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The Anthony Republican: Vol. 144 - No. 49 • The Anthony Bulletin: Vol. 124 - No. 49Established October 9, 1879: Oldest continuous business in Anthony • Wednesday, December 6, 2023To advertise your business or event in our “Hot Spot”call the Anthony Republican at 620-842-5129. Look Inside For Our Special Section!!This year’s Miss Merry Christmas is Katelyn Reames. She made her shopping tour around Anthony & found some great ideas at the local stores! Look inside this issue to see special advertisements with gift ideas and holiday greetings from our local businesses!Photo By: Don HoltHILL SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT: In ceremonies at Chaparral High School last Thursday, Auburn Hill signs her letter of intent to play basketball for the McPherson Bulldogs. Front Row (L-R): Chaparral girl’s basketball Coach Leslie Gerber, Auburn Hill and Coach Nickols from McPherson College. Back Row (L-R): Justin, Grayson and Angela Hill (Auburn’s family).Courtesy Photo - Christi ShepherdPICTURE PERFECT!: Memories are made when you visit your hometown for the holi-days. The new 15 ft. lighted Christmas tree and sleigh at Memorial Park make the per-fect background for your Christmas pictures. Pictured (L-R) is Braelynn Shepherd, Clayton Shepherd, Carlie Shepherd and Addilyn Shepherd. Other decorations at the park include a reindeer family, a polar bear and beautiful lighted spheres created by Steve Wilkinson.Anthony PRIDE Light Up Memorial Park With New Christmas DecorationsLight Up the Night! It was a time of celebrating traditions as well as new looks on Friday, November 24th. The Anthony Cham-ber of Commerce kicked off the evening with their an-nual events including the Light Up Anthony Candy Cane Christmas Parade, Santa Claus arriving on the ﬁre truck to greet kids at Municipal Hall, and turning on the holiday street lights and décor at Memorial Park. While the Chamber of Commerce has furnished and decorated Memorial Park for years, this year saw all new décor and lights debuting at Me-morial Park.In early 2000, the An-thony PRIDE organization reorganized after several years of inactivity. PRIDE's goal was to work on keep-ing Anthony – 'Active & At-tractive' and helping other groups in our community with their projects when help was needed.PRIDE volunteer, Mary Hixson asked that we place on our “to do” list all new lighting and decorations for Memorial Park. The An-thony Chamber is respon-sible for the park décor. This gave Anthony PRIDE an opportunity to join with the Chamber in this effort as Mary was also a mem-ber of the Chamber Board and became chairperson of this project for PRIDE. She knew the Chamber funds would not allow for this project without ﬁnancial assistance. Unfortunately, before this project could get off the ground, Mary passed away in November of 2020.Our PRIDE members wanted to continue with the project to honor Mary. Our group decided to publish a cookbook “Light Up Antho-ny, While Warming Up Your Kitchen” to raise the funds for the park revamp. We be-gan working on compiling the cookbook in 2021. We spent 2022 selling the book. We sold over 500 copies with all proﬁts dedicated PRIDE Continued on next pageCity Will Hold Public Hearing To Establish RHID Plan For Sunrise 2nd Addition Ofﬁcial Meeting MinutesSpecial MeetingSubmitted ByCity of Anthony ClerkNovember 14, 2023CALL TO ORDERMayor Cleveland called the Special Meeting to or-der at 4:00 p.m.ROLL CALLPresent: Mayor Greg Cleveland, Commissioner Sherrie Eaton, Commis-sioner Kenny Hodson Jr., Commissioner Eric Smith, City Clerk/Administrator Cyndra Kastens, Jerry An-gle. Absent: Commissioner Jan Lanie.PUBLIC COMMENTNone.ITEMS OF BUSINESS1. Untable Sunrise 2nd Electric Bid Opening: A mo-tion was made to Untable Sunrise 2nd Electric Bid Opening. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Hodson Jr., Commissioner Smith.The following bids were untabled from the Novem-ber 7, 2023, meeting: Border States $241,949.92; Stanion $424,088.70; Sunbelt Solo-mon $51,306.50; T&R Elec-tric $52,980.00; Midwest Electric $66,450.00. Jerry Angle presented the bid tabulations of the electrical material and transformers with the following recom-mendations: Border States for $175,436.25; Stanion for $28,269.57 and Solomon for $51,306.50. Materials paid from Electric Equipment Replacement and then re-imbursed by the BASE Grant. A motion was made to accept the bids for RFP for Sunrise 2nd materials from Border States, Stanion, and Sunbelt Solomon for $255,012.32 as presented.Motion made by Com-missioner Eaton, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-HEARING Continued from previous page

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Page 2 the Anthony Republican • December 6, 2023for the purchase of lights and decorations. (We still have two copies for anyone that missed the opportu-nity to buy this cookbook/history book at $35 each). 2023 was spent shopping for lights and décor and the week before Thanksgiving, we spent time decorating.Tammy Potter has dec-orated the park for the chamber for many years. She was happy to have help decorating and delighted to see the new decorations. Pride members that helped decorate included Tammy & her husband, Mike Pot-ter, Tammy Calderon, Be-linda and Greg Cleveland, Don Atha, Rebecca Tarnow, Randy Wiseley, Sherrie Ea-ton, Judy Dent, Autumn Kloefkorn, and recruited volunteers Perry Fisher and Monty Burns.We are not ﬁnished yet. Mary had wanted lots of lights in the park. Antho-ny PRIDE will continue to raise funds for more lights to be added next year. We hope the fresh look at the park brings everyone the simple pleasures of peace and love, and ﬁlls your hearts with joy in remem-brance of Mary Hixson. PRIDE Continued from previous pageland, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Hodson Jr., Commissioner Smith.2. Resolution No. 1137 - Calling for Public Hear-ing to Establish RHID and Adopt a Plan for the Development of Hous-ing and Public Facilites: A Resolution Of The Govern-ing Body Of The City Of Anthony, Kansas, Deter-mining That The City Is Considering Establishing A Reinvestment Housing Incentive District Within The City And Adopting A Plan For The Development Of Housing And Public Fa-cilities In Such Proposed District; Establishing The Date And Time Of A Pub-lic Hearing On Such Mat-HEARING Continued from previous pageter, And Providing For The Giving Of Notice Of Such Public Hearing (Sunrise 2nd Addition Reinvest-ment Housing Incentive District). Adopted by the governing body of the City of Anthony, Kansas, on No-vember 14, 2023.Editor’s Note: A full copy of Resolution 1137 can be found on Page 10 of the this week’s issue.ADJOURNMENTA motion was made to adjourn the Special Meet-ing. Motion made by Com-missioner Hodson Jr., Sec-onded by Mayor Cleveland. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Hodson Jr., Commissioner Smith.Gregory Cleveland, MayorCyndra Kastens, City Clerk/AdministratorPRINTING • SIGNS • SHIRTSLD’s PRINTING • ANTHONY • 620-842-5129• • • LETTER TO THE EDITOR • • •Dear Editor & Readers,The Anthony Commu-nity Care Center will have their Resident Christmas Tree again this year. Resi-dent's wish list's are avail-able at ACCC. There will be a paper at the nurse's sta-tion, we ask that you kindly write down the number you took and the best way to get ahold of you. You can also get a wish list by calling Janet at 620-842-5187, ext. 116. When dropping off the gift, please attach the resi-dent's wish list to the pack-age so we know who it is for. We are asking that all gift be returned by December 18th. This wouldn't be pos-sible without help from the community, so thank you all for helping make our resi-dent's Christmas special!Thanks, From the staff at the Anthony Community Care CenterCity Holds Special Meeting, Passes Resolution To Apply For Development GrantOfﬁcial Meeting MinutesSpecial MeetingSubmitted ByCity of Anthony ClerkNovember 16, 2023CALL TO ORDERMayor Cleveland called the Special Meeting to Or-der at 4:00 p.m.ROLL CALLPresent: Mayor Greg Cleveland, Commissioner Sherrie Eaton, Commis-sioner Kenny Hodson Jr., Commissioner Jan Lanie, Commissioner Eric Smith, City Clerk/Administrator Cyndra Kastens, Deputy City Clerk Sherri Miller and Howard Hatﬁeld.PUBLIC COMMENTNone.ITEMS OF BUSINESS1. Public Hearing: A pub-lic hearing was held for the purpose of considering an application to be submitted to the Kansas Department of Commerce for Small Cit-ies Community Develop-ment Block Grant funds for Housing Rehabilitation. No public comments were received. Mayor Cleveland closed the public hearing at 4:05 p.m.2. Resolution No. 1139 - Certifying Legal Author-ity to Apply for the 2023 Kansas Small Cities Com-munity Development Block Grant Program: A Resolu-tion Certifying Legal Au-thority To Apply For The 2023 Kansas Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program From The Kansas Department Of Commerce And Autho-rizing The Mayor To Sign And Submit Such An Ap-plication.Editor’s Note: A full copy of Resolution 1139 can be found at the City ofﬁce.A motion was made to approve the bids from SCKEDD for Administra-tion and Inspection Servic-es. Motion made by Com-missioner Lanie, Seconded by Commissioner Eaton. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Hodson Jr., Commissioner Lanie, Com-missioner Smith.4. Sunrise Development Update: Administrator Kastens updated the com-mission regarding the con-crete at the Sunrise Devel-opment.ADJOURNMENTA motion was made to GRANT Continued on next page

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the Anthony Republican • December 6, 2023 Page 3SCTelcom’s 12 Days of Christmas starting December 4th! Watch our Facebook page for our daily post to enter. Obituary...Terry M. Niemann1954 ~ 2023It is with heavy hearts we an-nounce the passing of Terry Marc Niemann, of Derby, KS, a beloved husband, brother, father and Papa. Terry was a loving most generous man. Terry, one of two children of Marce and Belva Niemann, was born on February 14, 1954, in An-thony, KS. Terry passed from this earthly life on Wednesday, Novem-ber 22, 2023. Terry was 69 years young when he met his Lord and Savior. He wae greatly loved and will be deeply missed. Retired SMSgt USAF and Kan-sas Air National Guard Federal Civil Service Aerospace Ground Equipment Superintendent . Re-tired Boeing Aerospace Technical Writer. Terry was so many things. A devout Christian, proud Veteran, loving and generous husband, brother, Dad and most proud Papa. He loved his Grandchildren.Obituary...RW McKee1950 ~ 2023Ralph Wayne “RW” McKee, son of Carl and Vada Lee (Imel) McKee, was born December 22, 1950 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Hutchinson, Kansas. On June 1, 1969 he married Donna M. Jelinek and to this union two sons were born, Raymond and Donn. Both boys were born at the same hospital in Hutchinson, and ironically the boys and their dad were all born at 6 pounds 15 ounces. The most important things to RW were family and making a liv-ing. He had a lot of jobs plus part time jobs along with them. Such as welding, janitor, machinist, appli-ance and door to door sales, Krause plow factory, farming, grader op-erator, consultant for Lear Siegler, IBM, Sigma Design and others writ-ing policies and procedures for the MAPICS system, which he was the father of the manual system. With only high school, business college and what little JUCO education, he said he got lucky and had superiors that saw common sense in him. After all these things he retired in 2014, but still kept busy with playing chess and the stock market daily. On November 28, 2023, RW passed away at Wesley Medical Center at the age of 72. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Sonia Ralls.RW will be deeply missed by his wife, Donna; sons: Raymond and wife, Carol, and Donn and wife, Robin; brother, Dennis McKee and wife, Judy; 9 grandchildren: Jerred McKee, Aurora Sumler, Haley Gates (Nicholas), Dakota McKee (Emma), Sadie McKee, Colby McKee, Autumn McKee, Colt McK-ee, and Jessalyn McKee; 4 great-grandchildren: Robbie and Emeric Sumler, Scarlett Gates and Mia McKee.Funeral service was held 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 4, 2023 at Prairie Rose Funeral Home in Anthony with RW’s grandsons, Jerred McKee and Colby McKee ofciating. RW’s favorite song “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” by Iron Buttery was played as prelude music. Mu-sical selections “My Way” by Elvis, “Drinking Beer With Dad” by Kid Rock, and “Go Rest High on That Mountain” by Vince Gill, were also played. Cremation has taken place fol-lowing the service and a private in-urnment will be held at the Czecho-slovakian Cemetery near Caldwell. Memorials in memory of RW may be made to the Czechoslo-vakian Cemetery and can be sent in care of Prairie Rose Funeral Home, 602 E. Main St., Anthony, KS 67003.He obtained his aircraft pilots li-cense and drone license. He loved being on the lake with his boat and family. Certied open water scuba diver. He loved diving the waters around Key West, Florida. Trouble shooter with great mechanical skills who could repair anything. Lifetime member of the NRA. Even at the end of his life he donated his or-gans through Midwest Transplant in assisting up to 60 people carry on with their precious lives.Terry is survived by his best friend and wife, Victoria Rose-Nie-mann. Son, Chris Niemann and wife Julie, and their children Ethan, Connor, Ava Grace, and Cameron. Brother Darrell Niemann and wife Wilma of Valley Center, KS. Niece, Brianna (Mike) Vaughn, Overland Park, KS. Nephew, Brett (Amy) Niemann, Lumberton, TX. His dog, Quila and many friends and ac-quaintances.There will be a graveside ser-vice with military honors, 10 am, Thursday, December 7, 2023 at Resthaven Mortuary and Gardens of Memory, 11800 West Kellogg Street, Wichita, KS.GOT NEWSTO SHARE?SEND IT TO US AT:anthonyrepublican@att.netadjourn the special meet-ing. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Vot-ing Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Com-missioner Hodson Jr., Com-missioner Lanie, Commis-sioner Smith.Gregory Cleveland, MayorCyndra Kastens, City Clerk/AdministratorGRANT Continued from previous pageDONATIONS Continued on Page 10SIGNS & BANNERSLD’S PRINTING 620-842-5129Wheatland Electric Powers The Pantry With Donations To 12 Local Food Banks HARPER – Wheatland Electric has raised $90,785 in cash and food donations for one dozen local food banks during our 2023 Pow-er the Pantry campaign. This includes a $8,190 cash donation to the Harper Mission Mart.We’re excited to share that this year’s collection, which is the equivalent of just over 45 tons of food ($1 = 1 lb.), is an 66% increase over last year’s collection (54,599 lbs. in 2022). This brings the com-bined 10-year food drive total to 317,693 lbs., or just over 159 tons of food! This year, 2023, was a special year, marking not only our cooperative’s 75th anniversary but also our 10th year since the incep-tion of CRAM THE VAN, designed to support local pantries across southwest and central Kansas. In 2014, our inaugural year, our food drive raised 6,615 pounds of food.This year, in lieu of trav-eling in our big, red extend-ed passenger van and host-ing in-person community events across our service territory, we COMMITTED $50,000 across one dozen food banks to POWER THE PANTRY. We then worked to DOU-BLE THE IMPACT of our cash donation, with a goal of raising $100,000 for the food banks that serve as a safety net across the com-munities we serve. Through an online fun-draising campaign, mon-etary donations from co-op members across our seven district ofﬁces, local busi-ness partnerships, a friend-ly school competition in Great Bend, and our ﬁfth annual Co-ops Care Char-ity Golf Tournament (held Sept. 15, 2023), we raised a total of $90,785 ($1 = 1 lb.) of our $100,000 goal. The following monetary donations were delivered to the following food banks as of Thanksgiving: • Caldwell – United Methodist Food Pantry ($2,485) and Caldwell Food Bank ($4,985)• Conway Springs – Con-way Springs Mission Mart (Cardinals Care: $5,432) • Finney County – Em-maus House ($4,665) and Genesis Family Health ($4,370)• Great Bend – Commu-nity Food Bank of Barton County ($13,080) • Harper – Harper Mis-sion Mart ($8,190)• Holcomb – Horns for Hope c/o USD 363 ($2,885)• Leoti – Wichita County Food Bank, Leoti ($8,030)• Scott City – Hope’s Closet/Ministerial Alliance ($12,415)

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Page 8 the Anthony Republican • December 6, 2023GOT NEWS OR PICSYOU WANTTO SHARE?Send It To Us Atanthonyrepublican@att.netCity Commissioners Reject Boat Ramp Repair BidsOfﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted ByCity of Anthony ClerkNovember 7, 2023OPENINGWelcome / Call to Order. Invocation / Pledge of Alle-giance. Roll Call: Present - Mayor Greg Cleveland, Com-missioner Sherrie Eaton, Commissioner Jan Lanie, Deputy City Clerk Sherri Miller, Police Chief Kenny Hodson, Electric Distribu-tion Dept. Head Jerry Angle, Sheila Adams and Jessica Graves. Absent - Commis-sioner Kenny Hodson Jr., Commissioner Eric Smith.Approval of Agenda: A motion was made to approve the agenda. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Vot-ing Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Com-missioner Lanie.PUBLIC COMMENTMayor Cleveland read a thank you note from Antho-ny PRIDE.CONSENT AGENDA1. Approve October 17, 2023 Regular Meeting Min-utes.2. Approve October 23, 2023 Special Meeting Min-utes.3. Approve November 2, 2023 Special Meeting Min-utes.4. Special Appropriations: Fund #71 ARPA - HCCF - $311,331.21 City of Anthony Match BASE Grant.5. Appropriation Ordi-nance No. 3177 - $491,104.38.6. Approve 10.24.2023 Payroll - $54,070.46.7. Approve 11.07.2023 Payroll - $55,394.74.8. Sunrise 2nd BASE Grant - Mies Construc-tion Pay Estimate #3 - $493,023.17. 9. Bank of the Plains Res-olution COD 5000002278 - General Operating for $100,000.00 - Reinvestment of COD 32411.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 Eaton. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie.PUBLIC HEARINGSNone.REGULAR BUSINESS10. Waive Hall Rental Fees: A motion was made to approve the request from the Anthony Chamber of Com-merce to waive hall rental fees for the Christmas Arts & Crafts Fair on Decem-ber 9, 2023. Motion made by Commissioner Eaton, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie.11. Waive Hall Rental Fees: A motion was made to waive the Hall rental fees for the Anthony Gun Club Annual Banquet on Novem-ber 10th, 2023. Motion made by Commissioner Eaton, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie12. Planning Commis-sion Activity Update: Jes-sica Graves, Vice Chairman of the Planning Commission was present to update the City Commission regarding billboards.13. Open Bids: Mayor Cleveland opened the bids received for electric material for Sunrise 2nd. Bids were received from Border States and Stanion. Jerry Angle would like time to review and tabulate the bids. A mo-tion was made to table the bids. Motion made by Com-missioner Lanie, Seconded by Commissioner Eaton. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie14. Open Bids: Mayor Cleveland opened the bids received for transformer for Sunrise 2nd. Bids were re-ceived from T & R Electric, Sunbelt Solomon and Mid-west Electric. Jerry Angle would like time to review and tabulate the bids. A mo-tion was made to table the bids. Motion made by Com-missioner Lanie, Seconded by Commissioner Eaton. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie.15. Open Bids: Mayor Cleveland opened two bids received for the Boat Ramp Repair. After review, a mo-tion was made to reject the bids and put the project back out for bid. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Vot-ing Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Com-missioner Lanie.16. Approval - Employees Christmas. A motion was made to approve the City of Anthony Christmas Party on Friday, December 15, 2023, and bonuses of $100 for each employee. Motion made by Commissioner Ea-ton, Seconded by Commis-sioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commis-sioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie.17. SEED Grant Ban-ner Update: Removed from agenda.18. Approve Court Re-port: A motion was made to approve the October 2023 Court Report as presented. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Com-missioner Eaton, Commis-sioner Lanie.STAFF REPORTS19. Chief of Police Report: Had the street department mow 4 properties. We inves-tigated a domestic distur-bance in the 300 block of N. Kansas and turned the case over to the C.A. for possible charges. We investigated one minor trafﬁc accident. We helped with the Halloween parade. We investigated a case of adult neglect.20. Superintendent Re-port: The Superintendent reported on inspected demo locations, high service pump motor, zoning issue, water softener repairs, ICC, helped with the CDBG Grant noti-ﬁcations and other depart-ment activities.EXECUTIVE SESSIONNone.ADJOURNMENTA motion was made to adjourn the meeting. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie.Gregory Cleveland, MayorCyndra Kastens, City Clerk/AdministratorHARPER 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 JAILIndividuals listed below are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.ARRESTS & BOOKINGSLennard E. Panthier, 31: Arrest-ed: 11-27-23; Released: 11-28-23. Arrested By: HPD. Charges: 1) Driving while a habitual violator - 2nd conviction.Derrik R. Gardner, 36: Arrested: 11-30-23; Released: 12-2-23. Ar-rested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Domestic battery - 2nd in 5 years.Billy M. Coffey, 57: Arrested: 12-1-23; Released: N/A. Arrested By: APD. Charges: 1) Aggravated battery. 2) Aggravated criminal sodomy - offender 18 or older and child <14. 3) Rape. 4) Solicitation aggravated indecent solicitation of a child - sex act with a child <14.

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the Anthony Republican • December 6, 2023 Page 9620-842-5129 • 121 E. Main, Anthonywww.anthonyrepublicannews.comTHE ANTHONY REPUBLICAN620-842-5129 • 121 E. Main, Anthonywww.anthonyrepublicannews.comTHE ANTHONY REPUBLICAN320 ACRES - HOME320 ACRES - HOMECatching Up With The County CommissionOfﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted By HarperCounty Clerk’s OfﬁceOctober 30, 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. Shonda Lar-son, Recording Secretary was also present. At 8:30 a.m. Commis-sioner Struble motioned 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 non-elected personnel. The open meeting will resume at 8:40 a.m. in this room; approved unanimously. The meeting returned to open session at 8:40 a.m. with no binding action taken.At 8:40 a.m. the Commis-sioners, and Shonda Larson inspected the Health De-partment basement. Nolan Younce joined at 8:45 a.m.At 8:58 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. Ami DeLacerda, HR was present for this meeting. The open meeting will resume at 9:10 a.m. in this room; approved unanimously. The meeting returned to open session at 9:10 a.m. with no binding action taken.Mike Bennett & Janet Slankard, Public Works, gave a department update.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove matching funds for Bergman Bridge Project Number 039-C-5148-01 in the amount of $90,000; ap-proved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove the Authority to Award Contract Commit-ment of County Funds Agreement with KDOT for the Bergman Bridge project; approved unanimously.Cynthia Hekel, Trea-surer, gave a department update. Jennifer Wolff, Depart-ment on Aging, gave a de-partment update.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve the De-partment on Aging Recerti-ﬁed Title VI plans; approved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to sign the Letter of Support for USD 49-5311 Operating Grant for Harper County Public Transportation Services for KDOT, ﬁscal year 2025; ap-proved unanimously. Jennifer Wolff and Heather Struble had dis-cussion about Public Trans-portations 2011 Chrysler van. It was decided the van would become a vehicle that can be checked out for coun-ty employees to use. Heather Struble, Health Department, gave a depart-ment update about Health Department basement.Commissioner Vor-nauf motioned to approve $20,090 for 6 pieces of 36” pipe from J&A Materials; approved unanimously.Kari O’Riley, Community Development, gave a de-partment update.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve Com-munity Development grant in the amount of $13,000 for the business Raccoon Quilt; approved unanimously.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve Com-munity Development grant in the amount of $15,000 for the business The Drive-In; approved unanimously.Commissioner Vornauf motioned for a 5-minute re-cess; approved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to recon-vene; approved unanimous-ly.Richard Raleigh, County Attorney, and Kari O’Riley, Community Development, discussed Ad Valorem pro-gram.Commissioner Vor-nauf motioned to approve $2,231.56 payable to Wel-born Sales for county road signs on NW 150 road. $1,115.78 to be paid by coun-ty and $1,115.78 to be paid by Flat Ridge Wind Farm; approved unanimouslyAmi DeLacerda, HR, gave a department update.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve Reso-lution 2023-07 purchasing the property in Attica, KS for conversion to a daycare facility; approved unani-mously. Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove the Closing Statement and Indemnity Agreement with Security 1st Title for the Attica daycare facility; approved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-proved October 23, 2023 minutes; approved unani-mously.At 11:27 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. Ami DeLacerda, HR was pres-ent for this meeting. The open meeting will resume at 11:50 a.m. in this room; approved unanimously. The meeting returned to open session at 11:50 a.m. with no binding action taken.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve Oc-tober 30, 2023 account payables in the amount of $52,987.39; approved unani-mously.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve Octo-ber 27, 2023 payroll in the amount of $137,857.77; ap-proved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-proved October 16, 2023 minutes; approved unani-mously.As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:59 a.m. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday November 06, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner Room at the Harper County Courthouse.Attest: Darrin Struble, ChairmanApproved: Shonda Lar-son, Recording Secretary

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Page 10 the Anthony Republican • December 6, 2023GOT NEWS OR PICTURES YOU WANT TO SHARE?E-MAIL IT TO US AT: ANTHONYREPUBLICAN@ATT.NET(First Published in The Anthony Republican, Wednesday, December 6, 2023) 1tRESOLUTION NO. 1137A RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF Anthony, KANSAS,DETERMINING THAT THE CITY IS CONSIDERING ESTABLISHING A REINVESTMENTHOUSING INCENTIVE DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY AND ADOPTING A PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING AND PUBLIC FACILITIES IN SUCH PROPOSED DISTRICT; ESTABLISHING THE DATE AND TIME OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON SUCH MATTER, AND PROVIDING FOR THE GIVING OF NOTICE OF SUCH PUBLIC HEARING (SUNRISE 2ND ADDITION REINVESTMENT HOUSING INCENTIVE DISTRICT)WHEREAS, K.S.A. 12-5241 et seq. (the “Act”) authorizes any city incorporated in accordance with the laws of the state of Kansas (the “State”) with a population of less than 60,000 to designate Reinvestment Housing incentive districts within such city; andWHEREAS, the City of Anthony, Kansas (the “City”) has an estimated population of 2,033 and there-fore constitutes a city as said term is deﬁ ned in the Act; andWHEREAS, the governing body of the City (the “Governing Body”) has performed a Housing Assess-ment Tool report in 2023 (the “Needs Analysis”), a copy of which is on ﬁ le in the ofﬁ ce of the City Clerk; and WHEREAS, the Governing Body adopted Resolution No. 1132 on August 1, 2023, which made certain ﬁ ndings relating to the need for ﬁ nancial incentives relating to the construction of quality housing within the City, declared it advisable to establish a reinvestment housing incentive district pursuant to the Act, and au-thorized the submission of such resolution and the Needs Analysis to the Kansas Department of Commerce in accordance with the Act; andWHEREAS, the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Commerce, pursuant to a letter dated August 23, 2023, authorized the City to proceed with the establishment of a Reinvestment Housing incentive district pursuant to the Act; and WHEREAS, the City has caused to be prepared a plan (the “Plan”) for the development or redevelop-ment of housing and public facilities in the proposed Sunrise 2nd Addition Reinvestment Housing Incentive District (the “District”) in accordance with the provisions of the Act; andWHEREAS, the Plan includes:1. The legal description and map required by K.S.A. 12-5244(a).2. The existing assessed valuation of the real estate in the proposed District listing the land and improvement value separately.3. A list of the names and addresses of the owners of record of all real estate parcels within the proposed District.4. A description of the housing and public facilities project or projects that are proposed to be constructed or improved in the proposed District, and the location thereof.5. A listing of the names, addresses, and speciﬁ c interests in real estate in the proposed District of the developers responsible for development of the housing and public facilities in the proposed District.6. The contractual assurances, if any, the Governing Body has received from such developer or developers, guaranteeing the ﬁ nancial feasibility of speciﬁ c housing tax incentive projects in the proposed District.7. A comprehensive analysis of the feasibility of providing housing tax incentives in the proposed District as provided in the Act, which shows the public beneﬁ t derived from the District will exceed the costs and that the income therefrom, together with all public and private sources of funding, will be sufﬁ cient to pay for the public improvements that may be undertaken in the District.WHEREAS, the Governing Body proposes to continue proceedings necessary to create the District, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, and adopt the Plan, by calling of a public hearing on such matters.THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ANTHONY, KANSAS AS FOLLOWS:Section 1. Proposed Reinvestment Housing Incentive District. The Governing Body hereby declares an intent to establish within the City a reinvestment housing incentive district. The District is proposed to be formed within the boundaries of the real estate legally described in Exhibit A attached hereto, and shown on the map depicting the existing parcels of land attached hereto as Exhibit B. A list of the names and addresses of the owners of record of all real estate parcels within the proposed District and the existing assessed valuation of said real estate, listing the land and improvement values separately, is attached hereto as Exhibit C.Section 2. Proposed Plan; Development Agreement. The Governing Body hereby further declares its intent to adopt the Plan in substantially the form presented to the Governing Body this date. A copy of the Plan shall be ﬁ led in the ofﬁ ce of the City Clerk and be available for public inspection during normal business hours. A description of the housing and public facilities projects that are proposed to be constructed or improved in the proposed District, and the location thereof are described in Exhibit D attached hereto. A summary of the contractual assurances by the developer and the comprehensive feasi-bility analysis is contained in Exhibit E attached hereto. Section 3. Public Hearing. Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Governing Body of the City to consider the establishment of the District and adoption of the Plan on December 19, 2023, at City Hall, in the Commission Chambers, located at 124 S. Bluff Avenue, Anthony, Kansas 67003, with the public hearing to commence at 6:00 P.M. or as soon thereafter as the Governing Body can hear the matter. At the public hearing, the Governing Body will receive public comment on such matters, and may, after the conclusion of such public hearing, consider the findings necessary for establishment of the District and adoption of the Plan, all pursuant to the Act.Section 4. Notice of Public Hearing. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to provide for notice of the public hearing by taking the following actions:1. A certiﬁ ed copy of this resolution shall be delivered to: a. The Board of County Commissioners of Harper County, Kansas; b. The Board of Education of Uniﬁ ed School District No. 361, Harper County, Kansas (Chaparral); and c. The Planning Commission of the City of Anthony, Kansas.2. This Resolution, speciﬁ cally including Exhibits A through E attached hereto, shall be published at least once in the ofﬁ cial newspaper of the City not less than one week nor more than two weeks preceding the date of the public hearing. 3. This Resolution, including Exhibits A through E attached hereto, shall be available for inspection at the ofﬁ ce of the clerk of the City at normal business hours. Members of the public are invited to review the plan and attend the public hearing on the date announced in this Resolution.Section 5. Further Action. The Mayor, City Clerk/Administrator, City ofﬁ cials and employees, including the City Attorney, and Gilmore & Bell, P.C., are hereby further authorized and directed to take such other actions as may be appropriate or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Resolution.Section 6. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect after its adoption by the Governing Body.ADOPTED by the governing body of the City of Anthony, Kansas, on November 14, 2023.(SEAL)ATTEST: Cyndra Kastens, City Clerk/Administrator Gregory Cleveland, MayorPUBLIC NOTICEEXHIBIT ALEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSEDSUNRISE 2ND ADDITIONREINVESTMENT HOUSING INCENTIVE DISTRICTAll of Sunrise 2nd Addition, to the City of Anthony; including all rights of way, easements, future public streets, detention areasThe foregoing description includes the following lots and blocks:Sunrise 2nd Addition: Lot 1, Block 1; Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Block 2; Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, Block 3; Lot 1 Block 4; and Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, Block 5EXHIBIT BMAP OF PROPOSEDSUNRISE 2ND ADDITIONREINVESTMENT HOUSING INCENTIVE DISTRICTEXHIBIT CNAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE OWNERS OF RECORDOF ALL REAL ESTATE PARCELS WITHIN THE PROPOSEDSUNRISE 2ND ADDITIONREINVESTMENT HOUSING INCENTIVE DISTRICTAND THE EXISTING ASSESSED VALUATION OF SAID REAL ESTATE PARCELS NAMESAND ADDRESSES OF THE DEVELOPERSOwner of Real Property: Address City State ZipCity of Anthony P.O. Box 504 Anthony KS 67003McDermott Wootonn FLP 436 S Jennings Anthony KS 67003NOVA II Properties, LLC 271 NW 160 Rd Harper KS 67058Christian Church of Anthony KS P.O. Box 445 Anthony KS 67003Existing Assessed Valuation of the District: $54,128EXHIBIT DDESCRIPTION OF THE HOUSING AND PUBLIC FACILITIES OR PROJECTSTHAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE CONSTRUCTED OR IMPROVED IN THE PROPOSEDSUNRISE 2ND ADDITIONREINVESTMENT HOUSING INCENTIVE DISTRICTHousing FacilitiesDevelopment and construction of 16 moderate income houses ($200,000 to $350,000),as well as development of multi-family housing structures on several lots. Public FacilitiesConstruction and installation of public street, water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer and electric utility improvements, and other necessary infrastructure to serve new homes and housing structures within the development area.EXHIBIT ESUMMARY OF THE CONTRACTUAL ASSURANCES BY THE DEVELOPER ANDOF THE COMPREHENSIVE FEASIBILITY ANALYSISContractual AssurancesNoneFeasibility StudyThe feasibility study shows that the planned development will generate approximately $1,646,279 in incremental taxes on a net present value basis over a 25-year period, which, is about 37.42% of the total cost and value of the proposed housing development in the District. The feasibility study also shows that the incremental taxes over a 25-year period would cover costs incurred to install the public infrastructure improvements to serve the District. The City has recently been awarded a grant it will be using inconnection with the housing development planned for the District.Harper Co. Dept. On Aging: We Keep You MovingBy 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. Hours of operation: 8:30am– 4:30 pm, Monday – Friday. Every Harper Co resident can ride with pub-lic transit regardless of age or mobility. Equal access is provided to the public. Although we are available to make trips M-F out of county, rides need to be scheduled 24 hours in ad-vance & the bus returns for Harper Co by 3pm. CALL 620-842-5104 for ride res-ervations & rates. 1st come, 1st served. CLOSED 12/25 & 26 for Christmas Holi-day.Out of County Transit Schedule: Mon 12/11: Wichita Tues 12/12: WichitaWed 12/13: Wichita Thurs 12/14: Out of county availableFri 12/15: Wichita All routes are subject to change without notice. • Syracuse – Hamil-ton County Food Pantry ($6,245) • Tribune – Greeley County Food Bank ($6,150) In addition to the mon-etary donations above (to-tal: $78,932), additional food items from our Great Bend School Competition (7,501 lbs.) and Cardinals Care Challenge in Con-way Springs (1,252 lbs.) were also delivered to our food banks. A handful of local businesses also made cash contributions (total-ing $3,100) directly to area food banks on behalf of our campaign, as well. Cram the Van has played a special part in CONCERN FOR COMMU-NITY, our Seventh Coop-DONATIONS Continued from Page 3erative Principle, over the past decade. As our campaign and the outpouring from our com-munities has grown bigger and better, our focus this year shifted to maximizing our impact through CASH DONATIONS, which are preferable to food items for several reasons: eliminat-ing waste, reducing storage needs, offering ﬂexibility, and allowing for the pur-chase of perishable items such as meat and cheese at local grocers and through voucher systems for food bank patrons. “Our goal was to raise $100,000, and though we didn’t quite make it, we had a lot of support from our communities this year, including local businesses,” said Alli Conine, director of member services and corpo-rate communications. “We are grateful and blessed for the generosity shown by the communities we serve. We look forward to meeting our goal when we Power the Pantry in 2024!” About Cram the Van Every fall since 2014, Wheatland Electric has hosted community gather-ings, school competitions, and other events to collect donations for local food banks across our service territory. The annual food drive is coined “Cram the Van” thanks to their sig-nature ﬂeet vehicle: a red, extended passenger van used to collect and deliver donations.In 2023 in lieu of host-ing numerous events and fundraisers, Wheatland donated $50,000 cash to the Cram the Van program through a new initiative called Power the Pantry. As part of this initiative, Wheatland partnered with community businesses, or-ganizations, and individu-als to raise matching funds. During the inaugural year, Wheatland was able to raise a collective $90,785. Over the past 10 years, and thanks to the generosity of the communities we serve, Wheatland has been able to facilitate the collection of almost 159 tons (317,693 lbs.) of food for local food banks across southwest and central Kansas. All contributions are always directed or deliv-ered to the community food bank where the donations are made or speciﬁed for. For more information, visit www.weci.net/cram-van-food-drive.* * WWW.ANTHONYREPUBLICANNEWS.COM * *

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After going to the Pi-rate’s Den, the girls enjoyed a late-late weiner roast, Cokes, recorded music and chatting in the Hughes basement were: Misses Cathy Payne, Janice Morri-son, Janie Coon, Pat Roach, Myrna Frank, Linda Wat-kins and the host, Sherri Hughes.50 YEARS AGO - 1973Seniors playing their last football game at Chap-arral High School were Chet Barber, Steve Bel-lesine, Sid Burkholder, Bob Hamilton, Tony Duran, Ed Denton, Kendal Pulliam, Kevin Brown, Danny Short, Mike Vogt and Gerald Rora-baugh.The Delta Nu chapter of ESA sorority held their pledge pinning ceremony at the First National Bank hospitality room. Those re-ceiving their pledge pins in a ceremony conducted by the president, Karen Haakinson and vice presi-dent, Debbie Catlin were Judy Silcott and Betty Carmichael. Regular mem-bers attending were Karen Haakinson, Debbie Catlin, Barbara Knaak, Opal Dros-selmeyer, Karen Brown, Priscilla Goucher, Margaret McCann and advisor, Mary Mize. Complete with staging and costumes, the Chapar-ral Singers presented their fall concert on a Thursday and Friday at Chaparral Auditorium. Participating in the show were: Carol Sheen, Chet Barber, Jayne Brown, Susan Briggs, John Meyer, Pam Doherty, Jerry Osborn, and Carl Barber .Boy Scout Troop #851 held a camp out at the Scout Cabin on Nov. 10. Boys at-tending were Mitch Starks, Doug Jensen, Joe Wilcox, Stan Peetoom, Clinton Jen-nings, Phil Stein and Den-nis Elliott. 40 YEARS GO - 1983A Candlelight Initia-tion service was conducted by Rogene McKnight for three new members into Preceptor Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. They were Kathy Baker and Myra Turner from Zi Zeta Chap-ter and Melinda Parker, a transfer from Colorado.Eldon Martin was ap-proved as the new Harper County Commissioner by Governor John Carlin. He ﬁlls the seat in District One vacated by Charles Catlin who died in October.Spencer Sechler, Antho-ny, was awarded a Minority Scholarship from Kansas State University, Manhat-ten. Sechler was a fresh-man majoring in industrial engineering.Miss Dana Grimmett, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grimmett of Harper, had been selected for competition in the 1983 “Modern Miss” State Finals held in the Ramads Inn and Tower in Topeka.30 YEARS AGO - 1993The Anthony Church of the Nazarene attended the annual Fall Children’s Tal-ent Day in Hutchinson. The choir received a red rib-bon and consisted of Bran-son Fawcett, Tiffani and Tabitha Cullop, Melinda Goodell, Joel, Cari and Erik Troyer, Kayla Poston, Val-erie and Vanesa Roberts, Joshua Slaughter, Angela Stevens, Katie Shannon and Megan Nolan.Anthony Webelo Scouts had an overnight at the Anthony Lake in October. Fourteen boys and three leaders and one guest par-ticipated in a day of ﬁshing, archery, air riﬂe, whittling, baseball, ﬁre building, two-man had wood sawing, fris-bee throwing and tent set-ting up. Those participating were: Mario Antone, Cole Beckner, Josh Coady, Jerry Coffey, Eric Daniel, Craig Hadsall, Mitchell Hall, Kevin Kaup, Trenton Lee, Will MacIntyre, Kyle Mash-burn, Randy Miller, Tyson Prouse, Bret Walker and leaders, Gerald and Joyce Kaup, Doug Beckner and guest, Daniel Kaup.20 YEARS AGO - 2003Anthony students in-cluded in the Kansas Uni-versity Honors Program were Kelly L. McKee, junior, pharmacy, School of P/G, and daughter of Richard and Toni McKee; Joseph Sanders Morgan, junior col-lege of liberal arts and SC P/G, son of Nathan and Lor-raine Morgan.Harper County Trea-surer Carmen Alldritt was offered her dream job with the State of Kansas by Governor Kathleen Sebel-ius and had been accepted. Alldritt had been Harper County Treasurer for 15 years and would become the new Kansas State Di-rector of the Division of Mo-tor Vehicles on December 1.The 2003 Cross Coun-try season for Chaparral Runners wrapped up Nov. 1 with Justin McCartney representing Chaparral at State. Justin qualiﬁed for state by placing 10th at re-gional. He placed 36th at State with a time of 17.28. 10 YEARS AGO - 2013The men’s cross country team ﬁnished third at re-gional action at Lake Afton. Roadrunners’ Roger Clark, Chandler Crain, Ryley Menhusen, Adam Capps, Weston Schroeder, Garret Berry and Bob Himelrick would represent Chaparral High School at the Kansas State meet at Rim Rock Farm near Lawrence, Kan-sas. Senior Chandler Crain led the state championship race for the ﬁrst two miles and was able to hold onto 7th place as an individual.2013 Chaparral cheer-leaders were: Cassidy Kon-kel, Brandace Albright, Kelci Moss, Meredith Olds, Lydia White, MaKayle Overton, Caroline Reed. Their coach was Kelsi Simpson.Junior High Runner cheerleaders were: Lil-lian Reed, Tyler Pollard, Madison Konkel, Sidney Dick, Gabby Yager. Hannah Moss, Amber Swonger. Ol-ivia Profﬁtt. The coach was Alyssa Cox.5 YEARS AGO - 2018The 2nd Season of the Grand Lil’ Opry held at the Anthony Theatre fea-tured a 3-part “Musical Extravaganza” with local artist performing a mix-ture of Ragtime-Instrumen-tal, Patriotic and Country Western music. The group ‘Just Ragged’ performed featuring Brad Shue, Stan Hoover, J.D. Hays and Eric Kerschen.Three ladies of the Chap-arral High School Trap-shooting team were ranked in the top 10 in the state among female shooters of the Kansas State High School Clay Target League after competition week 2. Kydrenn Hightree tied for 10th; Chole Blunk, 5th place and Gillian Struble, 3rd place.GOT NEWS???Send It To Us Atanthonyrepublican@att.net

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