy in a barn, so that’s why my drawing has all those things.”Brogan said in her free time she likes to sew, lis-ten to music, and play with her dog Creed. He favorite thing about the Harper County Fair is the animals, especially the cattle.Bank of the Plains spon-sors a ﬁfty-dollar cash prize to the winner of the fair book contest each year. This year, the Burke Bringer Memorial sponsored a ﬁf-ty-dollar cash prize to the winner of the fair button contest. Fair books are free and the buttons are two dollars each. These can be found at local banks and other busi-nesses in Harper, Anthony, and Attica. The fair button is good for the noon meal on Thursday August 8th in Downtown Harper, which is sponsored by Bank of the Plains.ing freshmen, transfer and newly admitted students enrolled early for fall se-mester classes at Kansas State University, Manhat-tan were: from Anthony, Mark McCully, Tim Bur-net, Mary Etta Reynolds and Kelly Sechler; from At-tica, Robin D. Harnden and Tina J. Grant; from Harper, Jana M. Calvert and Glen A. Fisher; from Hazelton, Mark E. Pollock; from Sha-ron Becky Randels and Bri-an Rankin.30 YEARS AGO - 1994Attica High School teacher and volleyball coach, Tom Tucker, submit-FILES Continued from previous pageFILES Continued on Page 12

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the Anthony Republican • August 7, 2024 Page 11FOR RENT - Low income housing for people age 55 and older. Mainte-nance lives on site. Water, sewer and trash paid. Storm shelters. Contact Meadowlark Housing, 924 E. Spring in Anthony, KS 67003. Phone: 620-842-5331. 32-4-5-tfcFOR RENTKCAN ADSKCAN ADS KCAN ADS(First Published in The Anthony Republican, Wednesday, July 31, 2024) 3t IN THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICTDISTRICT COURT, HARPER COUNTY, KANSASIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF )ALFRED E. STUBBS, Deceased ) CASE NO. HP-2024-PR-19NOTICE OF HEARINGTHE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notiﬁ ed that a Petition has been ﬁ led in this Court by Shelli R. Cooperrider, heir of Alfred E. Stubbs, deceased, requesting: Descent be determined of the following described real estate situ-ated in Harper County, Kansas:Block 19, Lot 010, 11, and the South half (S/2) of Lot 7, all in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas, more commonly known as 203 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Anthony, Kansas.and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by de-cedent at the time of death. And that such property and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the decedent at the time of death be assigned pursuant to the laws of intestate succession. You are required to ﬁ le your written defenses to the Petition on or before August 22, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. in the city of Anthony in Harp-er County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to ﬁ le your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. Shelli R. Cooperrider, PetitionerMANDI J. STEPHENSON, #24694STEPHENSON LAW OFFICE LLC(620)532-5156 mandi@stephensonkslaw.com (First Published in The Anthony Republican, Wednesday, July 31, 2024) 3t IN THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICTDISTRICT COURT, HARPER COUNTY, KANSASDIVISION NO. 4IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ) ) Case No. HP-2024-PR-20 BETTY J. HAMMERSMITH, Deceased ) Filed pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS You are hereby notiﬁ ed that on July 26, 2024 a petition was ﬁ led in this Court by Teresa Thomas, an heir, devisee and legatee, and execu-trix named in the “Last Will and Testament of Betty J. Hammersmith, deceased, dated February 1, 2024, requesting the Will ﬁ led with the petition be admitted to probate and record; petitioner be appointed as executrix, without bond; petitioner be granted Letters Testamentary. You are required to ﬁ le your written defenses to the petition on or before August 22, 2024 at 9:15 o’clock a.m. in the District Court, City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to ﬁ le your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. All creditors are notiﬁ ed to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of ﬁ rst publication of no-tice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred. Teresa Thomas PetitionerJim Forsyth, #13123NEWTON and FORSYTH112 E. Main – P.O. Box 68Anthony, Kansas 67003Attorney for Petitionernewtonandforsyth@att.net620-842-5101LEGAL NOTICELEGAL NOTICE(First Published in the Anthony Republican, Wednesday, August 7, 2024) 3tPUBLIC NOTICESUBSCRIBE ONLINE AT: WWW.ANTHONYREPUBLICANNEWS.COMGOT NEWS TO SHARE?~ Send It To Us At ~anthonyrepublican@att.netFor SalePlace your 25-word classied in the Kansas Press Association and 135 more newspapers for only $300/ week. Find employees, sell your home or your car. 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Page 12 the Anthony Republican • August 7, 2024PROUD TO SUPPORT THE 2024 HARPER CO. FAIR&THE HARPER CO. FAIR BARN RENOVATION PROJECTYYooYoYYoYuuouoouorruruurulloolollolccocoocoaacaccacllalaala&&rreererrerlleleeleiilillilaaiaiiaibbabaaballblbblbeelelleluunnunuunuddndnndneededdedrrereereggrgrrgrrrgrggrgoororroruuouoouonnunuunuddndnndnuuttutuutulltlttltiilillilttitiitiyytyttytssppspsspseepeppepcceceeceiiciccicaaiaiiaillalaalaiilillilssisiisittssiinniniiniccncnncneececcec22001144141141!!Your local & reliable underground utlity specialist since 2014 !620-478-2878Lisa Shelton, APRN Brian Dopps, DC Milton, KS If your old sports injuries have you can help!1405 N Argonia Rdfeeling like this, we midwestpainreliefcenter.comted his resignation to the Uniﬁed School Distraict No. 511 board of education. Tucker, the last 11 seasons, had guided the Lady Bull-dogs to more than 300 vic-tories, at least six trips to state and one state title.Harper County 4-Hers Kara Dunkelberger, Beth Coslett, Raelynn Adelhardt, Caleb Ediger and Matt Houston of Harper, as well as Josh and Beau Bellamy from Freeort and Melinda Goodell of Anthony, all at-tendd camp in June at the scenic Rock Springs 4-H Center south of Junction City. 20 YEARS AGO - 2004Eight Catholic young-sters from the St. Joan of Arc Parish community had made their ﬁrst Holy Communion. They were Jacob DeBord, Jaden Mill-er, Lance Conklin, Adam Capps, Jessika Harder, Cori Drouhard, Morgan Drou-hard and Alison Dieker. Adam, Jacob, Jessika and Jaden received at St. Pat-rick Church in Harper. Lance, Alison, Cori and Morgan received at historic Immaculate Conception Church in Danville.Six Catholic youth from the St. Joan of Arc Parish community received the Sacrament of Conﬁrmation in cermonies held at the St. Patrick Church in Harper. They were Jacob Downing, Lynette Conklin, Shaneese Wedman, Chelzi Hageman, Megan Blanchat and Ra-chel Wedman.Winner of the 2004 Har-vest Baby Basket was Aus-tin Reece Clark, born June 1, 2004 at 8:52 p.m. at the Birth Care Center at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita to Jennifer and Kyle Clark. Austin was wel-comed home by his two old-er brothers, Adam, 6, and Andrew,4.10 YEARS AGO - 2014 Cassidy Konkel, Makay-la Norwood and Hope Clark attended the KCDA Sum-mer Convention in Topeka which held clinicals for the young ladies who audi-tioned and made the Wom-en’s All State Choir.Joe Brummer and Irwin-Potter Drug welcomed an intern pharmacist, Amanda Cather. Cather, who is mar-ried to Anthony local, Ben Cather, is originally from Cimarron in Western Kan-sas. 5 YEARS AGO - 2019Harper County students at Kansas State Univer-sity completing degree re-quirements in the spring were: from Anthony, Ryley Menhusen, bachelor of sci-ence in education, bachelor of science in kinesiology; Makayla Norwood, bachelor of science in family studies and human services; Key-sha Wilson, master of arts in teaching. From Freeport was Trace Adams, bachelor of science in agriculture. The Board of Hospital District No. 6 of Harper County announced the Grand Opening and dedica-tion of the new Patterson Health Center. Headlining the event was Jerry Mo-ran, US Senator for Kansas along with Lindsey Patter-son Smith, Director of the Patterson Family Founda-tion and Martha Hadsall, Board Chair for Hospital District No. 6.Courtesy PhotoSUMMER READING PARTY: Several prizes were given away for reading numerous books. Some of the Early Lit Reader prize winners in the photo above are (L-R) Dylan McClellan, Elsie Jo Hall, Adalyn Waldschmidt, Mason Waldschmidt, and Rowan Fye. Pictured at right is the school-aged readers. Younger readers counted the number of books, while older readers who read chapter books counted pages. The prize winners pictured are: Back row: Lilly Fye, Nova Fye, Lucy Randlett, and Samantha Coffey. Front row: Ryker Fye, Claire Hall, Kenneth Radler, Saoirse Radler, and Jenna Rowlett.CITY Continued from Page 10Photo By: Ross Downing/Anthony RepublicanBUGGING OUT IN ANTHONY: The Bowling Trophy Bug sculpture, from Where Bugs Come Alive Studios, is located in front of the Sporting Zone. Go check out the latest bug!