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The Anthony Republican: Vol. 145 - No. 7 • The Anthony Bulletin: Vol. 125 - No. 7Established October 9, 1879: Oldest continuous business in Anthony • Wednesday, February 14, 2024To advertise your business or event in our “Hot Spot”call the Anthony Republican at 620-842-5129. KVV0265 - 2402HELP US CELEBRATE OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARYHELP US CELEBRATE WITH THESE SPECIAL OFFERINGS*:ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN:• Free Pizza for a Year• Free 8 Pc. Chicken for a Year• $20 o next visitOPENING DAY: FEBRUARY 20, 2023*Valid at Anthony location only.FEBRUARY 19• $10 Buet All DayFEBRUARY 19–25• Take 2 for $7FEBRUARY 20–25• Buy 2 Adult Buets at regular price, get the 3rd FREE• FREE Chocolate Chip Cookie with any carry out order of $20 or morePhoto By: Don HoltCHS WINTER HOMECOMING KING & QUEEN: The Chap-arral High School Winter Homecoming royalty were named at the basketball game last Friday. Pictured is King Paul Mancilla, Queen Auburn Hill, crown bearer Bennett Grum-bein and ower girl Ren Thomas.Courtesy PhotoPUBLIC TRANSIT GETS FACELIFT: Harper County Public Transportation proudly presents a new ‘Mobile Mural’ in Harper County! The transit service was awarded the accessible minivan thru a KDOT 80/20 grant in 2022 and received the vehicle in November. Director Jennifer Wolff wrote and received a grant request for the mobile mural graphic design and wrap thru Harper County Community Foundation in the Fall of 2023. Many thanks to The Arts Center Director Juliana Whisman who coordinated and partnered with this project, and to the artist Brian Geihl with www.dogshmedia.com. Pictured (L-R) Suzanne Clark & Jessica Graves (HCCF Board Members), Jennifer Wolff (HPCO Aging & GPT Director), Juliana Whisman (Arts Center Director), & Kevin Alexander (HCCF Exec. Director). Contact Public Transportation at 620-842-5104, Mon-Fri. from 8-5 pm.Abe Gerber Trent LeeAnthony Masonic Lodge Holding “Kick Cancer Saturday” FundraiserBy J.D. HaysOn Saturday, February 17th, the Anthony Masonic Lodge is holding a special fundraiser for two special young Harper County men: Abe Gerber and Trent Lee. The fundraiser is at the old Daylight Donuts at 208 W. Main in Anthony. Both have been given about the worst news anyone can get – a cancer diagnosis. Trent is a familiar face around the community and has been fighting for some time. Abe, the son of Leslie and Joel Gerber, was just given his news – an aggressive form of leukemia. He has a hard struggle ahead and just turned thirteen.Kansas Masons have dedicated countless hours, and over $35 million dollars to combat cancer in Kansas. Our relationship with the KU Cancer Center goes back over 40 years. This has culminated with the estab-lishing the Masonic Can-cer Alliance. Through this Alliance, Kansas Masons are trying to make cancer screening easier and more available to everyone. With this in mind, An-thony Lodge 200 decided to do their part in helping some local folks. Thanks to generous donations from local businesses and our friends and neighbors, vir-tually every penny raised will go to Trent and Abe. Sean McKee has gracious-ly let us use the building. Please stop by on the 17th. We serve biscuits and gravy starting at 7am, and chili starting at 11am. We hope to see you there, and help us Kick Cancer!Historic Anthony Theatre Offers Free Movie For Valentine’s WeekendBy J.K. Gregg On Saturday, February 17th, the Historic Anthony Theatre is screening the classic film Charade.This romantic comedy, released at Christmas in 1963, is considered one of the “best Hitchcock films Hitchcock never made.” Di-rected by Stanley Donen, the movie features an all-star cast, including Cary Grant, Aubrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, George Kennedy, and James Co-burn. Henry Mancini wrote the score, adding to the film’s significance in its preservation by the Nation-al Film Registry in 2022.Grant and Hepburn give a memorable performance in a thrilling game of cat-and-mouse as you follow their escapades across Par-is chasing a stolen OSS gold shipment meant for the French Resistance during World War II.The doors open at 6 p.m., and the movie starts promptly at 7 p.m. So, en-joy this classic film on the big screen with your sweet-heart. We hope to see you then!“Getting Ahead” Program To Hold Graduation For 12 ParticipantsHarper County, you are invited to attend Harper County Core Community's 5th "Getting Ahead" Gradu-ation Ceremony at Revolu-tion Fellowship on Monday, February 19th at 6:00 PM. Our organization will be honoring 12 inspiring grad-uates at this ceremony!Since launching this pro-gram in June 2020, 39 lead-ers have graduated from the program. 20 local Harp-er County residents jour-neyed out of poverty during their participation in Core Community. - For reference, we define "out of poverty" as a household income of 250% or more above federal poverty guidelines).Among all of the indi-viduals who have partici-pated in Harper County Core Community in the last 3.5 years, they have a cumu-lative increase of monthly income by $31,482.00 and a cumulative debt reduction of $238,182.00.We are so excited about the upcoming graduation and we hope you will join us to support and celebrate these leaders!County Commissioners Set Salaries For Elected OfficialsOfficial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted By HarperCounty Clerk’s OfficeJanuary 22, 2024The 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, Assistant to the Board, and Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk, were pres-ent. Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove the minutes from the 1/16/2024 Regular Meeting; the motion passed unani-mously.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve the 1/19/2024 payroll in the amount of $137,729.18; the motion passed unanimous-ly.After verifying closure of the 2023 calendar year in the Accounting soft-ware, Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove Accounts Payable for 1/8/2024 in the amount of $82,704.25; the motion passed unanimously.Commissioner Vor-nauf motioned to approve Accounts Payable for 1/16/2024 in the amount of $338,976.15; the motion passed unanimously.Commissioner Vor-nauf motioned to approve Accounts Payable for 1/22/2024 in the amount of $14,040.18; the motion passed unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove the Accounts Payable Encumbered batch from 1/22/2024 in the amount of $4,165.14; the motion passed unanimously.Mike Bennett and Bai-ley Longbine, Public Works, gave a department update. Discussed shale and gravel pits and position openings. COUNTY Continued on next page

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Page 2 the Anthony Republican • February 14, 2024GOT NEWS OR PICS YOU WANT TO SHARE? SEND IT TO US AT:anthonyrepublican@att.netThe Board signed an agree-ment with the Kansas State Secretary of Transportation for Harper County to par-ticipate in the High Risk Rural Roads Project. Dis-cussion continued related researching the purchase of diesel for Public Works utilization, and the pur-chase of pre-owned back-hoe for the Special Bridge Department, if one can be located for a purchase price between $50,000.00 and $70,000.00. Overtime will be authorized for one week, to help catch up on road grading progress. The orig-inal agreement between Bluff City and Harper COUNTY Continued from previous pageCounty regarding the city-owned building being uti-lized by Public Works was reviewed. Jan Harding, Director of EMS, gave a depart-ment update. Discussed billing for refusals, agreed not to bill when these calls are initiated by LEO or a health care facility, rather than the patient. Continu-ing to work with Patterson Health Center on handling of diversions and remaining in compliance.Josh Teel, Director of IT/Building & Grounds, gave a department update. Reviewed GIS system, and presented an Inordi-nate Spending Request for $3,381.20 for a split unit to heat and cool the Anthony EMS station. Commission-er Vornauf made a motion to approve the request, the motion passed unanimous-ly. Discussion was held about the health and main-tenance of trees located on Courthouse campus and other county-owned prop-erty, and the potential pur-chase of lot(s) adjacent to the Public Transportation parking lot. Commissioner Waldschmidt made a mo-tion to approve an Inordi-nate Spending Request for $2,000.00 for the removal and repair of two trees on the Courthouse campus. The motion passed unani-mously. Josh is working with the City of Anthony re-garding maintenance of the outdoor lights on the perim-eter of the Courthouse. Also reviewed contracts for lawn maintenance of the Harper EMS station and Harper Senior Center. Agreed to bring that responsibil-ity in-house, along with the Pioneer Cemetery and the County sign lot. Consider-ing changes to pest control contract, hiring it done for the Courthouse and Day-care, but handling the other locations in-house. Employ-ee trainings in January, February, and March are scheduled. Also discussed IT security standards, and implementing training into the new hire orientation and annual training pro-cess.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to recess for five minutes at 10:17am, the motion was approved unanimously. Commis-sioner Struble motioned to reconvene at 10:22am; the motion was approved unan-imously. Continued meeting with Josh Teel, considering a shed to store salt and other lawn maintenance equip-ment. Discussed progress on Attica daycare project. Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk, gave a Department update. Commissioner Waldschmidt motioned to pass Resolution 2024-01, setting Elected Officials’ salaries for 2024 as follows:County Commission-ers (Struble & Vornauf) $20,000; (Waldschmidt) $21,341.County Attorney - $80,000.County Clerk - $45,000.County Treasurer - $44,066.Register of Deeds - $61,862.Sheriff - $63,410.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve the request of Township #2 to appoint Mary Waldschmidt as Clerk, filling the vacant position; the motion passed unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove the presented Adds and Abates in the amount of $88,451.20; motion ap-proved unanimously.Commissioner Struble motioned to enter execu-tive session at 10:35am. The justification for clos-ing the meeting is to dis-cuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. The open meeting will resume at 10:45am in this room; ap-proved unanimously. Ami DeLacerda remained in the room. Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to extend the Executive Session for 5 minutes, approved unani-mously. The meeting re-sumed at 10:50am, no bind-ing action taken. Shonda Larson, Assis-tant to the Board, gave an update on the status of the Sandridge appeal.As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:55am. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, January 29, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner Room at the Harper County Courthouse. Approved: Darrin Stru-ble, ChairmanAttest: Ami DeLacerda, County ClerkVA Rep To Visit Harper CountyNicholas McCammon, a Veteran Service Repre-sentative for the Kansas Commission on Veterans’ Affairs, will be in Harper County one day a month to assist Veterans and their family members file claims for various veteran benefits. On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 from 1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. the Veteran Ser-vice Representative will be at the Harper County Health Department, 123 N. Jennings, Anthony, KS 67003.The Kansas Commission on Veterans’ Affairs is a State Agency that provides free assistance to veterans and their families with vet-erans’ benefits. If you are or any of family members are in need of as-sistance with veteran ben-efits, please call the Harper County Health Department at 620-842-5132 to schedule an appointment.

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the Anthony Republican • February 14, 2024 Page 3GOT NEWS OR PICSYOU WANTTO SHARE?Send It To Us Atanthonyrepublican@att.netCommissioners Approve Raise For City Administrator With 4-1 VoteOfficial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted ByCity of Anthony ClerkJanuary 16, 2024 OPENINGWelcome / Call to Order. Invocation / Pledge of Al-legiance. Roll Call - Pres-ent: Mayor Greg Cleveland, Commissioner Sherrie Eaton, Commissioner Jan Lanie, Commissioner Eric Smith, Commissioner How-ard Hatfield, City Adminis-trator Cyndra Kastens, Dep-uty City Clerk Sherri Miller, Police Chief Kenny Hodson, Shelly Hansel and Darin Neufeld, EBH.Approval of Agenda: A motion was made to approve the agenda as presented. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Eaton. Vot-ing Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Com-missioner Lanie, Commis-sioner Smith, Commissioner Hatfield.PUBLIC COMMENTNone.CONSENT AGENDA1. Approve January 2, 2024 Regular Meeting Min-utes.2. Approve January 4, 2024 Special Meeting Min-utes.3. Appropriation Or-dinance No. 3182 - $359,226.83.4. Approve 01.16.2024 Payroll - $57,738.87.5. Approve to Appoint Branson Fawcett to the An-thony Fire Department.Mayor Cleveland asked if any items should be re-moved from the consent agenda for discussion. A mo-tion was made to approve the consent agenda. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Smith, Com-missioner Hatfield.A motion was made to amend the regular agenda for Item 6 to include the ap-proval of the Cereal Malt Beverage Application for the Municipal Hall. Mo-tion made by Commissioner Eaton, Seconded by Mayor Cleveland. Voting Yea: May-or Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Smith, Com-missioner Hatfield.PUBLIC HEARINGSNone.REGULAR BUSINESS6. Request to Waive Hall Rental Fees: Shelly Hansel, representing the Anthony Chamber of Commerce was present to request to waive the hall rental fees and ap-prove the CMB Application for their Annual Banquet. A motion was made to approve the request from Anthony Chamber of Commerce to waive the annual banquet hall rental fees and approve the CMB Application. Mo-tion made by Commissioner Smith, Seconded by Com-missioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commis-sioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Hatfield7. Approve FY25 Airport CIP: Darin Neufeld present-ed the recommendations from the Anthony Airport Board for the FY25 capital projects as currently record-ed with FAA. The top three projects in priority order as: 1. T-Hangars. 2. Apron Expansion. 3. Taxiway Im-provement. A motion was made to approve the FY25 Airport CIP as presented. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Eaton. Vot-ing Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Lanie, Com-missioner Eaton, Commis-sioner Smith, Commissioner Hatfield.8 Approve AWOS & Bea-con Bid: Darin Neufeld pre-sented the results from the scheduled bid opening for the AWOS and Beacon as follows: Strukel Electric $393,095 and Atlas Elec-tric $294,106. Administra-tor Kastens informed the Commission that the project would be short $35,482 in match since the expenses have come in higher than the estimated OPC from 2 years ago when the grant was applied for. The Admin will consult with KDOT for additional funding availabil-ity. A motion was made to approve the AWOS & Bea-con Bid from Atlas Electric for $294,106.00 contingent upon KDOT approval. Mo-tion made by Mayor Cleve-land, Seconded by Commis-sioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commis-sioner Lanie, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Hatfield.9. Approve Resolution No. 1142: A Resolution De-claring The City Of Antho-ny To Be An Official Entrant In The Kansas Community Empowerment Program (Formerly Kansas Pride). Passed And Approved This 16Th Day Of January, 2024. A motion was made to ap-prove Resolution No. 1142 KCE Program (PRIDE). Mo-tion made by Commissioner Smith. Seconded by Com-missioner Hatfield. Voting Yea: Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Smith, Com-missioner Hatfield. Voting Abstaining: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton. Editor's Note: A full copy of Resolution No. 1142 can be found the City office.10. Reapprove Mask Bid: A motion was made to rescind the October 2022 approval of $9,892.75 for fire department masks and reapprove the current mask bid from Feld Fire for $9,041.50 to be paid from Municipal Equipment Fire. Motion made by Commis-sioner Smith, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Com-missioner Eaton, Commis-sioner Lanie, Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Hat-field.11. Approve Nozzle Bid for Truck #53: Bids were opened for Truck #53 Nozzle as follows: EM Fire $10,408 and Feld Fire $9,786.55. A motion was made to approve the Nozzle Bid for Truck #53 – Fire Department from Feld Fire for $9,786.55, con-tingent upon review, to be paid out of the Fire Depart-ment Fund 95. Motion made by Commissioner Eaton, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Smith, Com-missioner Hatfield.12. Health Nuisance: A CITY Continued on Page 5

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Page 4 the Anthony Republican • February 14, 2024Obituary...Bernard J. Hammersmith1934 ~ 2024Bernard J. “Bernie” Ham-mersmith was born November 18, 1934 in Hays, Kansas, son of Albert Leonard and Sophia Ma-rie (Bellinder) Hammersmith. He graduated from Hays High School with the Class of 1952. Bernie always had a calling to serve. He spent two years in the Army, spending over a year and half in Paris, France during this time, before beginning his career in law enforcement. He began as a police ofcer in Hays, Kansas which led to him becoming a Mas-ter Trooper for the Kansas High-way Patrol in 1960. He spent 36 years as a Trooper before retiring. It was well-known that if Badge K160 pulled you over you were getting a ticket whether you were a stranger, friend, or family mem-ber. After his retirement he worked for the Harper County Sheriff’s De-partment. On September 20, 1954, Ber-nie was united in marriage with Shirley Ann Goetz in Victoria, Kan-sas. This union was blessed with one daughter, Cindy. In 1970 they moved to Anthony, Kansas where Bernie was stationed with the Kansas Highway Patrol. Shirley passed away in July 1990. On November 22, 1991, Ber-nie married Helen Virginia “Ginny” Blanchat. They continued living in Anthony. The two loved to travel and enjoyed taking bus trips and cruises. Ginny passed away in February 2007. On August 27, 2007, Bernie married Betty J. (Calvert) Thomas. They also shared a love for travel. They enjoyed their timeshare in Branson, had a memorable trip to Hawaii where they stayed on the island of Oahu, and trips to San Antonio, Texas. Bernie was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, An-thony, of the St. Joan of Arc Par-ish. He was a licensed Ham Radio Operator, his call number being K0IFR. His home was always full of radios so he could communicate at any time! It was easy to identify his Ford Bronco due to all the an-tennas on it. On January 31, 2024, Bernie passed away at the Anthony Com-munity Care Center at the age of 89. He was preceded in death by Shirley and Ginny; his daughter, Cindy; son-in-law, Bret Coon; and his parents. Bernie will be deeply missed by his wife, Betty; grandchildren and great-grandchildren: Brandon Coon and wife, Andrea and son, Samuel, and Courtney Grube and husband, Mike, and daughter, Mor-gan; siblings: Bob Hammersmith and wife, Genny, and Bernadine Skinner and husband, Jan; step-children: Teresa Thomas, Sam Thomas, and Sandra Thomas; his Highway Patrol family and former colleagues; and a host of other relatives and friends. Recitation of Rosary and Mass of Christian Burial were held Sat-urday, February 10, 2024 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, An-thony, of the St. Joan of Arc Parish with Celebrant Father Babu Pinnin-ti. Dustin Sawyer served as Lector and Maycee Wasinger and Rea-gan Chastain as Mass Servers. Marc Robinson served as Cantor and Jennifer Robinson as pianist. Musical selections included “You Are Mine,” “Christ Be Our Light,” “Finest Gift of Wheat,” “Song of Farewell,” and “On Eagle’s Wings.”Memorials in memory of Ber-nie may be made to The Kansas Troopers Foundation and can be sent in care of Prairie Rose Funer-al Home, 602 E. Main St., Anthony, KS 67003. HARPER COUNTYDISTRICT COURT REPORTIndividuals listed below are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.PAID TRAFFIC CITATIONS1/13: Randy W. Keller: 1) Speeding - 78/65; $171.00. 24-TR-21.LIMITED CASE FILINGSHospital District #6 vs. Mar-celino A. Lopez, debt collection; 24-LM-10.Hospital District #6 vs. Jenise Kunter, debt collection; 24-LM-12.Hospital District #6 vs. Joshua Klick, debt collection; 24-LM-15.Prestige Financial Services Inc. vs. Jose C. Sanchez-Legorreta, other contract; 24-LM-21.CRIMINAL CASE FILINGSState of Kansas vs. William L. Foss II: 1) Domestic battery. 24-CR-10.State of Kansas vs. Justin W. Morris: 1) Interference with law enforcement. 2) Permitting a dan-gerous animal to be at large. 24-CR-12.State of Kansas vs. David C. Williams: 1) Battery. 24-CR-13.COUNTY COURT DOCKETJUDGE SCOTT E. McPHERSONMonday, February 12, 20241:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Amber D. Allen, pay or appear; 16-TR-481.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Rowdy W. Bazer, hearing, 23-CR-46; status conference, 23-CR-75.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Efren A. Cordova, bond appear-ance; 23-CR-99.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Lacha D. McDonald, status con-ference; 23-CR-300005.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Craig K. Denton, rst appear-ance; 24-CR-1.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. William N. Hamill, rst appear-ance; 24-CR-7.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Colton L. Kitchen, rst appear-ance; 24-TR-9.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Deadra A. Taylor, rst appear-ance; 24-TR-18.Thursday, February 15, 20249:00 a.m. Kyle R. Carothers vs. Chris Olson, et al., answer hear-ing; 24-LM-22.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Isaiah M. Bramwell, preliminary hearing; 23-CR-86.HARPER COUNTY JAILARRESTS & BOOKINGSThomas A. Willhite, 47: Ar-rested: 2-9-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Failure to appear.Misty D. Latta, 43: Arrested: 2-9-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Proba-tion violation.William B. Husong, 49: Arrest-ed: 2-9-24; Released: 2-11-24. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Flee or attempt to elude mo-tor vehicle accident or damaged property. 2) Duty of driver to re-port accident with an unattended vehicle/property - 1st conviction. 3) Permitting unauthorized per-son to drive.Chad M. Deffenbaugh, 35: Ar-rested: 2-10-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: APD. Charges: 1) Possession of drug parapherna-lia. 2) Pedestrian under the inu-ence of alcohol or drugs.Amanda D. Loos, 25: Arrested: 2-11-24; Released: 2-11-24. Ar-rested By: Barber Co. Sheriff’s Ofce. Charges: 1) Theft of prop-erty or services - value <$1,500.HARPER COUNTY DEEDSBOOK D108#1119 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Jimmie G. Harrison and Kathryn M. Harrison to Tracy Aleshire, a tract in the NW corner of Lot 2 in Blk. 3 of McKay and Darrough’s Addition to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1120 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Douglas A. Clouse and Mary A. Clouse to Nicholas Snod-grass and Peyton Snodgrass, the W/2 of Lot 2 and all of Lot 3 in Blk. 27 in the Original Townsite of the City of Harper, Harper County, Kansas.#1121 - Trustee Deed: Forrest K. Vornauf, Co-Trustee of the Don H. Vornauf Trust, to the Mary J. Hostetler Trust, all of Lot 1 and the E/2 of Lot 2 in Blk. 27 in the Original Townsite of the City of Harper, Harper County, Kansas.#1122 - Trustee Deed: Jeffrey W. Vornauf, Co-Trustee of the Mary J. Hostetler Trust, to Nicho-las W. Snodgrass and Peyton N. Snodgrass, all of Lot 1 and the E/2 of Lot 2 in Blk. 27 in the Origi-nal Townsite of the City of Harper, Harper County, Kansas.#1123 - Warranty Deed: Dana M. McLain and Norman L. McLain to the Norman L. and Dana M. McLain Family Trust, the S/2 of Lot 4, all of Lots 5 and 6 in Blk. 97 (aka 506 E. Avenue B) in the City of Attica, Harper County, Kansas.

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the Anthony Republican • February 14, 2024 Page 5(First Published in The Anthony Republican, Wednesday, January 31, 2024) 3t IN THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICTDISTRICT COURT, HARPER COUNTY, KANSASIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ) PHILLIP BRADLEY RICKER, deceased. ) CASE NO. HP-2024-PR-1Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59NOTICE TO CREDITORSTHE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notifi ed that on January 24, 2024, a Petition for Is-suance of Letters of Administration was fi led in this Court by Elizabeth Ricker, surviving adult daughter of the Decedent, requesting that Let-ters of Administration be issued to her, without bond. You are required to fi le your written defenses to the petition on or before February 22, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. in the District Court of Harper County, Anthony, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to fi le your written defenses, judgment and de-cree will be entered in due course upon the petition. All creditors of the decedent are notifi ed to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four (4) months from the date of fi rst publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascer-tainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred. Elizabeth Ricker, PetitionerMANDI J. STEPHENSON, #24694Attorney for PetitionerSTEPHENSON LAW OFFICE LLC620-532-5156 mandi@stephensonkslaw.com(First Published in The Anthony Republican, Wednesday, January 31, 2024) 3t IN THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICTIN THE DISTRICT COURT OF HARPER COUNTY, KANSASIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ) ) Case No. HP-2024-PR-2PHILLIP E. RICKER SR., DECEASED. )NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORSTHE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notifi ed that on January 24, 2024, a petition was fi led in this Court by Georgia R. Ricker, an heir, devisee and legatee, and executor named in the “Last Will and Testament of Phillip E. Ricker Sr.,” deceased, dated October 22, 2021, requesting the will fi led with the petition be admitted to probate and record; petitioner be appointed as executor, without bond; and petitioner be granted Letters Testamen-tary. You are required to fi le your written defenses to the petition on or before February 22, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., in the District Court, Antho-ny, Harper County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to fi le your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition. All creditors are notifi ed to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of fi rst publication of no-tice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall forever be barred. Georgia R. Ricker, PetitionerMANDI J. STEPHENSON, #24694Attorney for PetitionerStephenson Law Offi ce LLC(620)532-5156mandi@stephensonkslaw.comLEGAL NOTICELEGAL NOTICEmotion was made to approve the findings of fact and is-sue the order for a health nuisance at 113 S. Jeffer-son, Pester. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Com-missioner Smith, Commis-sioner Hatfield.13. Health Nuisance: A motion was made to approve the findings of fact and is-sue the order for a health nuisance at 202 S. Jeffer-CITY Continued from Page 3son, Dory. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Eaton. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Com-missioner Smith, Commis-sioner Hatfield.14. Vehicle Nuisance: A motion was made to approve the findings of fact and is-sue the order for a vehicle nuisance at 113 S. Jeffer-son, Pester. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Com-missioner Smith, Commis-sioner Hatfield.STAFF REPORTS15. Administrator Re-port: Administrator re-ported on Short Staffing, Annual Employee Evalua-tions, Lake Board Meeting, Airport, BASE Grant, Win-ter Gas/Electric Pricing, Rural Champion 2nd Round Grant, KOMA Training and CHS Interns.16. Police Report: We in-vestigated a burglary and theft in the 100 block of S. Jefferson, someone broke into a house and stole sev-eral items. We investigated an aggravated assault case in the 100 block of N. LL&G and turned the case over to the C.A. For possible charg-es. We arrested Daniel Ward on a warrant for aggravated assault in reference to the above case. We investigat-ed a rape and aggravated sodomy case of a 5-year old female victim. Christian Randleman of Kingman was arrested for rape and aggra-vated sodomy in reference to the above case. We took a criminal damage to prop-erty report in the 100 block of S. Springfield, someone damaged the victims car.EXECUTIVE SESSION 17. Executive Session: At 6:45 p.m. Mayor Cleveland made a motion to go into Executive Session for twen-ty minutes until 7:05 p.m. to Discuss Annual Evalua-tion Pursuant to “Personnel Matters of NonElected Per-sonnel, K.S.A. 75-4319 (b) (1).” Commissioner Smith seconded the motion. Mo-tion carried 5-0. The Com-mission chambers were cleared with the Commis-sioners and Administrator remaining present.At 7:05 p.m., Mayor Cleveland made a motion to extend the executive ses-sion five minutes until 7:10 p.m. Commissioner Lanie seconded the motion. Mo-tion carried 5-0.At 7:10 p.m., Mayor Cleveland made a motion to extend the executive ses-sion five minutes until 7:15 p.m. Commissioner Smith seconded the motion. Mo-tion carried 5-0.At 7:15 p.m. Mayor Cleveland called the regu-lar meeting back to order. Mayor Cleveland made a motion to give the City Administrator a merit raise of 2%. Commissioner Smith seconded the motion. Mo-tion carried 4-1 with Com-missioner Hatfield voting no.ADJOURNMENTA motion was made to adjourn the meeting. Mo-tion made by Mayor Cleve-land, Seconded by Commis-sioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Com-missioner Eaton, Commis-sioner Lanie, Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Hat-field.Gregory Cleveland, MayorCyndra Kastens, City Clerk/AdministratorDept. On Aging: Monthly Well-Being Initiative Begins 2/20By Jennifer WolffJust one of the things I love about living in Harper County is the opportunity to partner with like minded organizations committed to making & keeping Harper County livable. Last year I met with the Health Foun-dation Director Kathy Zim-merman, KSU Extension Agent Jenni Carr & Patter-son Outreach Coordinator Sheri Francis about creat-ing a new “lunch & learn” type community outreach program. We are so excited to announce these monthly programs will begin Tues-day Feb 20th 11:30 in Pat-terson’s meeting room right next to the cafeteria. We will be discussing topics important to the commu-nity including moving more, healthy eating & the role social connections make in our longevity. On the 20th, learn nine healthy lifestyle habits to help you live lon-ger & with more purpose. We are calling these month-ly programs “Tuesdays To-gether” & you can count on lively presentations & dis-cussions every 3rd Tuesday of the month. No sign up re-quired. Just bring a friend, a lunch or visit the Patter-son Café if you choose. See you there!The 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. Al-though we are available to make trips M-F out of coun-ty, rides need to be sched-uled 24 hours in advance & the bus returns for Harper Co by 3pm. CALL 620-842-AGING Continued on Page 7

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Page 6 the Anthony Republican • February 14, 2024PUBLIC NOTICE320 ACRES - HOME320 ACRES - HOMEKrazy Quilters February MeetingBy LeAnn HodsonThe Krazy Quilters Quilt Guild met on February 3 for their monthly meeting. As the members prepare to work with their vin-tage items for this year's theme, Grandma's Attic Rescue, discussion on how to prepare the pieces was discussed. Jean Lyman delivered a very informa-tive talk about how to get the precious articles ready. She shared several ways to clean and prepare any vin-tage pieces that may need attention. LeAnn Hodson then showed how quilters years ago used newspaper, muslin and other fabrics for their foundation piecing. The group will show their first block or item at the March meeting which is to include vintage lace.60 YEARS AGO - 1964Baskets of red gladi-oli and two seven branch candlelabra entwined with greenery formed the setting for the exchange of wedding vows at the Hopewell Unit-ed Presbyterian Church in Beloit for Barbara Al-ice Farr of Beloit and Gary George Harmon of Anthony.Dick Cantrell gave a par-ty for a group of his school friends at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Les-lie Cantrell. Guests were: Misses Shirley Brown, Lin-da Brack, Sherrie Cather-wood, Susan Spicer, Darlene Lavatta, Kaye Lynn Powell, Ruby Betty, Corene Archu-letta, and Kedzie Patter-son, and Doug Vannaman of Kiowa; Charles Jefferies, Bill Hillman,Tom Reid, Les-lie Simpson, Burton Smith, John Poindexter, Joe Carter Whitney, Carl Martin and Tony Hoffman.50 YEARS AGO - 1974The 41-19 score didn’t show how close the wres-tling match was that Chap-arral had at Andale. The scoreboard showed the Roadrunners with a slim 23-19 lead before Andale had to forfeit the last three matches. Chaparral wres-tlers included: Kurt High, Jon Meyer, Mike Gardner, Joe Zimmerman, Terry Rorabaugh, Mike Kane, Jeff Wedman, Danny Moore, Si-mon Fall, Carl Barker, John Meyer and Noland Ward.Garret’s Western Auto held a two week grand opening sale. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Garrett re-opened the store in October last year.The Anthony Pastry Shop at 209 East Main opened on February 1 under the management of Pat Du-rant. Various pastries were for sale and birthday cakes would be made to order.40 YEARS AGO - 1984The Chaparral debate squad was only one win at regionals from advancing to the Class 4A state de-bate tournament. Attending from Chaparral were: Trish Wescoat, David Innes, Lau-ra Legg and Kevin Potts. Al-ternates were Lori Ingram, Shayla Bonham and Rich-ard Harmon.Ralph and Carol Ar-net of Waldron, Kansas announced the birth of a daughter, Jaclyn Marie, born on January 10, 1984 at the Wesley Medical Cen-ter in Wichita. The young miss weighed 9 lbs. 3 oz. and measured 20-3/4 inches long.30 YEARS AGO - 1994Kimberely Edmondson of Junior Scout Troop No. 217 and Vanessa Roberts of Brownie Troop No. 233, presented Anthony Mayor LaRue Christy with the tra-ditional first boxes of Girl Scout cookies.Butler County Commu-nity College officials had announced the President’s, Dean’s and Honorable Men-tion honor rolls for the 1993 fall semester. Honor roll students from Anthony in-cluded: Brandon Bellesine, President’s roll; Robert Ad-ams and Aaron Rishell, both on the Dean’s Honor Roll. 20 YEARS AGO - 2004The undefeated Road-runner varsity girls’ team remained so after knocking off Conway Springs 46-24. Scoring for the Roadrun-ners were: Lacie Ward with four, Lanie Ward with 10, Jessica Giesen with one, Leslie Giesen with nine, Heather Ardery with 11 and Bekah Jones with 11.The junior varsity girls’ basketball team took on Conway Springs winning the contest 35-19. Scoring for the Roadrunners were: Rachel Dunn with two, Ash-ley Podschun with eight, Stephanie Blevins with four, Jessica Giesen with five, Kassi Kerschen with eight, Danielle Fields with two, Megan Hodson with two and Rachel Blevins with four. J.C. Zahradnik, a first year football team member at Butler Community Col-lege, played on the special team and at defensive end. He is the son of Joy and Gary Seemann and Jay Dee Zahradnik.10 YEARS AGO - 2014Kirk Williams and Mi-chelle Madsen announced the birth of their son, Kirk-land Rigg Williams. His first name is in honor of his great-great-great grandpa Bush. His middle name (picked by his Grandma Carrie) was brought to mind with the families work in the oil field. Kirk-land was born on December 22 at 12:52 a.m. at Wesley Birthcare Center. He tipped the scales at 6 lbs. 3 oz. and was 18-1/2 inches long. The USD 361 board po-sition that was currently open on the east side of the district, had two applicants, Jan Misak and Dusty Pfaff.5 YEARS AGO - 2019Harper County Attorney Richard Raleigh presented Judge James R. Biles with a certificate during his re-tirement reception held at the Harper County Court-house. Biles was the judge for the 30th Judical District composed of Barber, Harper, Kingman, Pratt and Sum-ner counties. The NAPA Auto Parts franchises in both Anthony and Harper had been pur-chased by A&A Auto Sup-ply of Harper. According to A&A owner/operator Kevin Albright, the inventory of the NAPA store in Harper would be consolidated with A&A, which would become a NAPA franchise. It had been a successful Bumper to Bumper franchise for many years under the own-ership of Kevin and Vickie Albright and Dennis and Marilyn Albright. The An-thony store would remain a NAPA franchise and contin-ue operation at its present location on North LL&G.GOT NEWS YOU WANT TO SHARE?Email us at: anthonyrepublican@att.net

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Page 8 the Anthony Republican • February 14, 2024Courtesy PhotoCHS KEY CLUB MAKES DONATION: Chaparral Key Club President, Innslee Albright presents a check to Jason Wolff, Harper County Health Foundation Board member. Each year the Key Club supports the Health Foundation’s Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library project, providing free books for children ages 0-5 in Harper County.Discussing Huge Demand ForTechnicians In AgricultureBy Carol Jean MartinRecent Spotlight on Ca-reers speaker, Troy Leith, from PrairieLand Partners, urged students at Attica and Chaparral High Schools to consider being part of the right solution to the future of crop production. It is predicted that the world’s population will reach 9 billion in 2050. With the increased population comes a massive need to build urban infrastructure. There will be an increase in precision agriculture. This will bring with it the accu-rate placement of crops and improvement in the crop potential. From this comes the requirement of reliable equipment needs to meet the operational and pro-ductive equipment to raise crops. Prairie Land Partners, which sells John Deere equipment in 15 locations in Kansas and 17 locations in Iowa and Kansas, has as their purpose, to be leaders in agriculture in rural Amer-ica. The company has four guiding principles which in-clude; integrity (do the right thing), servant leadership (we before me), courageous innovation (find a way), and performance (committed to shared success. Leith showed slides of the 9RX640 HP tractor, an AX91100 combine, a “see and spray” weed sprayer. Among other slides he showed a Troy Leithlarge drone that can be used in the agriculture for moni-toring crops and equipment.A 9RX640 HP trac-tor can cost $978,000. An X91100Combine with a 50 foot header has 36 computers that help run the machine efficiently. The combine costs around $1,279,000. These two examples of track run machines have among other features; active steer-ing command, numerous hydraulic options, as well as visibility mirrors, shades, and lights for a variety of terrains and times of usage.The spray system termed “see and spray” has a 120 foot boom. It has an Artifi-cial Intelligence that knows the difference between a weed and the crop. The sprayer has 36 cameras and 11 computer processors that power 1500 lap tops. In a 2000 square foot area it can identify the weeds accu-rately. The time of spray is immediate upon recognition of the weed. John Deere has made 50 of these machines. Three are in service in Iowa and 4 in Kansas. Three hun-dred hours of training are required to drive one of the “see and spray” units. The machine is precise. It is trustworthy as well. Studies support the fact that there is 70% less chemical required when using “see and spray”. These results give a farmer a more nutritious crop and the farmer uses less herbi-cide and insecticideThe company still has employees that can as-sist the farmer with early models of 1980s and 1990s John Deere equipment. The farmer or mechanic that can make a repair on a piece of machinery is still needed for some models of equipment.When looking forward to the future of raising crops PrairieLand has seen an in-creased need of training reli-able technicians who rely on technology to do more than turn a wrench. John Deere Technicians are the ones who trouble shoot, service, repair, and rebuild equip-ment. Of the 1,000 employ-ees of the company 450 are technicians that make the repairs. However, as companies adapt in the technological driven equipment, Prairi-eLand is leading the way with the John Deere TECH Program. Their courageous innovation of the TECH Pro-gram is open to high school students. Freshman and sophomore students are eli-gible for the program. The interested students were encouraged to visit Prairi-eLand Partners in Anthony, Kansas for further informa-tion.Leith shared that the technician can earn $21 to $25 an hour and be able to earn an efficiency bonus. A technician would also be able to move into other cit-ies or states and be able to work at other John Deere facilities. At any level the company is committed to shared suc-cess of each other and their customers who are feeding the world.The company offers a bet-ter earning potential than their competitors and end-less opportunities for career advancement. Their goal is for their employees to cre-ate a legendary career here, learning and advancing in areas they are passionate about: sales, service, parts, technology, and manage-ment roles. Future agriculture will use sophisticated technolo-gies such as robots, tem-perature and moisture sen-sors, aerial images, and GPS technology. These advance devices and precision agri-culture and robotics systems will allow farms to be more profitable, efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly. Agriculture is an essential industry and John Deere is an integral part of it. People can trust John Deere brand and it will be around for years to come.In closing Leith stated, “ Farmers take better care of the land than anyone.” Coach Jody IamsCoach Iams Inducted IntoSequoyah Hall Of FameCoach Jody Iams was part of the inaugural class of the Sequoyah Athletic Hall of Fame that that was inducted Friday, Febru-ary 9, 2024 in Claremore, Oklahoma. Jody Iams was Sequoyah Head Football Coach from 1999 to 2016.Coach Iams has an ex-tensive background in both football and Track and Field. He served as an As-sistant football coach at Sequoyah for four years be-fore being promoted to head coach in 1999. During his 17 year tenure as head foot-ball coach, he led the team to a record of 120-74, with an impressive 15 playoff appearances. The Eagles won District Champion-ships in 2001, 2005, and 2006. While also attaining Quarter-Finals 2007 and 2012, State Semi-Finals in 2001, 2005, and 2009, State Runner-Up in 2008, and ul-timately clinching the State Championship in 2006.His accomplishments as a coach have been rec-ognized by several awards, including the Region 3 Coach of the year in 2001, 2005 and 2006, Tulsa World Coach of the Year in 2006, and All-State East head coach in 2002.Coach Iams has been teaching and coaching at Chaparral High School since 2016.From the August 10, 2016 issue of the An-thony Republican: Iams comes to Harper County from our neighbor to the south, originally from the small town of Apache, he received his degree from Oklahoma Panhandle State University before going on to spend the next 26 years teaching. Iams spent five years at Newcastle High School in Newcastle, OK and 21 years at Claremore Sequoyah High School in Claremore, OK where he spent 17 years as the head football coach. Iams says daily interaction with stu-dents is his favorite part of teaching and that he works to create an “atmosphere that encourages students to have a life-long love of learning.” Iams said. CHS BASKETBALL - CASSIDY MISAKPhoto By: Don HoltPhoto By: Don HoltCHS WRESTLING - CPL LEAGUE MEETKEATON BOLLMAN - 1st PLACE - 132 lbs.Photo By: Don HoltPhoto By: Don HoltCHS WRESTLING - CPL LEAGUE MEETPAKE GREEN - 1st PLACE - 150 lbs.Photo By: Don HoltPhoto By: Don HoltCHS WRESTLING - CPL LEAGUE MEETJOSEF PLANANSKY - 1st PLACE - 157 lbs.Photo By: Don HoltPhoto By: Don HoltCHS WRESTLING - CPL LEAGUE MEETPAYTON HALEY - 1st PLACE - 126 lbs.Photo By: Don HoltPhoto By: Don Holt