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The Anthony Republican: Vol. 144 - No. 52 • The Anthony Bulletin: Vol. 124 - No. 52Established October 9, 1879: Oldest continuous business in Anthony • Wednesday, December 27, 2023To advertise your business or event in our “Hot Spot”call the Anthony Republican at 620-842-5129. Courtesy PhotoANTHONY THEATRE COUNTRY CHRISTMAS: The Anthony Theatre Committee would like to thank the public for attend-ing the all movies over this past year and attending the Country Christmas bake sale. Back Row (L-R): Jay Wharton, Eric Smith, Bette Demeritt, Dollie Mathes, Brian Hess, Virginia Downing, Troy Lankton, Brandie Smith, Julie Oskin. Front Row (L-R): Wanda Harnden, Linda Perry, BarBara Wright, Dorothy Nickel, Yvonne and River Castillo.Courtesy PhotoSENATOR MORAN VISITS CHS: Senator Jerry Moran met with faculty and students for a tour of Chaparral High School last Monday and to talk about the school, programs available, and different vocational interest of students. Senator Moran is making it a priority to visit lo-cal high schools across the state whenever he visits home and focuses on different regions each visit. This time, he is touring high schools and communities in South Central Kansas. He also visited Barber County North High School and South Central High School. Pictured (L-R): CHS Principal Eryn Guy, Timmy Adams, Alaina Bellesine, Senator Moran, Zachary Graves and Jason Swindle.City Commissioners Select Greg Cleveland To Serve As MayorOfﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted ByCity of Anthony ClerkDecember 5, 2023OPENINGWelcome / Call to Order. Invocation / Pledge of Alle-giance. Roll Call: Present - Mayor Gregory Cleveland, Commissioner Sherrie Ea-ton, Commissioner Howard Hatﬁeld, Commissioner Jan Lanie, Commissioner Eric Smith, City Admin-istrator Cyndra Kastens, Deputy City Clerk Sherri Miller, Superintendent Randy Moore, Police Chief Kenny Hodson, Sue Moyer, and Tree Board Member Bill Moyer. Absent: None.Approval of Agenda: A motion was made to ap-prove the agenda. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Hat-ﬁeld, Commissioner Lanie, and Commissioner Smith. PUBLIC COMMENTNone.CONSENT AGENDA1. Approve November 21, 2023 Regular Meeting Min-utes.2. Special Appropria-tions: Fund #71 ARPA - HCCF - $4,569.75 - City of Anthony Match BASE Grant. Fund #34 Capital Streets - HCCF - $180,876.45 - City of An-thony Match BASE Grant. Fund #34 Capital Streets - National Sign Company - $559.28 (Overage on sign purchase, needed 20 addi-tional signs from the origi-nal order number). Fund #34 Capital Airport - Rinke Construction - $13,175.00 AWOS Dirt Work. Fund #34 Capital Airport - EBH En-gineering - $1,000 AWOS Design / $3,701.40 AWOS Const. Insp.3. Appropriation Ordi-nance No 3179 $324,915.65.4. Approve 12.05.2023 Payroll $58,915.55.5. Approve Christmas Bonus Payroll $3,350.96.6. Resolution No. 1138: A Resolution Of The City Commission For The City Of Anthony, Kansas Au-thorizing Participation In Rural Opportunity Zone Student Loan Repayment Program Calendar Year 2024. Adopted this 5th day of December 2023 by the City Commission of Antho-ny, in Harper County, Ks. (Editor's Note: A full copy of Resolution No. 1138 can be found in the December 13th issue of the Anthony Republican or be obtained at the City Ofﬁce.)7. Approve Increase of $300 for Fire Department Christmas Party from $1,000 to $1,300.8. Sunrise 2nd BASE Grant - Mies Construc-tion Pay Estimate #4 - $228,494.16.9. Approve November 2023 Court Report.Mayor Cleveland asked if any items should be re-moved from the consent agenda for further review. Hearing none, a motion was made to approve the consent agenda. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland. Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Hat-ﬁeld, Commissioner Lanie, and Commissioner Smith.PUBLIC HEARINGSNone.REGULAR BUSINESS10. Gregory Cleveland Selected as Mayor: The Commissioners completed a silent ballot to select one of their members as Mayor. After collecting and review-ing the commission votes, the City Clerk announced that Greg Cleveland had been selected by the Com-mission to serve as May-or for 2024-2025. Mayor Cleveland then appointed the following committees: Commissioner of Finance – Jan Lanie – Sherrie Ea-ton (Vice); Commissioner of Utilities – Howard Hat-ﬁeld – Eric Smith (Vice); Commissioner of Parks, PRIDE To Hear Visitor’s First Impressions Of AnthonyEvery day people come and go in Anthony – resi-dents and visitors alike. As residents, we often go down the streets as a habit – not actually seeing what visi-tors see when they come to Anthony. What is the visi-tor’s “First Impression” of our beloved town?Anthony PRIDE wanted to see our community thru the eyes of a ﬁrst-time visi-tor. The group wanted to know what our commu-nity’s strengths and weak-nesses are with the goal of working with other civic groups, businesses, and government entities to ad-dress issues that can make our community stronger and better.K-State Research and Extension offers a pro-gram called “First Im-pressions” that helps with this process. The program pairs communities of com-parable size and interest. K-State Extension Commu-nity Vitality Specialist and Co-Coordinator of Kansas Community Empowerment Program, Jan Steen, paired Anthony with Larned. PRIDE members and com-munity volunteers attended a training session on how to assess the community we were visiting, and Larned’s volunteers did the same.This summer, the Larned visitation team ex-plored Anthony’s residen-tial, retail, and industrial areas. They checked out the local government entities, schools, and other points of interest. Larned visitors assessed our appearance, access to services, friendli-ness, and other community attributes. Anthony volun-teers visited Larned and surveyed their community. The state coordinator takes the surveys and prepares a presentation for each com-munity to learn the results of the visits.Jan Steen, with the Kan-sas Empowerment ofﬁce (formerly known as Kansas PRIDE), will be in Anthony on January 9th to present the ﬁndings of Larned’s volunteers visit to Anthony. This presentation will be given at the Sacred Heart church hall. The presenta-tion will begin at 12:30 pm and last approximately one hour. Come early at noon and enjoy chili served by our Anthony PRIDE group. Please RSVP to Sherrie at 620-842-3575 to reserve a lunch spot or for more in-formation. Anthony PRIDE invites and encourages all community volunteers, business owners, school, hospital, city leaders to at-tend. 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Page 2 the Anthony Republican • December 27, 2023320 ACRES - HOME320 ACRES - HOMEPolice, Fire – Sherrie Eaton – Howard Hatﬁeld (Vice); Commissioner of Street Dept., Airport – Eric Smith – Jan Lanie (Vice).11. Downtown Tree Planters: Anthony Tree Board Member Bill Moyer was present to seek sup-port from the Commission on the Tree Board's "Tree Planter" project for down-town Main Street. After discussing funding, mainte-nance, materials, and loca-tions, the Commission gave consent for the Tree Board to proceed with the planter boxes and thanked Bill and the Tree Board for their work on the project. 12. Banner Design Final Review Approved: Admin-istrator Kastens presented the updated banner design based upon the Commis-sion's last recommenda-tions. Due to the grant deadline quickly approach-ing and the limitation of time, a ﬁnal design was selected to keep the project CITY Continued from previous pagemoving. 13. RHID Program Up-date: Administrator Kas-tens updated the Commis-sion on the progress of the RHID and the communi-cations with the hospital, school, and county. 14. Ordinance No. G-2871: At the request of the Anthony City Planning Commission, the City Ad-minstrator presented Ordi-nance No. G-2871 to place a six-month moratorium on the permitting and con-struction of billboards in the City of Anthony, to al-low the Planning Commis-sion adequate time to draft updated policies for off-site advertising signs. A mo-tion was made to approve Ordinance No. G-2871 as presented. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Hatﬁeld. A roll call vote was taken Mayor Cleveland - Yea, Commissioner Eaton - Yea, Commissioner Hatﬁeld - Yea, Commissioner Lanie - Yea, and Commissioner Smith - Yea. Motion carried.STAFF REPORTS15. Administrator Re-port: The Administrator provided a written report on the following: KMU CanCap Training, Airport, AWOS & Beacon Grant, BASE Grant, Anthony Lake Boat Ramp, Lead and Copper Rule, Cy-bersecurity, Billboards, and Housing (Builders, RHITC, Land Agreements, RHID, CDBG Housing Grant, Landbanks).16. Chief of Police Re-port: The Police Depart-ment reported the following activity - Investigated one minor trafﬁc accident. In-vestigated a rape case and arrested Billy Coffey for several counts of rape, sod-omy, child pornography, and aggravated indecent liber-ties with a child. Helped with the Christmas parade.17. Superintendent Re-port: The Superintendent reported on permits, Plan-ning Commission, helping in front ofﬁce, Cross Con-nection Control Regula-tions and other department activities.EXECUTIVE SESSION 18. Executive Session: At 7:25 p.m. Mayor Cleve-land made a motion to go into Executive Session for ten minutes until 7:35 p.m. to Discuss Stafﬁng Pro-cesses Pursuant to “Person-nel Matters of Non-Elected Personnel, K.S.A. 75-4319 (b) (1).” Commissioner Hatﬁeld seconded the mo-tion. Motion carried 5-0. The Commission chambers were cleared with the Com-missioners and City Admin-istrator remaining present. At 7:35 p.m., Mayor Cleve-land called the regular meeting back to order. No binding action was taken.ADJOURNMENTA motion was made to adjourn the meeting. Mo-tion made by Mayor Cleve-land, Seconded by Commis-sioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commis-sioner Eaton, Commission-er Hatﬁeld, Commissioner Lanie, and Commissioner Smith. Gregory Cleveland, MayorCyndra Kastens, City Clerk/AdministratorThe Kingman Manage-ment Unit of NRCS, in-cluding Kingman, Reno, an Harper Counties will be hosting a Local Working Group (LWG) meeting on Monday January 8, 2024, at 1:00m. at the USDA Of-ﬁce, 803 W. Fanning Dr. in Anthony, Kansas. The purpose of this meeting is to make recom-mendations to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Con-servationist related to ad-dressing natural resource concerns at local level.“LWGs are important because they provide rec-ommendations on local and state natural resource pri-orities and criteria for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation ac-tivities and programs. It is critical that the ‘boots on the ground’ have a voice in the process,” said Dan Mey-erhoff, Executive Director for the Kansas Association of Conservation Districts. According to Meyerhoff, the LWG should be diverse and focus on agricultural interests and natural re-source issues existing in the community. Membership should include agricultural producers representing the variety of crops, livestock, and poultry raised within the local area; owners of nonindustrial private for-est land, representatives of agricultural and environ-NRCS Local Working Group Meetingmental organizations; and governmental agencies car-rying out agricultural and natural resource conserva-tion and activities. LWGs also take into account con-cerns of particular histori-cally underserved groups and individuals including but not limited to women, persons with disabilities, socially disadvantaged, and limited resource groups. To RSVP by January 5, 2024, for the meeting or to request more informa-tion about LWGs, contact the CCD or NRCS staff by calling 620-842-5483. In-dividuals can also request information to participate virtually in the meeting. 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the Anthony Republican • December 27, 2023 Page 3• PRINTING •• SIGNS •• SHIRTS •• BANNERS •• STICKERS • • STAMPS •LD’S PRINTING620-842-5129Catching Up With The County CommissionEditor’s Note: This article contains minutes frommultiple meetings.Ofﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted By HarperCounty Clerk’s OfﬁceNovember 20, 2023The Harper County Board of County Commis-sioners met in regular ses-sion, with Chairman Stru-ble calling the meeting to order with Commissioner Waldschmidt and Com-missioner Vornauf. Shonda Larson, Recording Secre-tary was also present. At 8:31 a.m. Commis-sioner Struble motioned BANNERS • SHIRTSSIGNS • PRINTINGLD’S Printing • 620-842-5129to enter executive session. The subject to be discussed will be personnel matters. The justiﬁcation for closing the meeting is to discuss personnel matters of non-elected personnel. The open meeting will resume at 8:35 a.m. in this room; approved unanimously. The meeting returned to open session at 8:35 a.m. with no binding action taken.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove November 20, 2023 account payables in the amount of $84,828.72; ap-proved unanimously. Randy Boehmke, Waste Connections, brought in 3rd quarter gas royalty check in the amount of $43,810.75Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve No-vember 10, 2023 employee beneﬁts in the amount of $57,201.09; approved unan-imously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove November 14, 2023 minutes; approved unani-mously.Tanner Yost, Kirkham Michael, gave an update on the Road Access and Re-pair Agreement for the Flat Ridge 4 and 5 wind farm. Mike Bennett & Janet Slankard, Public Works, gave a department update.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve the Inordinate Spending Au-thorization in the amount of $26,984.88 to Air Capitol Recycling LLC for crushed concrete placed on the KDOT detour located at NW 40 avenue and NE 100 road; approved unanimous-ly.At 9:20 a.m. Commis-sioner Waldschmidt mo-tioned to enter executive session. The subject to be discussed will be personnel matters. The justiﬁcation for closing the meeting is to discuss personnel mat-ters of nonelected person-nel. Mike Bennett, Public Works, & Ami DeLacerda, HR were present for this meeting. The open meeting will resume at 9:30 a.m. in this room; approved unani-mously. The meeting re-turned to open session at 9:30 a.m. with no binding action taken.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to recess the BoCC meeting; ap-proved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to enter the 2023 Canvas; approved unanimously.Hannah Crowe, present-ed the recount election re-sults to the Commissioners. Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove the 2023 Canvas Recount Results; approved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ad-journ the 2023 Canvas; ap-proved unanimously.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to reconvene the BoCC meeting; approved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove 5-minute recess; ap-proved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to recon-vene; approved unanimous-ly.Jennifer Wolff, Depart-ment on Aging, gave a de-partment update.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove the meal bid for the Harper Senior Center; ap-proved unanimously. They did not approve the bid for the Attica Senior Center.At 9:58 a.m. Commis-sioner Waldschmidt mo-tioned to enter executive session. The subject to be discussed will be personnel matters. The justiﬁcation for closing the meeting is to discuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. Jennifer Wolff, Department on Aging/Public Transpor-tation, & Ami DeLacerda, HR were present for this meeting. The open meet-ing will resume at 10:05 a.m. in this room; approved unanimously. The meeting returned to open session at 10:05 a.m. with no binding action taken.Melinda McCurley, Phil Unruh & Cynthia Hekel gave an update on the tax sale results. Richard Raleigh, County Attorney, gave a depart-ment update.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove on the Road Access and Repair Agreement for the Flat Ridge 4 and 5 wind farm; approved unanimous-lyHeather Struble, Health Department, gave a depart-ment update.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve Shin-grix vaccine in the amount of $1,832.33; approved unanimously.Josh Teel, IT Depart-ment, gave a department update.At 10:49 a.m. Commis-sioner Waldschmidt mo-tioned to enter executive session. The subject to be discussed will be personnel matters. The justiﬁcation for closing the meeting is to discuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. Josh Teel, IT, & Ami DeLac-erda, HR were present for this meeting. The open meeting will resume at 11:00 a.m. in this room; ap-proved unanimously. Com-missioner Waldschmidt mo-tioned to extend 5-minutes; approved unanimously. The meeting returned to open session at 11:05 a.m. with no binding action taken.Kari O’Riley, Commu-nity Development, gave a department update.Shonda Larson, Finance Director, gave a department update.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove the October 2023 transfers in the amount of $76,538.81; approved unan-imously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to take Hannah Crowe off of all banks; approved unani-mously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove 5-minute recess; ap-proved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to recon-vene; approved unanimous-ly.Ami DeLacerda, gave a department update.At 12:24 p.m. Commis-sioner Vornauf motioned to enter executive session. The subject to be discussed will be personnel matters. The justiﬁcation for clos-ing the meeting is to dis-cuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. Ami DeLacerda, HR was pres-ent for this meeting. The open meeting will resume at 12:40 p.m. in this room; approved unanimously. 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Page 4 the Anthony Republican • December 27, 2023no binding action taken.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove the Certiﬁcate of Authority from Commerce Bank; approved unani-mously.At 12:44 p.m. the Com-missioners, Shonda Larson, and Josh Teel inspected the Attica Daycare property. As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:24 p.m. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday Novem-ber 27, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner Room at the Harper County Court-house.Approved: Darrin Stru-ble, ChairmanAttest: Shonda Larson, Recording SecretaryOfﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted By HarperCOUNTY Continued from previous pageCounty Clerk’s OfﬁceNovember 27, 2023The Harper County Board of County Commis-sioners met in regular ses-sion, with Chairman Stru-ble calling the meeting to order with Commissioner Waldschmidt and Commis-sioner Vornauf. Christina Cintron, Dispatch and EM and Shonda Larson, Re-cording Secretary were also present. At 8:30 a.m. the commis-sioners, Christina Cintron, Ami DeLacerda, Shonda Larson, and Josh Teel went to Health Department to in-spect the basement. At 8:45 a.m. Nolan Younce joined the meeting. Everyone re-turned to the courthouse at 8:55 a.m.Nolan Younce, Buildings & Grounds gave a depart-ment update.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove November 27, 2023 Account Payables in the amount of $38,963.66. They did not approve the check for Servpro of Southwest Wichita in the amount of $19,399.72; approved unan-imously.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve No-vember 24, 2023 payroll in the amount of $144,34.28; approved unanimously. Mike Bennett & Janet Slankard, Public Works, gave a department update.Robert C. Casad, Jr. gave a presentation about Bio-methane. Cynthia Hekel, Trea-surer, gave a department update.Jennifer Wolff, Depart-ment on Aging, gave a de-partment update.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove 5-minute recess; ap-proved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to recon-vene; approved unanimous-ly.Heather Struble, Health Department, gave a depart-ment update.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove 100 doses of Moderna vaccine 12 years and older in the amount of $11,564.00; approved unanimously. At 10:27 a.m. Commis-sioner Vornauf motioned to enter executive session. The subject to be discussed will be personnel matters. The justiﬁcation for clos-ing the meeting is to dis-cuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. The open meeting will resume at 10:40 a.m. in this room; approved unanimously. The meeting returned to open session at 10:40 a.m. with no binding action taken.Cyndra Kastens, Antho-ny City Admin, & Tiffany Hartson, Harper City Ad-min, spoke to Commission-ers about the RHID Pro-gram.Richard Raleigh, County Attorney, gave a depart-ment update.Shonda Larson, Finance Director, gave a department update. Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove 5-minute recess; ap-proved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to recon-vene; approved unanimous-ly.Ami DeLacerda, gave a department update.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove November 20, 2023 minutes; approved unani-mously.As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:31 p.m. The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday December 05, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner Room at the Harper County Courthouse.Approved: Darrin Stru-ble, ChairmanAttest: Shonda Larson, Recording SecretaryObituary...Patsy E. Graves1936 ~ 2023Patsy Elaine “Pat” Graves went to be with the Lord December 18, 2023 at Anthony Community Care Center. She was born December 31, 1936 in Benedict, Kansas to Ar-ville and Veola (Harris) Payne, the third oldest of six children.Pat graduated from Benedict High School where she played on the basketball and softball teams. She often told “her” story of how the older girls were always jealous be-cause the coach would tell them to give her the ball so she could make the baskets. Pat worked 40 plus years at the doctor’s ofce in Anthony. Then prior to retirement she worked at the Citizens National Bank. After retiring, she and her husband, Ray Graves, traveled south in their mo-torhome to warmer weather during the winter months. After selling their motorhome, they bought a second home in Prescott, Arizona where they would spend part of their time. After a few years, Pat could no longer stand being away from her children and grandchildren so they sold the home in Prescott. Her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren meant the world to her. She enjoyed going to their sporting events, especially basketball since that was her ex-pertise. She was an avid bowler, and at one time she bowled three nights a week in different leagues. Her favorite time of the year was the Christmas Season. She always made it so magical for her family. Pat will be deeply missed by her husband, Ray Graves of the home; her children: Terry Lea Marr of Fredonia, Cynthia Elaine Ireland of Anthony, and Linda Kay (Verl) Zimmerman of Harper; daughter-in-law, Secret Imel of Wichita; stepchildren: Larry (Donna) Graves of Afton, OK and Dianna Martin of Neosho, MO; 18 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren, with one more arriving in February; brother, Max Payne of Kansas City; sister, Viona Bumgardner of Fredonia; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends. Pat was preceded in death by her parents, Arville and Veola Payne; three brothers: Wayne, Richard, and Larry Payne. Also preceding her in death was her only son, Bradley Gene Imel; two sons-in-law, Jim Ireland and JW Marr; sister-in-law, Charlotte Payne; and brother-in-law, Raymond Bumgard-ner. Funeral service was held 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 22, 2023 at Revolution Fellowship Church in Anthony, Kansas with Pastor Kent Olds ofciating. Musical selec-tions “I’ll Leave This World Loving You,” “Amazing Grace,” and “Go Rest High on That Mountain” were played.Burial followed in Forest Park Cemetery, Anthony. Casket bear-ers were Matt Halsey, Branden Stitt, Nathan Stitt, Jason Stitt, Ethan Zimmerman, Logan Zimmer-man, and Jaden Zimmerman.Memorials in memory of Pat may be made to the Anthony Com-munity Care Center and can be sent in care of Prairie Rose Funeral Home, 602 E. Main St., Anthony, KS 67003.PRINTING • SHIRTSRUBBER STAMPS BANNERS • SIGNSLD’s Printing • 620-842-5129

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the Anthony Republican • December 27, 2023 Page 5A MESSAGE FROM THESE FINE SPONSORS620-842-5129 • 121 E. Main, Anthonywww.anthonyrepublicannews.comTHE ANTHONY REPUBLICAN620-842-5129 • 121 E. Main, Anthonywww.anthonyrepublicannews.comTHE ANTHONY REPUBLICANRep. Ron Estes’ Monthly Column: Government Funding Takes Center Stage (Again)By Ron EstesU.S. Representative for Kansas’s 4thCongressional DistrictEach month I want to provide you with regular up-dates about what’s going on in our nation’s capital and throughout the 4th District of Kansas. Here’s what hap-pened in November.Voting Against theStatus Quo CRAhead of another dead-line to fund the government, the House voted to extend spending at the record high levels of ﬁscal year 2023. This is something I could not support.I’m glad the bill that passed will help us avoid another bloated omnibus spending bill at Christmas-time, but it doesn’t go far enough. 2023 is a tipping point – our nation is more than $33 trillion in debt and we now borrow one out of every ﬁve dollars that we spend. This is no time to govern through continu-ing resolutions, much less one that doesn’t even reduce spending to the levels previ-ously agreed on in the Fiscal Responsibility Act. In the coming months, I look forward to working with Speaker Johnson to pass the remaining ﬁve appropria-tions bills for our current ﬁscal year, and then ﬁnally returning to regular order in 2024 to reduce wasteful gov-ernment spending that has caused the rampant inﬂa-tion that is crushing Kansas Rep. Ron Estesfamilies.Standing with IsraelAfter the House passed a resolution stating our sup-port for Israel and condemn-ing Hamas in October, we followed it up with tangible action in November. The House passed with biparti-san support a funding bill to assist our ally Israel – 12 Democrats joined all but two Republicans in voting in fa-vor of the bill.America will not aban-don our ally Israel – I voted in favor of these emergency funds for military assis-tance and to bring American citizens home. This bill sup-ports Israel over a super-charged IRS by rescinding funds in Biden’s so-called Inﬂation Reduction Act for 87,000 new agents and in-stead directs those funds to support Israel.Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)For years activists have pushed investment ﬁrms to prioritize Environmen-tal, Social and Governance (ESG) standards over ﬁscal responsibility. Rather than give importance to securing the best possible ﬁnancial outcome for clients, ﬁrms are privileging non-ﬁnancial factors, like climate protec-tion and diversity measures. In the Ways and Means Committee we held a hear-ing to highlight how this practice is hurting seniors and savers, and what can be done to protect the hard-earned funds of Americans. During the hearing, I told the panelists and my col-leagues that Americans should be able to trust that the institutions stewarding their hard-earned money are doing all they can to provide the best ﬁnancial re-turn – not leaving anything on the table in exchange for advancing activist goals.Bipartisan DebtCommissionFor years I’ve reminded my colleagues and talked with concerned Kansans about the precarious situ-ation we’ve let our federal budget and debt fall into. The U.S. ﬁscal house has been in trouble for decades, but this year we’ve reached a tipping point. Currently, our federal debt is more than $33 trillion and we borrow one out of every ﬁve dollars we spend. Recent analysis shows the estimated annual amount the U.S. pays on in-terest now exceeds $1 tril-lion.Think about that. We’re paying more than a tril-lion dollars just on interest alone. This problem has been decades in the making and we need real solutions to be-gin to correct course. In his ﬁrst address to the House as Speaker, Mike Johnson highlighted this debt crisis and ﬂoated the idea of a bi-partisan debt commission. I was glad the new Speaker mentioned a commission and I discussed this pro-posal with the Washington Examiner.CombattingAntisemitism on Campus In the weeks since Oct. 7, we’ve seen hateful acts of antisemitism occur at uni-versities across the nation. It’s shocking that even after hearing reports and seeing footage of Hamas slaugh-tering families and babies and abducting hundreds of other civilians, there are some here in the United States that call the barbaric invasion and massacre “ex-hilarating.” Yet that was the word used by a university professor within our borders.In a November Ways and Means hearing we tackled this issue head-on, discuss-ing how these universities have allowed for the spread of antisemitism and how we can combat it. We discussed this topic with panelists who are standing up to antisemi-tism and boldly supporting the state of Israel.During the hearing, I said that on our college campuses – what should be bastions of knowledge – students and faculty have abandoned the history of the state of Israel and the facts of the ongoing war, and have instead sided with a terrorist organization that is intent on wiping out the Jewish people and rally-ing around the cries of death to America.I also said that universi-ties have become safe har-bors for this antisemitic and anti-American rhetoric and it’s frightening to uncover the ﬁnancial ties between higher education funding and antisemitic groups. A recent report from the Net-work Contagion Research Institute highlights that there is about $13 billion in unreported foreign con-tributions to approximately 200 U.S. colleges. A common thread between these insti-tutions of higher education was greater exposure to an-tisemitic rhetoric.Not only that, but even student groups such as the Students for Justice in Pal-estine are linked to unsa-vory organizations that once had ties to terrorism and potential ﬁnancial links to Hamas.On top of this, the leader-ship at many of these colleg-es has been slow to respond, giving the impression that they condone the antisemi-tism and antagonistic meth-ods of their student popula-tion.Daylight Saving Time SurveyNov. 5 was the end of Daylight Saving Time, which means we set our clocks back an hour (or more than likely, your phone just changed the time for you). I asked my newsletter sub-scribers how they feel about Daylight Saving Time and ESTES Continued on next page

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Page 6 the Anthony Republican • December 27, 2023By Jennifer WolffThe Public Transporta-tion Service assists ALL Harper Co. residents of any age to stay indepen-dent with transportation to work, medical appoint-ments, shopping, errands, Patterson Health Center & locations less than 70 miles. Every Harper County resident can ride with pub-lic transit regardless of age or mobility. Equal access is provided to the public. Al-though we are available to make trips Monday-Friday out of county, rides need to be scheduled 24 hours in ad-vance & the bus returns for Harper County Dept. OnAging: We Keep You MovingHarper County by 3:00pm. CALL 620-842-5104 for ride reservations & rates. 1st come, 1st served. We will be CLOSED New Years Day, Monday, January 1, 2024. TEFAP Food Commodities will be available at 201 N. Jennings on January 25th from 8:30a.m. to Noon.Out of County Transit Schedule: Mon 1/1: CLOSEDTues 1/2: Out of county availableWed 1/3: Wichita Thurs 1/4: Out of county availableFri 1/5: Wichita All routes are subject to change without notice. Governor Kelly Announces Over $12M Awarded To Fall 2023 KDOT Cost Share ProjectsTOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly and Trans-portation Secretary Calvin Reed announced today that more than $12 million state dollars will be awarded to 16 transportation con-struction projects across Kansas through the Kan-sas Department of Trans-portation’s Cost Share Program for fall 2023. This investment will leverage $7.2 million in community matching dollars for a total investment of over $19 mil-lion.“No one can better pin-point a community’s trans-portation needs than the people who actually live and work there,” Governor Laura Kelly said. “That’s why we’ve partnered with local communities to invest a total of $19 million in projects that will improve safety, support job reten-tion, relieve congestion, and make it easier to travel across the state.”The Cost Share Program was created as part of the Kelly administration’s Eisenhower Legacy Trans-portation Program, or IKE.Joining Governor Kelly and Secretary Reed for the announcement were repre-sentatives from Atchinson and Pottawatomie counties and the City of Baldwin City, all among the funding recipients in this round of Cost Share awards. Each spoke of the program’s beneﬁts to their respective communities.Enhancements sup-ported in this ninth round of Cost Share included county road improvements, bridge repairs, and safety improvements for road-ways and walkways. With ﬁnancial assistance from KDOT’s Kansas Active Transportation Enhance-ment (KATE), Cost Share was able to fund extra bike/ped projects and extend the reach of the program.“It was very much evi-dent during KDOT’s recent Local Consult listening tour how much the Cost Share program is appreciated across the state,” said Sec-retary Reed. “Kansans acknowledge how much Cost Share has resulted in much-needed and impact-ful community-based im-provement projects.”Secretary Reed noted the Cost Share program has in-vested nearly $140 million in state funding toward 165 projects since the program was founded in the fall of 2019. An additional $100 million in matching local funds has been contributed.Fall 2023 Cost Share re-cipients include the City of Harper for Ash and Walnut streets restoration.ESTES Continued from previous pagechanging clocks twice a year. You can also take my one-question survey at es-tes.house.gov/dst.Connect with MeInterested in receiv-ing regular updates about what’s going on in Congress? Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter at estes.house.gov and please don’t hesitate to reach out to my District Ofﬁce in Wichita at 316-262-8992 if you have questions, concerns or need help with a federal agency.Ron Estes, has represent-ed Kansas’ 4th Congressio-nal District since 2017. He is a ﬁfth-generation Kansan, former state treasurer, and serves on the House Com-mittee on Ways and Means, Budget Committee, and Ed-ucation and the Workforce Committee.PRINTING • SIGNS • SHIRTSLD’s PRINTING • ANTHONY • 620-842-5129HARPER COUNTYDISTRICT COURT REPORTEditor’s Note: Due to the Kansas Courts electronic ling system being ofine caused by a secuity incident, information from the Harper County Clerk’s ofce including the Paid Trafc Fines, Case Filings and Court Docket were unavailable as of the press deadline.HARPER COUNTY JAILARRESTS & BOOKINGSAs of the press deadline, there were no arrests made from 12-18-23 at 6:00 AM to 12-22-23 at 6:00 AM.HARPER COUNTY DEEDSBOOK D108#1053 - Quit Claim Deed: Wal-ter A. White to Dana L. Melbuer, Lots 9 and 10 in Blk. 8 of Barton’s Addition to the City of Harper, Harper County, Kansas.#1054 - Transfer-On-Death Deed: Dana L. Melbuer transfers on death to James L. Wene, Lots 9 and 10 in Blk. 8 of Barton’s Ad-dition to the City of Harper, Harp-er County, Kansas.#1055 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Thomas E. Rosenkranz and Janet S. Rosenkranz to Erec L. Harnden, Lot 4 and the S/15’ of Lot 3 in Blk. L29 in the Townsite of Attica, Harper County, Kansas.#1056 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Mikell R. Fries and Wendy Fries, and Jackson D. Fries, to Mikell Fries, Wendy Fries, Jack-son Fries, and Jonathan Fries, the SW/4 of Sect. 22, Twp. 34 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M., Harp-er County, Kansas.#1057 - Executor’s Deed: Pa-mela D. Grifth, executor for the estate of Norman G. Marvin and Audine J. Marvin, to Do It All Du-vall LLC, the NW/4 of Sect. 17, Twp. 31 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1058 - Trustee’s Deed: First National Bank of Hutchinson, KS, Trustee of the Phillip R. Duwe Trust, to Marla M. Layman and Rita G. Bergen, the E/2 of the NW/4 of Sect. 4, Twp. 34 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M., Harp-er County, Kansas.#1059 - General Warranty Deed: William Reis to Gregory Al-len and Janet Allen, a tract in the SE corner of the N/2 of the SW/4 of Sect. 24, Twp. 33 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M. (aka 612 N. Kansas in the City of Anthony), Harper County, Kansas.#1060 - Quit Claim Deed: Julie D. Klick to Johnnie H. Jones, Lots 5 and 6 in Blk. 31 in the Original Townsite to the City of Harper, Harper County, Kansas.#1061 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Ernest Page and Laura Page to Gary L. Irey and Debra L. Irey, Lots 1-3 in Blk. 8 of Barton’s First Addition to the City of Harper, and Lots 4-6 in Blk. 8 of Barton’s Addition to the City of Harper; all in Harper County, Kansas.#1062 - Quit Claim Deed: Loret-ta L. Casper to James D. Casper, all of Lot 12 and the N/37.5’ of Lot 11 in Blk. 46 in the City of Attica, Harper County, Kansas.#1063 - Quit Claim Deed: Pa-tricia A. Hudson and Steven Hudson to James D. Casper, all of Lot 12 and the N/37.5’ of Lot 11 in Blk. 46 in the City of Attica, Harper County, Kansas.#1064 - Quit Claim Deed: Rich-ard J. Casper and Donna Casper to James D. Casper, all of Lot 12 and the N/37.5’ of Lot 11 in Blk. 46 in the City of Attica, Harper County, Kansas.#1065 - Quit Claim Deed: Cassie Reed to Cassie Reed, the N/50’ of the W/2 of Blk. 9, E in Highland Addition to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1066 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Thomas Land & Cattle LLC to Justin B. Thomas and Ashley E. Thomas, the E/2 of the NW/4 of the NW/4 of the SE/4 of Sect. 23, Twp. 33 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1067 - Quit Claim Deed: Duane J. Hilger and Betty J. Hil-ger to the Betty and Duane Hilger Family Trust, the N/2 of the NW/4 of Sect. 2, Twp. 31, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1068 - Correction Trustee’s Deed: Ricky B. Dirks, Trustee of the Glen A. Dirks Living Trust, to Ricky B. Dirks, Trustee of the Glen Dirks Trust - Ricky B. Dirks Share, an undivided 1/2 interest in all of the following tracts; the SW/4 of the SW/4 of Sect. 28, Twp. 31 S, Range 9 W of the 6th P.M.; and the SE/4 of the SE/4 of Sect. 32, Twp. 31 S, Range 9 W of the 6th P.M.; and the W/2 of the W/2 of Sect. 33, Twp. 31 S, Range 9 W of the 6th P.M.; and the minerals in or under that may be produced from the NW/4 of the NE/4 of Sect. 4, Twp. 32 S, Range 9 W of the 6th P.M.; all in Harper County, Kansas.#1069 - Quit Claim Deed: Dustin A. Stansbury, President of DLS Underground LLC, to DLS Property Management LLC, a tract in the NW corner of the E/2 of the NW/4 of the NW/4 of Sect. 12, Twp. 32 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M. (aka 1013 W. Four-teenth, Harper), Harper County, Kansas.#1070 - Quit Claim Deed: Dustin A. Stansbury, President of DLS Underground LLC, to DLS Property Management LLC, Tract 1: a 2.47 acre tract in the NW corner of the NW/4 of Sect. 12, Twp. 32 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M.; Tract 2: a 7.87 acre tract in the NW/4 of Sect. 12, Twp. 32 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M.; both in Harper County, Kansas.#1071 - Quit Claim Deed: Dustin A. Stansbury, President of DLS Underground LLC, to DLS Property Management LLC, a tract in the NW/4 of Sect. 12, Twp. 32 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M. (aka 874 N. State Road 14, Harper) Harper County, Kanas.#1072 - Quit Claim Deed: Dustin A. Stansbury and Lindsey K. Stansbury to DLS Property Management LLC, the N/50’ of the S/100’ of the E/2 of Blk. 3 in Meig’s Addition (aka 432 S. Lin-coln) to the City of Anthony, Harp-er County, Kansas.#1073 - Quit Claim Deed: Dustin A. Stansbury and Lindsey K. Stansbury to DLS Property Management LLC, Lot 1 in Blk. 24 (aka 318 E. Spring) in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kan-sas.#1074 - Quit Claim Deed: Dustin A. Stansbury and Lindsey K. Stansbury to DLS Property Management LLC, the W/48’ of Lot 2, Lot 3 and the E/10’ of Lot 4 in Blk. 3 of Madara’s Addition (aka 309 W. Fourteeenth) to the City of Harper, Harper County, Kansas.#1075 - Quit Claim Deed: Dustin A. Stansbury and Lindsey K. Stansbury to DLS Property Management LLC, the W/2 of Lot 2 and all of Lot 3 in Blk. 39 (aka 309 W. Main) in the City of Harp-er, Harper County, Kansas.#1076 - Quit Claim Deed: Gary M. Garlow to Gary M. Garlow and Kathy M. Garlow, the W/2 of the NE/4 of Sect. 18, Twp. 34 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M., Harp-er County, Kansas.#1077 - Transfer-On-Death Deed: Gary M. Garlow and Kathy M. Garlow to Lacey N. Dewitt and Nicholas L.M. Garlow, the W/2 of the NE/4 of Sect. 18, Twp. 34 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M.; and a 1/3 interest in the W/2 of Sect. 16, and the N/140 acres of the NE/4 of Sect. 17, Twp. 34 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M.; all in Harper County, Kansas.#1078 - Quit Claim Deed: James A. Anderson and Natasha A. Anderson to James A. Ander-son and Natasha A. Anderson, Trustees of the Anderson Family Living Trust, the NW/4 of Sect. 10, Twp. 31 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.

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Page 8 the Anthony Republican • December 27, 2023Photo By: Ross Downing/Anthony RepublicanEAGLE EYE WINNER: Dena Depenbusch of Harper has won the $50 cash prize in the Anthony Republican’s monthly Eagle Eye Contest by correctly identifying the American Family In-surance, Agent Wes Higgs ad. You can win too! Just look for the Eagle Eye Contest form on the front page of the Anthony Republican the third week of each month.GOT NEWS YOU WANT TO SHARE?Email us at: anthonyrepublican@att.net60 YEARS AGO - 1963Airman First Class and Mrs. Kenneth Clark ar-rived home from Anchor-age, Alaska where Mr. Clark was stationed for 18 months with the U.S. Air Force. Mrs. Clark had spent the last six months in An-chorage with her husband. Bluff City High School boys teams won their sec-ond team game over Viola and lost the ﬁrst team game 47 to 37. The scor-ing leader for Bluff City was John Clayton with 17 points. Those participating for Bluff City were John Clayton, Dale Struble, Don-nie Fowler, Randy Hamill, Danny Gerberding, Jim Shellhammer, Tom Mayo, Larry Netahla and Mike Gerberding. Two boys were not able to play as Jon Cur-tis had not returned to ac-tion as yet after a bout with mumps and Myrl Max Mi-sak was at home with the mumps.Mr. and Mrs. Charles William Masner, 845 North Jennings, Anthony, were the parents of a 9 lb. 4 oz. son born November 25 at the Anthony Hospital. He was given the name Jeffery Phillip.50 YEARS AGO - 1973Three teams from Chap-arral placed second in the Liberal Debate tournament by winning 12 and losing 6 rounds. The teams were composed of Mike Gallo-way, Brent Smith, Scott Bond, Rolly Williams, Terry Cupps, Debbie Blanchat and Dee Williams, alt.Deborah Barber was a member of the women’s swim team at Kansas State University, Manhattan. She was a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, major-ing in ﬁsheries and wildlife biology. Richard Busby pre-sented the Chaparral Sing-ers, Jane Brown, TaLana Dautel, Jerry Osborn and Meg Hunt who sang various selections from Broadway musicals at the Fall Found-ers Day event of Beta Sig-ma Phi. Barbara Harmon, president of Alpha Alpha gave the traditional pledge ceremony by candlelight to pledges Nancy Lanie, Pat Bertholf, Lee Cox, Janie Gates, Anita Adams and Judy Beam.40 YEARS GO - 1983Those attending East Side Church of Christ in Harper in observance of Rainbow Sunday with Wor-thy Advisor Marcia Hodson, were Barbie Armstrong, Nancy Ward, Karla Krause and Crissa Sharp. Adults attending were Worthy Mother Advisor Arlene Wil-liams, Bartene Ward, Til-ford Hargett, Michelle Mc-Gowan and Lucille Hodson. Tracy Lear of Rural Route 2, Anthony, was serv-ing as a student ambassa-dor at Emporia State Uni-versity. Debra Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood, and student of Mrs. Ju-dith Fear of Wichita State University, performed in a recital held at the Univer-sity. Debra and her mother played a piano duet also for the re-cital.30 YEARS AGO - 1993Albert and Alma Hostetler, rural Harper, were hosts in their home for the monthly gathering of their pitch club. Enjoy-ing the evening in addi-tion to the hosts were Don and Myrna Reber, Jim and Clara Newton, J.C. and Joyce Baker, Jim and Vera Dunn and Larry and Peggy Prouse. Chaparral had three players ﬁll ﬁve spots on the All-Chisholm Trail League Division II foot-ball team. Heath Williams, Justin Stevens and Shaun Kunz earned ﬁrst-team honors. In volleyball, Chap-arral posted its best season ever, but Jessi Mathes was the lone Lady Roadrunner to make the ﬁrst team.The members of the First Congregational Church in Anthony welcomed a new pastor, the Rev. Carol Hall-man.The First Church of God in Anthony had a new minister, the Rev. Roy Lighty. 20 YEARS AGO - 2003Pastor Teddy Cook was announced as the new pas-tor of the First Baptist Church of Anthony.Mildred Metzger, a long time employee of the Harp-er County Treasurer’s ofﬁce had been recommended to Governor Kathleen Sebel-ius to replace Carmen All-dritt who resigned as Harp-er County Treasurer to take the position of Director of Motor Vehicles with the state of Kansas.Three Roadrunners, Pe-ter Elliott, Brett Corder-man and Nick Blanchat were placed on the Central Plains All-League football ﬁrst team. Five other posi-tions were ﬁlled by Chapar-ral players on the honorable mention roster including Marcus Rorabaugh, Toby Eslinger, Austin Vornauf, Brent Cashier and Blan-chat who was given honors both on offense and defense.10 YEARS AGO - 2013Five generations of the Bill Williams family gath-ered for a picture. It includ-ed Bill Williams, Sharee Irvin, Andi Penwell, Chel-sea Boese and Claire Marie Boese.Mrs. Schmidt’s third grade class met their ar goal for the nine weeks. Class members were: CJ Helms, Emry Schrant, Dawson An-thony, Georgia Ihde, Am-ber Carrol, Alexis Denwalt, Kendall Caldwell, Kadence Smith, Jack Francis, Faith Knolla, Lilly Allen, Madi-son Haley, Karter Hedlund, Justin Klino, Austin Clark, Jackson Swartz, Aiden Guy and Blake Wootonn.5 YEARS AGO - 2018Chaparral FFA mem-bers at the Ritual competi-tion in Ark City were: Bryce Cormack, Brailey Koehler, Brieley Koehler, James Hatley-Rommel, Nautica Smith, Addison Wilcox and Dallton Blair.2018 Junior Runners volleyball team includ-ed: Haley Kangas, Faith Knolla, Cassidey Deen, KK Smith, Riley Talmadge, Lily Allen, Nakeitta Marcias and Madison Haley.2018 Junior Runners cross country team had Christian Zavala, Wade Young, Timothy Adams, Zhoie Guerrero, Braden Smith, Paul Mancilla, and Ashley Garcia. 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