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Courtesy PhotoCONSERVATION BOARD MEMBERS: Pictured (L-R) is the Harper County Conservation Board - Bruce Miller, Daniel Zimmerman, Matt Wetherill, Jason Wolff and Caleb Brown.The Anthony Republican: Vol. 145 - No. 9 • The Anthony Bulletin: Vol. 125 - No. 9Established October 9, 1879: Oldest continuous business in Anthony • Wednesday, February 28, 2024To advertise your business or event in our “Hot Spot”call the Anthony Republican at 620-842-5129. Submitted ByRobin Struble,District ManagerOn Monday, February 19, 2024 the Harper County Conservation District held their 79th Annual Meet-ing reviewing the 2023 cal-endar year with approxi-mately 100 attendees. The brisket and BBQ meatball meal catered by Fence Post and provided by the Harp-er County banks, Bank of Commerce, Kanza, Bank of the Plains, and Dream First Bank was blessed by FFA member Emily Graves.The business meeting was called to order after the meal and Harper Boy Scout Troop 853 held the Flag Cer-emony and lead the Pledge of Allegiance. Conservation Board Vice-Chairperson, Daniel Zimmerman, wel-comed everyone and point-79th Annual Soil Conservation Meeting:Banker Awards Recipients Announced,Included Performance From Magicianed out the special guest from the Harper County banks, Commissioner’s Of-ﬁce, NRCS, FSA, and K-State Extension. Brandon O’Riley the NRCS District Conserva-tionist presented numbers for NRCS programs and contracts beneﬁting Harper County. He emphasized that the agency can provide technical services to land-owners even if they are not involved in a NRCS con-tract.The minutes from the previous year’s meeting and the 2023 unaudited treasurer report were ap-proved. Matt Wetherill then announced the nomi-nees up for election to ﬁll the two open spots on the board. Daniel Zimmerman (incumbent), Dylan Harsh-barger, and Caleb Brown. He asked if there were any nominations from the ﬂoor. As none were voiced the election proceeded with Harper Boy Scouts circulat-ing to pick up the ballots. The program moved on to the awards part of the evening. The poster contest winners were very excited to receive their trophies and show off their award-winning posters to their families. There were three conservation award projects chosen by the bankers this year. Richard Skinner for wildlife, Edwin and Glen-nis Latta Family for their windbreak, and Jim and Rhonda Kelly for the grass-land award. Curt Clark, this year’s Key Banker, pre-sented the awards as Jeni Photo By: Juliana Whisman/The Arts CenterREHEARSAL FOR ‘ONCE UPON A MATTRESS’: Actors rehearse a scene in full cos-tume, preparing for the upcoming performances of ‘Once Upon a Mattress’. Pictured left to right: Timmy Adams, Abigail Reeves, Rian Bradley, Zach McDermott, and Piper Gilbo (Brogan Hostetler and Kassidee Hedlund look on in the background).Courtesy PhotoMAGICIAN ENTERTAINS: Bootstrap Bill and Rainbow Star perform magic tricks for the crowd during the Harper County Conservation District’s annual meeting.By Hannah AlldrittThey’ve saved pup-pies from Cruella DeVille, shown us the bear neces-sities of life, and taken us on a magic carpet ride — now join the cast and crew of The Arts Center’s latest student-production as they share the story of ‘the Prin-cess and the Pea’ as you’ve never seen it before. This weekend’s “Once Upon a Mattress: Youth Edition” is "Once Upon A Mattress" Takes The Stage This Weekend At The Anthony Theatrea musical-spin on a classic tale; join Prince Dauntless the Drab, played by Chap-arral Senior Timmy Adams, as he attempts to outwit his overbearing mother and her devious wizard to ﬁnd true love.Queen Aggravain, played by Chaparral Junior April Atkins, has decreed that no one in her kingdom shall marry until her son, Prince Dauntless does, but she is not going to make it easy! “There was deﬁ-nitely a lot more prepara-tion involved in this show,” says Atkins, “With Disney shows, they’re commonly known, but with a show like this, you’ve probably never heard the melody, let alone the parts! It was dif-ferent, but I enjoyed it just Anthony, Kansas (Feb. 23, 2024) - The Kansas Ma-sonic Foundation, a non-proﬁt organization dedi-cated to beneﬁtting Kansas communities, has part-nered with Anthony Lodge No. 200 to donate $8,000 to individuals affected by can-cer in Harper County. Founded in 1881, An-thony Lodge No. 200 is a Anthony Lodge No. 200 Donates $8,000 To Cancer Patients In Harper CountyKansas Masonic lodge dedi-cated to Freemasonry, the oldest surviving fraternal organization in the world. The lodge has 23 members and supports various com-munity organizations, in-cluding providing monetary awards to local teachers, paraprofessionals, and stu-dents, working with the lo-cal PRIDE program to per-form community clean-ups, and sending local students to the Masonic All-State Marching Band Camp."Each of us has been af-fected by cancer in one way or another, and we want to help with some expenses not covered by insurance, SOIL Continued on Page 3DONATION Continued on next pageSTAGE Continued on next page

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Page 2 the Anthony Republican • February 28, 2024such as fuel, lodging, and travel expenses,” said An-thony Lodge No. 200 Secre-tary John Hays.Continuing with their support of the local com-munity, the Brothers at An-thony Lodge No. 200 have teamed up with the Kansas Masonic Foundation to do-nate $8,000 to community members diagnosed with cancer. There are two fami-lies in the community cur-rently in need of support: one family with a 13-year-old (Abe Gerber) requiring assistance with leukemia treatments and another re-quiring out-of-county travel as much, if not more.” CHS sophomore Isaac Whisman, who plays Sir Harry, points out another difference between this production and the Disney Junior shows, “I think the audience can expect a great performance,” he says, “The story is more ﬂushed out than ‘Aladdin’ and since it has a longer run time [one hour], it doesn’t feel so rushed.”The plot thickens when Prince Dauntless gains some help along the way- Sir Harry, who wants to marry Lady Larken, played by CJHS 8th grader Eliza-beth Ricker, has set out to ﬁnd a princess that is up to the challenge of pass-ing the Queen’s sensitivity test. The lady he chooses is Princess Winnifred the Woebegone, played by Abi-gail Reeves. “Princess Win-nifred is my favorite char-acter,” says Adams, “She has such a relaxed vibe.” Atkins agrees, “Deﬁnitely Princess Winnifred. She can be shy at ﬁrst, but I love the quirky attitude she has, and how she knows who she is deep down.”The songs are what el-evate “Once Upon a Mat-tress” from a fairytale to a hilarious, heartfelt experi-ence. Harper sixth-grader, Brooklyn Harger, who plays a lady-in-waiting, says her favorite song is “Happily Ever After.” Atkins says this song will make you want to sing along and belt it out. “I will always be backstage dancing to this song!” she laughs. Lyle Bauer, HES sixth-grader who plays the Wizard, says his favorite songs are “all the ones I get to sing in!” Erin Bundy, DONATION Continued from previous pageSTAGE Continued from previous pagefor treatments and appoint-ments (Trenton Lee). Both families have had to take signiﬁcant time off work for treatments and have faced costly, unexpected expenses associated with such travel and treatment. Both dona-tions will be provided to the families in the coming weeks, and a formal dona-tion announcement will be made in the Anthony Re-publican.About the Kansas Ma-sonic Foundation: As the philanthropic arm of Kan-sas Masons, the Kansas Ma-sonic Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonproﬁt organization dedicated to beneﬁting Kan-sas communities and sup-porting fellow Masons and their families. Since its in-ception, the foundation has invested more than $50 mil-lion in Kansas communities and individuals through funding academic, scientiﬁc, and charitable endeavors. For additional information about the Kansas Masonic Foundation and to get in-volved, please visit https://kansasmasonic.foundation/AES music instructor, was instrumental in bringing the songs to life as Music Director.Along with Bundy, “Once Upon a Mattress” produc-tion team includes Produc-er Juliana Whisman, Direc-tor Alison White, Assistant Director Ami DeLacerda, and Stage Manager Andi Penwell.The show will premiere at the Historic Anthony Theatre on Friday, March 1 at 7:00 p.m. with a second performance on Saturday, also at 7:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the box ofﬁce the day of the perfor-mance or by visiting the ticketing website at https://our.show/the-arts-center-inc/onceuponamattress. Tickets are $8 for adults aged 13 and over, $6 for stu-dents 12 and under, and $3 for ages 0-3. Will the cast of “Once Upon a Mattress” get their happily ever after? Or will Queen Aggravain and her stack of mattresses tri-umph? We will see you on the stage to ﬁnd out!Wildlife Habitat WorkshopHarper County Conser-vation District is looking forward to presenting their second annual Wildlife Habitat Workshop. Plan-ning to keep these meet-ings fresh, each year we will have a different area of wildlife focus. Last year upland bird habitat was featured and attendees en-joyed all the information provided. Deer habitat is this year’s focus. Manage-ment, nutrition and disease being discussed among oth-er related topics. Keith Murrow a Wild-life Biologist with Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks provides an educa-tional and informational meeting along with speak-ers from Kansas Forrest Service and Natural Re-source Conservation Ser-vice. Join us to see a taxi-dermy display from local artist Mike Struble, and test your deer antler knowl-edge in our Rack Scoring Contest for fabulous prizes. On Wednesday March 27th please plan to join us at the Harper County Con-servation District Ofﬁce at 819 W Fanning Drive in Anthony. Seating is limit-ed to the ﬁrst 50 responses. Supper will be provided by the Harper County Banks. Call 620-842-2224 or stop in the Conservation Ofﬁce to reserve your seat today.

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the Anthony Republican • February 28, 2024 Page 3Carr, K-State Extension Ag and Natural Resource Agent talked about the win-ning projects. Congratula-tion to all our winners. Matt Wetherill returned to the meeting reporting that the ballots had been counted and Daniel Zim-merman and Caleb Brown had been elected to serve a three-year term. The board handed out several door prizes includ-ing tickets to Botanica and Sedgwick County ZOO and a free week’s rental of the Conservation Districts 6-way grader blade, a $850 value, as an additional SOIL Continued from Page 1drawing. The business part of the meeting was adjourned and the feature presentation of Rainbow Star Productions, award winning Bootstrap Bill and Rainbow Star, took to the stage. Their magic amazed and entertained both kids and adults alike. The show had audience members jumping out of their seats to volunteer to assist and see the magic up-close. the ﬁnal trick had Magician Bootstrap Bill retrieving a playing card, signed by Chris Hoskinson, NRCS, from the center of a card deck placed into a spring-loaded foot trap. Ace of Clubs with Chris’s signa-ture. WOW!Conservation Funding Available To Harper County LandownersThings to know about the Upcoming Year of FundingIf you have conserva-tion work to be completed on your property, now is the time to contact your local conservation district ofﬁce to discuss resource con-cerns, available programs and apply for funding. Ap-plication deadline for ﬁrst round of consideration is April 15.Landowners across Harper County who wish to implement conservation practices on their land to address soil health, water quality and quantity, wild-life habitat and other natu-ral resource concerns should contact Harper County Con-servation District to inquire about applications for FY 2025 funding, which begins in July 2024. Kansas Con-servation Districts are the local source for conserva-tion funding through the State Water Plan and all 105 counties in Kansas will receive allocation of funds on July 1, 2024, through this program. The funds are available for use on more than 40 conservation practices. In 2023 the Kansas De-partment of Agriculture – Division of Conservation completed an overhaul of the state cost share pro-gram and implemented a statewide practice list and new payment rate sched-ule, doing away with the old county average cost pay-ments for more uniform pro-gram implementation state-wide. During the program updates, Harper County also adjusted landowner payment limits, to as high as $5,000 making the newly renovated program much more appealing.Approved conservation practices designed to ad-dress water quality and soil erosion control under the statewide program include: • cover crops• brush management • nutrient management • pasture/hayland planting• fence• herbaceous weed control • riparian buffers and lter strips• livestock water supply tanks• irrigation, micro irriga-tion and sprinkler systems• onsite wastewater system repairs and • abandoned water well plugging• terraces• underground outlet• grassed waterways• diversions Please keep in mind there are speciﬁc criteria that may be required for eligibility on some prac-tices. Funds cannot be uti-lized to pay for work already completed. A contract must be signed before any work begins. Applications are ranked using criteria (de-veloped by the local board of supervisors) that identify the highest areas of concern in the district. No work can start before July 1, 2024, and the contract must be signed and on ﬁle in the dis-trict ofﬁce.Landowners with po-tential projects are encour-aged to ﬁll in State Cost Share application or contact their local conservation of-ﬁce or NRCS personnel to discuss their resource con-cerns. Farm operators can contact the ofﬁce and dis-cuss applications. Conserva-tion District and NRCS will work together with land-owners to ﬁnd the program, state or federal, to best ﬁt the producer's needs and implementation schedule.City Of Anthony’s Mandatory Survey Due March 15thHarper County, KS – The City of Anthony is asking customers to assist in its effort to protect custom-ers from lead exposure by completing a Lead Service Line Inventory (LSLI) sur-vey. This survey has been sent to customers twice already, either in monthly mailed utility billings or via emailed utility billings. The City of Anthony is required by the KDHE and EPA to produce a response to the LSLI survey for every meter on the City’s service. If customers are unable to complete this survey, City employees and representa-tives will be going door to door to inspect service lines for each address served. We are asking customers to complete this survey on their own to help reduce time and costs associated with this large task. Customers may complete a paper survey available at the City of Anthony ofﬁce or from their March monthly utility billing. They may also complete a survey elec-tronically by visiting: https://forms.gle/nLvAY-AdEKkwLLFjc8 or by scan-ning this QR code:Should citizens need as-sistance to complete their LSLI survey, please contact the City of Anthony ofﬁce at: 620-842-5434. The City of Anthony ex-presses their gratitude to the public in assisting to complete this project by March 15, 2024.GOT NEWS OR PICSTO SHARE?Send It To Us Atanthonyrepublican@att.net

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Page 6 the Anthony Republican • February 28, 2024CongratulationsConservationAward Winners!In 1993 Jim and Rhonda Kelly purchased their ﬁrst piece of agricultural prop-erty. Now, they have accu-mulated over 2000 acres with 4 operators taking care of their land. About half of these acres are cropland, which is primar-ily no-tilled with a rotation of wheat, milo, soybeans, cover crops and crabgrass. 2023 Grassland Award: Jim & Rhonda KellyJim and Rhonda currently live on 160 acres in north-ern Harper County. This is where they are partnered in a cow-calf operation across crop ground, native grass-land and expired CRP. They have done an incredible job improving the rangelands and improving the quality of soil they have invested in. In 2010, Jim and Rhonda began converting expired CRP into rangeland for grazing. They fenced over 400 acres of expired CRP with intentions of grazing, built 3 ponds,restructured 2 and prepared 4 wells. With the help of their grandchil-dren, they have spent many hours clearing brush and trees from pastures to im-prove the quality of grass for cattle to graze. One tract, near Duquoin, was primarily in tillable acreage. In 2011 they began planting it back to a native grass blend (Big Bluestem, Little Bluestem, Indian-grass, Sideoats Grama, and Buffalograss) through the EQUIP program. They also cross fenced and put a water well in the center of the quarter section to help manage the grass prop-erly. This allowed them to graze the acreage while helping establish the grass stand. Now that the grass is established and full ro-tation methods have been implemented, it has made it simple to shift grazing densities and allow them to hay portions of the grass in years of excessive growth or when hay is sparse. In the spring of 2023, Jim and Rhonda and their cattle partner Justin, im-plemented a crabgrass program on marginal farm ground with the purpose of rotational grazing and hay-ing. They seeded 256 acres of crabgrass on their mar-ginal tillable acres. With the growing season that 2023 provided us, they were able to hay roughly 160 acres and graze the remain-ing acres. Instead of tak-ing a second cutting, they chose to let the crabgrass grow through the fall and graze the stockpiled grass through the winter. The next step is to build soil fer-tility and increase grazing during winter months by implementing cover crops to the crabgrass acres. The property around their house is uniquely set up so that cattle can be rotated in four paddocks. Three of the four paddocks are a crab-grass/cover crop rotation with permanent ﬁve wire fence around each paddock for easy rotation. As of today, Jim and Rhonda have fenced a to-tal of 1120 acres of com-bined pasture, and crop-land. Nearly 10 miles of 5 wire fence! They both enjoy being a part of the cattle operation and are always willing to further educate themselves on ways to im-prove soil quality and range management. If you ask Jim, he will only tell you he’s “just an old junk dealer that doesn’t know much” but it is obvi-ous that is not the case! He and Rhonda have done an excellent job of improving their land and are truly in-vested in leaving it better for the next generation. Join me in showing our appreci-ation for Jim and Rhonda Kelly and their dedication to conservation in Harper County.2023 Windbreak Award:Edwin & Glennis Latta FarmA windbreak or shel-terbelt, as they are some-times referred, is a vege-tive planting usually made up of one or more rows of trees or shrubs planted in such a manner as to provide shelter from the wind and to protect soil from erosion. They are commonly planted around the edges of ﬁelds and farmsteads. If designed properly, windbreaks around a home can reduce the cost of heating and cool-ing and save energy. Wind-breaks are also planted to help keep snow from drifting onto roadways or yards. Farmers some-times use windbreaks to keep snow drifts on farm-land that will provide water for crops when the snow melts in the spring. Other beneﬁts include contributing to a microcli-mate around crops (with slightly less drying and chilling at night), provid-ing habitat for wildlife, and, in some regions, provid-ing wood if the trees are harvested. Another use for a windbreak is to be established around calving pastures and feed lots to provide shelter for livestock from cold northerly winds during the winter. Such is the case for the Edwin and Glennis Latta Farm north-west of Harper. The Latta Farm, estab-lished by the late Edwin and Glennis Latta, has had a windbreak on the north end of the farmstead to protect the livestock and a planting located on the north side of the farmhouse for over 70 years, according to daughter, Rebeca Schul-tz. In May of 2012, an EF3 tornado made a path from Crystal Springs, northeast through the country side and unfortunately made a mess of both windbreaks on the farm. Rebecca had heard of USDA programs that could possibly aid with re-establishing the wind-breaks and asked her mom to check into it. So, in the fall of 2013, Glennis paid a visit to the Natural Re-sources Conservation Ser-vice (NRCS) ofﬁce and ﬁlled out an application for the Environmental Quality In-centive Program (EQIP) to renovate the windbreaks. The funded contract in-cluded items to clean up the old and damaged trees, prep the site and plant new trees, and install weed fabric to control competition from invading vegetation. In the end, site cleanup totaled 1.1 acres. The new windbreaks consisted of 4 rows totaling 143 new trees in two dif-ferent locations, which in-cluded Eastern Red Cedar and Arborvitae and 1500 feet of weed control fabric was installed. At her own expense, Glennis also in-stalled a drip irrigation sys-tem to provide water for the new seedlings to improve the survival rate. The proj-ect was completed in May of 2015. The Conservation District was the source for the weed fabric and the drip irrigation parts and supplies. The NRCS ofﬁce provided the technical as-sistance and layout of the planting in coordination the Kansas Forest Service. Rebeca Schultz accepted this award in memory of her parents Edwin and Glennis Latta. Congratulations.GOT NEWS OR PICTURES YOU WANT TO SHARE? ANTHONYREPUBLICAN@ATT.NETVISIT OUR WEBSITE!ANTHONYREPUBLICANNEWS.COM

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the Anthony Republican • February 28, 2024 Page 72023 Wildlife Award: Richard SkinnerRichard Skinner be-gan leasing the 786-acre property including part of Wildcat Lake in 2006. He loved it so much that, given the opportunity to pur-chase the farm in 2010, he jumped at the chance. He took what was a wheat/su-dan farm and slowly began converting it into a wild-life habitat sanctuary for upland birds, waterfowl, and deer all while the farm maintained a sustainable grass production operation.With the help of an NRCS EQIP contract, he has planted 30 acres of ter-races to native grass, 120 acres into alfalfa, 15 acres in Bermuda, and applies cover crops to all. The farm has 156 acres maintained in no till crop rotation that also serves as annual food plots and pollinator habi-tat. His goals moving for-ward are to use prescribed burning to maintain the habitat, plant plumb thick-ets and incorporate more pollinator habitat to en-hance the quail and pheas-ant populations.Richard has established a beautiful nature retreat to share with his family and friends, along with youth hunters by participating in the annual Harper County Youth Deer Hunt.We would like to con-gratulate Richard Skin-ner for his hard work and dedication to produce a rich, natural environment for our wildlife to ﬂourish, here in Harper County.Soil conservation is the prevention of soil from ero-sion or reduced fertility caused by overuse, acidiﬁ-cation, salinization or other chemical soil contamina-tion.Slash-and-burn and oth-er unsustainable methods of subsistence farming are practiced in some lesser de-veloped areas. A sequel to the deforestation is typical-ly large scale erosion, loss of soil nutrients and some-times total desertiﬁcation.Farmers have practiced soil conservation for millen-nia. Conservation practices fall in multiple categories: Contour plowing, Terrac-ing or terrace farming, Keyline design, Perimeter runoff control, Windbreaks, Cover crops/crop rotation, Soil-conservation farming, Salinity management, Soil organisms, Mineralization. Code 330 deﬁnes standard methods recommended by the US Natural Resources Conservation Service.For some crops, no-till-age acreage nearly doubled from 2000 to 2015. For soy-beans, for example, it rose to 30 million acres in 2012 from 16.5 million acres in 1996. Use of cover crops was rising in acreage about 30 percent a year, according to surveys, though the total remains small. What Is Soil Conservation?2023 Harper Co. Conservation Wildlife Award Winner Richard SkinnerCOLOR PRINTING SIGNS • BANNERSLD’S PRINTING 620-842-5129

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Page 8 the Anthony Republican • February 28, 2024HARPER COUNTYDISTRICT COURT RE-PORTIndividuals listed below are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.PAID TRAFFIC CITATIONS11/17: Che A. Maestas: 1) Speeding - 87/65; $231.00. 23-TR-341.12/5: Brenton A. Washausen: 1) Speeding - 83/65; $201.00. 23-TR-345.1/1: Jollie E. Bugais: 1) Speed-ing - 77/65; $165.00. 24-TR-10.1/27: Steven T. Cummins: 1) Speeding - 80/65; $183.00. 24-TR-31.1/30: Talon T. Phipps: 1) Speed-ing - 90/65; $258.00. 24-TR-35.LIMITED CASE FILINGSHospital District #6 vs. Jerod E. Bebermeyer, debt collection; 24-LM-13.Hospital District #6 vs. Shane E. Taylor; debt collection; 24-LM-16.LVNV Funding LLC vs. Jerry Jonee; debt collection; 24-LM-19.CRIMINAL CASE FILINGSState of Kansas vs. Daniel Ward: 1) Aggravated assault - use of a deadly weapon. 24-CR-6.COUNTY COURT DOCKETJUDGE SCOTT E. McPHERSONMonday, February 26, 20241:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Lloyd M. Duvall, status confer-ence; 23-CR-111.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Nathan M. Duvall, status confer-ence; 23-CR-300007.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. James P. Sowter, status confer-ence; 23-TR-302.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. William L. Foss II, status confer-ence; 24-CR-10.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Robert J. Black, rst appearance; 24-TR-24.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Randy D. Gould, rt appearance; 24-TR-26.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Rana J. McGrew, rst appear-ance; 24-TR-28.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Jessica L. Brown, status confer-ence; 23-CR-85.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Kai T. Kannenberg, status confer-ence; 23-CR-300020.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Christina L. Logan, hearing; 23-CR-10.Tuesday, February 27, 20241:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Xavier A. Salas, hearing; 17-TR-342.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Tammy J. Fye, motion; 21-CR-112, 23-CR-93.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Misty D. Latta, status conference; 21-TR-147.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Justin W. Morris, status confer-ence; 21-TR-310.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Nehemiah Jenkins, status confer-ence; 23-CR-19.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Nicholas J. Arnett, status confer-ence; 23-CR-90.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Becca D. Sowter, status confer-ence; 23-CR-109.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Kelsey A. Lear, status conference; 23-CR-300002, 23-CR-300015.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Aletha R. Gilchrist, status confer-ence; 23-CR-300006.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. John J. Mills, status conference; 23-CR-300010.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Jose S. Isla-Guzman, status con-ference; 23-CR-300013.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Leroy S. Degner, status confer-ence; 23-CR-300017.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Aa’ryn N. Thompson Crowley, status conference; 23-TR-105.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Nathan C. Owens, sentencing; 23-TR-179.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Robert A. Lambert, status confer-ence; 24-CR-2, 24-CR-3.Thursday, February 22, 20249:00 a.m. In the Matter of Hayden E. Domnick, annual ac-counting/report; 10-PR-3.9:00 a.m. In the Matter of the Estate of Robert L. Baker, nal settlement; 22-PR-26.9:00 a.m. Kyle R. Carothers vs. Chris Olson, et al., hearing; 24-LM-22.10:00 a.m. Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Amy Rhodes, status confer-ence; 23-LM-23.HARPER COUNTY JAILARRESTS & BOOKINGSChristopher Y. Domon, 38: Ar-rested: 2-20-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Probation violation.Keith A. Jones, 60: Arrested: 2-23-24; Released: 2-25-24. Ar-rested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) 48 hour quick dip.Wynn S. Anderson, 44: Ar-rested: 2-24-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Assault of law enforcement of-cer. 2) Domestic battery. 3) Crimi-nal damage to property.HARPER COUNTY DEEDSBOOK D108#1139 - Statutory Warranty Deed: The Board of Trustees of United Methodist Church of Attica and Attica Methodist Church and Attica United Methodist Church to Patricia C. Davis, Trustee of the Patricia C. Davis Trust, Lots 2-5 in Blk. 41 in the City of Attica, Harper County, Kansas.#1140 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Dwan S. Welty and Linda Welty to the Mark R. and Debra K. Welty Living Trust, an undi-vided 1/2 interest in the NE/4 of Sect. 7, Twp. 31 S, Range 8 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1141 - Executor’s Deed: Joan D. Brink, Executor of the Estate of John P. Grother, to Leiker Farms LLC, the E/2 and the NW/4, less road right of way, Sect. 10, Twp. 31 S, Range 8 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1142 - General Warranty Deed: Paul A. Thompson and Barbara F. Thompson to the Sec-retary of Transportation of the State of Kansas, a 1.21 acre tract in the NW/4 of Sect. 9, Twp. 32 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M., less .98 acres of right of way, in Harper County, Kansas.Harper Co. Dept. On Aging: Red Cross Provides Smoke Detectors By Jennifer WolffA home ﬁre can strike anywhere, anytime – dev-asting families. On average, more lives are lost in the US to home ﬁres every year than to all other major di-sasters combined. Just one working smoke alarm can reduce the risk of dying in a home ﬁre by half, yet about 25% of homes lack even one working alarm. Working together in communities across the state, the Red Cross is forming coalitions to mobilize resources & vol-unteers to stamp out need-less ﬁre deaths & property loss. If your business, place of worship, non-proﬁt or civic organization is inter-ested in working with the Red Cross to install smoke detectors in homes within Harper County, please con-tact Jennifer at the Aging Ofﬁce 620-842-5104. In the meantime, we have limited installation appointments available for households who need a smoke detec-tor & proper installation. Installation will be on a Friday & the home owner must be available to let the Red Cross volunteer installer inside. (these are NOT CO2 detectors) Call the Harper Co Aging Ofﬁce for more information.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 620-842-5104 for ride reservations & rates. 1st come, 1st served. Out of County Transit Schedule: Mon 3/4: WichitaTues 3/5: WichitaWed 3/6: Wichita Thurs 3/7: Wellington WalmartFri 3/8: Wichita All routes are subject to change without notice. County Anticipates Over 90 Properties At Next Tax SaleOfﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted By HarperCounty Clerk’s OfﬁceFebruary 5, 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 Struble motioned to enter execu-tive session at 8:32am. The justiﬁcation for clos-ing the meeting is to dis-cuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. Ami DeLacerda remained in the room. The open meeting will resume at 8:42am in this room; approved unani-mously. The meeting re-sumed at 8:42am, no bind-ing action taken. Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove accounts payable for 2/5/2024 in the amount of $27,979.96; approved unan-imously.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve an ac-counts payable encumbered batch for 2/5/2024 in the amount of $5,414.88.Commissioner Wald-schmidt made a motion to approve the minutes from the 1/29/2024 Regular meeting; the motion passed unanimously.Mike Bennett and Janet Slankard, Public Works, gave a department update. Discussed progress on road maintenance, and roads in need of attention through-out the county. The depart-ment will begin providing regular project updates to the Board. Waste Connections pre-sented quarterly inspection and tonnage payments in the amounts of $245,645.18 & $417,744.83, respectively.Commissioner Struble motioned to enter execu-tive session at 9:02am. The justiﬁcation for clos-ing the meeting is to dis-cuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. The open meeting will resume at 9:08am in this room; ap-proved unanimously. Mike Bennett and Ami DeLac-erda remained in the meet-ing. The meeting resumed at 9:08 am, no binding COUNTY Continued on Page 10

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the Anthony Republican • February 28, 2024 Page 9Harper CountyRural Water District #4ANNUAL MEETINGMonday, March 4, 2024@ 7:00 p.m.Freeport Presbyterian Church620-842-5129 • 121 E. Main, Anthonywww.anthonyrepublicannews.comEmail: anthonyrepublican@att.netANTHONYREPUBLICANCommunities with a local newspaper are smarter, stronger and closer. eir citizens are connected to one another, and invested in what happens around them.e local paper is also one of the only places you can nd timely news on what’s happening right where you live. at’s why 152 million Americans read local newspapers each week.County Requests To Purchase Available Lots From CityOfﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted ByCity of Anthony ClerkFebruary 6, 2024OPENINGWelcome / Call to Or-der. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call - Present:Mayor Greg Cleve-land, Commissioner Sherrie Eaton, Commissioner Jan Lanie, Commissioner Eric Smith, Commissioner How-ard Hatﬁeld, City Adminis-trator Cyndra Kastens, Su-perintendent Randy Moore, Police Chief Kenny Hodson, Deputy City Clerk Sherri Miller, Grant Sechler, Brick Prickett, Jerry Turner,, Au-tumn Kloefkorn, Bryan Hil-geman, Devan Merriﬁeld, Josh Teel, Emily Kohler, Justin & Gena Ricker, Shei-la Adams, Kathryn Duran, Jeff Vornauf, Ami DeLac-erda, Rebecca Tarnow and Don Atha.Approval of Agenda: A motion was made to ap-prove the agenda as pre-sented. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Com-missioner Smith, Commis-sioner Hatﬁeld.PUBLIC COMMENTNone.CONSENT AGENDA1. Approve January 16, 2024 Regular Meeting Min-utes.2. Appropriation Or-dinance No. 3183 - $391,391.99.3. Approve 01.30.2024 Payroll - $60,241.78.4. Approve Recommen-dation to appoint Sami Francis to the Recreation Commission to ﬁll the unex-pired term of Jessica Brad-ley until 2026.5. Approve Purchase of Auger for Vulcan Press at Sewer Plant from Ray Lind-sey - $7,266.00.6. Approve to Bid Out Repair Work for High Ser-vice Pump #1 (East Pump).7. Bank of the Plains Res-olution COD 5000004134 - Trail Grant Fund for $300,000 - Reinvestment of COD 135566 - $471,455.11.Mayor Cleveland asked if any items should be re-moved from the consent agenda for discussion. Hearing none, a motion was made to approve the consent agenda. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Com-missioner Smith, Commis-sioner Hatﬁeld.PUBLIC HEARINGSNone.REGULAR BUSINESS8. Request to Waive Mu-nicipal Hall Rental Fees: Bryan Hilgemann, repre-senting Higher Grounds was present to request to waive the municipal hall rental fees for the March 30, 2024 Steak Dinner/Auction. A motion was made to ap-prove the request to waive the municipal hall rental fees. Motion made by Com-missioner Eaton, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Com-missioner Smith, Commis-sioner Hatﬁeld.9. Harper County Core Communities: Devan Mer-riﬁeld, representing Harper County Core Communities was present to request a do-nation of $1500 for the Core Program for their annual budget. After discussion, a motion was made to ap-prove the request from Core for a $1500 donation. Funds to be paid from the General Fund. Motion made by Com-missioner Smith, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Smith, Com-missioner Hatﬁeld. Voting Nay: Commissioner Eaton10. Request to Insert Boy Scout Food Drive Fly-er in Utility Bills: Justin Ricker, representing the Boy Scouts was present to request permission to put a ﬂyer in the utility bills for the Annual Boy Scout Food Drive. A motion was made to give permission to the Boy Scouts to put a ﬂyer promoting the Annual Boy Scout Food Drive in the util-ity bills at the end of March. Motion made by Commis-sioner Hatﬁeld, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Com-missioner Smith, Commis-sioner Hatﬁeld.11. Request from County to Purchase Available :ots: Commissioner Vornauf and Josh Teel, representing Harper County discussed the possible purchase of the city owned lots in Block 23 (211 N Anthony) with the Commission. 12. Metal Art in Right of Way: There was a lengthy discussion regarding the metal art in the right of way on Main Street. May-or Cleveland reviewed the city code prohibiting struc-tures in the right of way on this portion of Main. The Commission gave direction again to remove the art from the right of way and encouraged the effort for the art to develop alternate options for location. The Commission also conﬁrmed that the Administrator is waiting for liability insur-ance information from the Insurance Agent.13. Anthony Recreation Annual Plan: Recreation Director Emily Kohler pre-sented the Anthony Recre-ation Annual Plan for 2024.14. Bid Opening for MAG Meter: There were no bids received for the MAG Me-ter. The Administrator was given direction to resubmit the bid request. 15. 2024 Health Insur-ance Renewal: Administra-tor Kastens reviewed the results of the 2024 Health Insurance Renewal. After review, direction was given to stay with the current Level Funded BCBS plan with a 40% renewal rate.16. 2024 CMB Licens-ing: Administrator Kas-tens presented the 2024 CMB license renewals that were returned from ABC and informed the Commis-sion that compliance with future renewals will require a change to the city’s cur-rent code in order to prop-erly verify property owner-ship/rentals to meet ABC application requirements. 17. KDOT AWOS & Bea-con Project Funding: Ad-ministrator Kastens pre-sented options to cover the $35,482.40 funding short-age for the AWOS & Bea-con KDOT grant. After re-view, the Commission gave direction to have the city electric department run power to the site and the cost of materials estimated at $20,574+ to be paid from airport capital. 18. Annual CRS Renewal and Annual Progress Re-port of Hazard Mitigation Plan Approval: A motion was made to approve the Annual CRS Renewal and Annual Progress Report of Hazard Mitigation Plan. Motion made by Commis-sioner Eaton, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Vot-ing Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Com-missioner Lanie, Commis-sioner Smith, Commission-er Hatﬁeld19. Approve 2023 Trans-fer List: A motion was made to approve the 2023 Trans-fer List as presented.Motion made by Com-missioner Lanie, Seconded by Commissioner Eaton. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Com-missioner Smith, Commis-sioner Hatﬁeld20. Banner Update: Administrator Kastens presented one additional banner design option from Banner Savers for a varia-tion to the main spring/summer banner. No addi-tional designs were select-ed. Direction was given to stay with the original de-sign and print all banners the same. 21. Approve January 2024 Court Report: A mo-tion was made to approve the January 2024 court re-port. Motion made by Com-missioner Lanie, Seconded by Commissioner Hatﬁeld. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Com-missioner Smith, Commis-sioner Hatﬁeld22. Health Nuisance: A motion was made to ap-prove the ﬁndings of fact and issue the order for a health nuisance at 526 S Lincoln - Smith 2024. Mo-tion made by Mayor Cleve-land, Seconded by Commis-sioner Hatﬁeld. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Com-missioner Eaton, Commis-sioner Lanie, Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Hat-ﬁeld.STAFF REPORTS23. Administrator Re-port: Administrator re-ported on Stafﬁng, Anthony Baseball Fields, Lake Board Survey, BASE Grant, Solar Update, Mural Grant and Permit, COR Communities, KDHE Cybersecurity, Lake Boat Ramp, End of Year Fi-nancials/Audit, Health In-surance Renewal, Lead Ser-vice Line Inventory Update, Airport, Municipal Hall and Banners.24. Superintendent Re-port: The Superintendent reported on the Main Street Sculpture, working in the main ofﬁce and other de-partment activities.25. Chief of Police Re-port: We arrested Rana Mc-Crew for having no D.L., no insurance and illegal reg-istration. We investigated a case of I.D. theft. We in-vestigated a domestic dis-turbance in the 500 block of S. Kansas and arrested William L. Foss for domes-tic battery. We served some Health/vehicle notices. We wrote 20 warning citations and 4 citations.EXECUTIVE SESSIONNone.26. Executive Session: At 8:40 p.m. Mayor Cleve-land made a motion to go into Executive Session for ﬁfteen minutes until 8:55 p.m. to Discuss Staff-ing Pursuant to “Person-nel Matters of NonElected Personnel, K.S.A. 75-4319 (b) (1).” Commissioner Hat-ﬁeld seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0. The Commission chambers were cleared with the Commis-sioners and Administrator remaining present.At 8:55 p.m., Mayor Cleveland made a motion to extend the executive-ses-sion ten minutes until 9:05 p.m. Commissioner Lanie seconded the motion. Mo-tion carried 5-0.At 9:05 p.m., Mayor Cleveland made a motion to extend the executive ses-sion ten minutes until 9:15 p.m. Commissioner Smith seconded the motion. Mo-tion carried 5-0.At 9:15 p.m. Mayor Cleveland called the regu-lar meeting back to order. No binding action was tak-en.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/Administrator

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Page 10 the Anthony Republican • February 28, 2024Obituary...Mary Jane Drew1946 ~ 2024Mary Jane Drew was born Feb-ruary 2, 1946 in Anthony, Kansas, daughter of Edward O. and Alberta V. (Johnson) Zuber. She grew up in Anthony, graduating from An-thony High School with the Class of 1964. She leaves behind her 3 chil-dren: Melissia Janette Ruark, Melody Jean Terry, and Charles Edward Drew; 6 grandchildren: Christopher Terry, Jessica Ruark, Michael (Kylie) Terry, Jasmine Ru-ark, Mathew (Hannah) Terry, and Marcus Terry; 14 great-grandchil-dren; and son-in-law, Billy Terry. Her brothers, James Vincent (Gretchen) Zuber and Edward Jer-emiah Zuber will always miss her. Mary Jane loved talking and visiting with people. She was al-ways loving and caring and didn’t like to hear anyone cuss. Her 4 grandsons spent most of their younger years with her since she lived with her youngest daughter. Mary Jane left this world to be in her heavenly home with her lov-ing Lord and Savior on February 18, 2024 at the age of 78. She was preceded in death by her parents and 3 infant brothers, Tommy Lee, John Edward, and David Jeremiah. Graveside service was 10:00 a.m. Friday, February 23, 2024 at Spring Grove Cemetery, west of Anthony, with Pastor Kent Olds ofciating. Musical selections “Amazing Grace” by Elvis Presley and “Seven Spanish Angels” by Willie Nelson were played. Casket bearers were Mathew Terry, Chris-topher Terry, Billy Terry, Marcus Terry, Michael Terry, Kayden Terry, and JJ Shelton. Memorials may be made to the Mary Drew Memorial Fund and can be sent in care of Prairie Rose Fu-neral Home, 602 E. Main St., An-thony, KS 67003.Obituary...Bonnie J. Hughbanks1935 ~ 2024Bonnie JoAnn Hutchison Hugh-banks was born October 16, 1935, the youngest daughter of Chester and Thelma (Warren) Hutchison in Weld County, Colorado.She grew up on a farm post-De-pression, listening to WWII updates on the radio in a bustling family of 8 children involved with school, church and community activities in the Dover and Carr, CO area. Bonnie graduated from Nunn High School in 1952. Her love of hors-es led her to work at White Horse Ranch in Nebraska and Perry Man-seld near Steamboat Springs, CO.While working at Bear Trap Ranch and attending Colorado A&M (Colorado State University), she met Galen, who had brought out a group of college students for a retreat while attending Kansas State University. Galen accepted a job with the Boulder School District (CO) and continued to court Bon-nie. They married on July 19, 1958 after she graduated with her Bach-elor’s Degree.By the fall of 1962 they were settled into their home place lo-cated along Bluff Creek, southwest of Anthony. Galen was teaching, coaching and farming while Bon-nie was a farm wife, mother and horse enthusiast. Her children fondly recall summer afternoons at the creek, riding horses, summers attending Vacation Bible School which Bonnie led at Hazelton, Cor-win, Attica, and Hopewell; long hot days at the harvest elds, Corwin Area Extension Homemakers Club (EHU), 25 years of leadership in Spring Robins 4-H Club, school and sports activities, frequent trips to the Anthony Library, family trips to CO and exploring the US, visits of cousins, aunts & uncles, family, friends and missionaries.Throughout their lives Bonnie and Galen treasured relationships made through attending church where they enjoyed like-minded people.Bonnie worked as a medical transcriptionist.Her family is grateful she fought to rebound from a stroke, allowing her 21 additional years to watch her grandchildren grow and allowing all family to enjoy.Bonnie was preceded by her husband, parents, brothers Wayne Hutchison, Donald Hutchison (Mary), Glenn Hutchison (Sonja); sisters Doris Morrison (Keith), La-Verne Schroeder (Dean), and Jean Chadwick (Chron, surviving).She will be missed by her broth-er Larry Hutchison (Margaret) of Kimball, NE; children Scott Hugh-banks of Anthony, KS, Linda Kroupa (William) of Lincolnville, KS, Janell Pollom (Russell) of Spring Hill, KS, and Kyle Hughbanks (Trina) of Alva, OK; grandchildren Clark Kroupa, Raleigh Kroupa, Jessica Pollom, Ridge Hughbanks (Adri-enne), Sabrina Hughbanks, Sam Pollom, Savannah Hughbanks, and Wyatt Pollom; and great-grandson Thomas Hughbanks.Graveside service will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 2, 2024 at Forest Park Cemetery in Antho-ny with Pastor Ken Davidson ofci-ating. Friends may sign the regis-ter at the service or online at www.prairierosefuneralhomes.com.In lieu of owers, memorials in memory of Bonnie may be made to the Hopewell Presbyterian Church, Anthony Senior Citizens, or Harper County 4-H, and can be sent in care of Prairie Rose Funeral Home, 602 E. Main St., Anthony, KS 67003.action taken. Melinda McCurley and Cynthia Hekel, County Treasurer met with the Board regarding the next tax sale, anticipated to in-clude 91 properties. Com-missioner Waldschmidt motioned to approve Reso-lution 2024-02, authorizing the sale of unredeemed real estate after tax sale. The motion was approved unan-imously. Shonda Larson, Finance Director, met with the Board and presented updat-ed signature cards for bank accounts, necessary due to stafﬁng changes. An inor-dinate spending request was submitted for the Ap-praiser’s Ofﬁce for annual mailings. The Board tabled the request, asking that the Department Head be pres-ent. Multiple correcting transfers were presented and approved, along with statutory annual transfers.Sheriff Tracy Chance gave an update on new regulations related to the encryption of radio com-munications related to Law Enforcement activity. Also discussed landowners us-ing personal equipment on dirt roads, and potential re-percussions. Brooke Mantey, Coun-ty Appraiser, entered the meeting and presented an inordinate spending re-quest to the Board for annu-al mailings in the amount of $4,680.81. Commission-er Waldschmidt made a mo-tion to approve the request, it passed unanimously. Also discussed requesting an extension to ﬁle CVN’s.Josh Teel, Building and Ground/IT Department Head, gave a department update. He presented an inordinate spending re-quest in the amount of $1,500.00 for termite treat-ment at the Attica daycare location. Commissioner Vornauf made a motion to approve the request; the motion passed unanimous-ly. Discussed repairs to building for termite dam-age, and dirt work to help mitigate water damage for that building. Commission-er Waldschmidt made a mo-tion to amend the approved bid package to include ter-mite repairs; the motion was approved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned for a 5-minute recess at 9:55am; the motion passed unani-mously. The meeting re-sumed at 10:00am. Bids for the Dispatch Center relocation insula-tion project were opened at 10:00am. Commissioner Waldschmidt motioned to accept the bid from MKJ Enterprises in the amount of $14,850.00; the motion passed unanimously. The Board also discussed one or more of them attending the 2/6/2024 City of Anthony City Council meeting to dis-cuss the potential purchase of lot(s) East of the court-house. Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk gave a department update. Discussed pay-ment to ServPro for re-maining amount of invoice for health department re-pairs after water damage last summer. The Board approved an additional payment in the amount of $3,666.19, completing this invoice. Commissioner Struble motioned to enter execu-tive session at 10:12am. The justiﬁcation for clos-ing the meeting is to dis-cuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. The open meeting will resume at 10:25am in this room; approved unanimously. The meeting resumed at COUNTY Continued from Page 8Martha Vail KSDARCelebrate Valentine’sBy Phyllis WiersigChapter ReporterMartha Vail KSDAR celebrated Valentine’s at the Anthony Public Li-brary where ﬁfteen of the members gathered to learn about keeping your heart and lungs healthy with Janet Pinkerton, RN, Cardiopulmonary Rehab Specialist at Patterson Health Center. Janet gave the members pamphlets on Peripheral Artery Dis-ease and Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation. She dis-cussed the various therapy programs provided by the Patterson Health Center highlighting the beneﬁts of each. She stressed the im-portance of a healthy diet and demonstrated easy at home “chair” exercises that everyone could beneﬁt. Participants were treat-ed to a beautifully laid table of a mixed fruit dish, crois-sant sandwiches, cheese-cake, cookies, and punch provided by hostesses Judy Bane and Joy Gideon.The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 to preserve the memory and spirit of those who contributed to secur-ing American indepen-dence. For more than 130 years, the DAR has strived to bring awareness to the honorable sacriﬁces and enduring legacy of all pa-triots who fought for Amer-ica’s freedom. Through the DAR Genealogical Re-search System (www.dar.org/GRS), the public can access a free database of in-formation amassed by the DAR about these patriots. DAR is a nonproﬁt, nonpo-litical women’s service or-ganization with more than 185,000 members in ap-proximately 3,000 chapters worldwide. Any woman 18 years or older, regardless of race, religion, or eth-nic background, who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution is eligible for membership. DAR mem-bers passionately carry out the timeless mission of pro-moting historic preserva-tion, education and patrio-tism. To learn more about the work of today’s DAR, visit www.dar.org.If you would like more information about this topic, please call at Deniese Fawcett at 620-842-2528 or email denfaw44@yahoo.comJanet Pinkerton, RN10:25am, no binding action taken. Commissioner Vor-nauf motioned to approve 2/2/2024 payroll in the amount of $141,527.68; motion passed, approved unanimously.Sheriff Tracy Chance en-tered the meeting, to pres-ent information clarifying the new requirements for privacy over the radio re-lated to law enforcement activities. As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:40am. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, Febru-ary 12, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner Room at the Harper County Court-house. Approved: Darrin Stru-ble, ChairmanAttest: Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk

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Page 12 the Anthony Republican • February 28, 202460 YEARS AGO - 1964 Candidates for the 1964 Anthony High School Homecoming Basketball Queen were: junior, Vickie Warner; senior, Janie Coon, senior, Janet Duffy; and sophomore, Sue Ann Stark. Poster winners in the seventh and eighth grade division for the Harper County Soil Conservation contest were: Richard McK-ee, Douglas Haltom, Mike Linn, JoEllen Denton, Jim Bergman, Billie Hamill and Dennis Francis. Fifth and sixth grade winners in the poster division were: Mar-tha Shelite, Pamela Wad-ley, Christine Hull, Diana Bruey, Regina Hoopes, Bob-bie Oliver, Greg Bauer and Debbie Hunt.Essay winners in the seventh and eighth grade division in the contest were: Ila Zimmerman, Harold Waldschmidt, Ralph Daniel, Jana Warren, Billy Foster, Dal Hunt and Nancy Bruey. Fifth and sixth grade win-ners were: Orville Zimmer-man, Diane Bruey, Jackie Lovland, Lucinda Yoder, Pam Powell, Cheryl Boll-man, Lisa Helsby, Elizabeth Wilcox and Mike Heiser.50 YEARS AGO - 1974Doug Jensen was in charge of ﬂag ceremonies at the Troop #851 meeting with the following boys at-tending: Jimmy Seipel, Nor-man Tucker, Mike Struble, Joe Wilcox, Charles Scott, Billy Helmes, Clinton Jen-nings. Richard Cooper, Brad Cooper, Mike Elliott, Doug Jensen, Greg Bayless and leaders, Bob Jackson and Wilbur Graves.Replacing Wayne Gur-ley as Vo-Ag. instructor at Chaparral High school was Robert Dills. Mr. Dills came to Chaparral from Maysville, Okla. After graduating from Oklahoma State University, he went on to Kansas State for his mas-ters degree in Vocational Education. For the previous nine years he was the Vo-Ag instructor at Lebanon.Candidates for Spring Homecoming Queen at Chaparral were: Susan Briggs, Lynn Rhodes, Vicky Smith, Marcy McKee, Lau-ra Mitchell and Debbie Ne-tahla. Netahla, a junior and daughter of Frank Netahla, Bluff City was crowned Queen.40 YEARS GO - 1984On January 25, Jeff Al-len celebrated his birthday by taking treats to share with his classmates at school. Brian Waldschmidt, Matthew Goertz, Matt Es-linger, Teddy McDermott, Curt Miller and Taylor Cox went home with Jeff to play before going to the Pizza Hut for a birthday party.Wakita High School Quiz Bowl team won ﬁrst place in the annual High School Bowl Contest held on the campus of Northern Okla-homa College at Tonkawa. Team members were Rich-ard Frech, Carl Meuser, John Wright, Matt McNeil and Darin Riley. 30 YEARS AGO - 1994Cori Elliott, Ofﬁce Assis-tant II in the Anthony Ofﬁce for the Kansas Department of Transportation, accepted employment as a Supervi-sor with the Kansas State Fair Board in Hutchinson.Martha Alldritt, a senior at Chaparral High School was in the middle of her sec-ond straight year of weight lifting.Aaron J. Rishel, son of Marty and Sherry Rishell, Anthony, was honored for his completion of the Boy Scout Eagle Scout Award in ceremonies at the Anthony United Methodist Church. 20 YEARS AGO - 2004Deanna Stevens, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Howie of Harper, was the new postmistress at Harper. She was the ﬁrst postmaster to had actually lived in the Harper Com-munity for many years.Chaparral students per-forming with the Central Plains League honor choir at Cheney High School were: Lacy Ann Kitzmann, Hilary Shirk, Kinzie Kiser, Allison Forsyth, Cori Beck-ner, Janea Reber, Hayley Miller, Kevin Arnett, Ross Downing, Colin Younce and Nathan Sturchio.Chaparral band mem-bers named to the League Band were: Elva Hall, Jen-nifer Muhlbaier, Tim Gill, Kade Pulliam and Bryce Smith.10 YEARS AGO - 2014Harper County Spelling Bee winners were: Eliza-beth Francis, Anthony, ﬁrst place; Dominic Perkins, Harper, second place; and Madison Konkel, Anthony, third place.Three new ﬁreﬁghters were appointed to the An-thony Fire Department. New were Jason Wolff, Mi-chael (Spanky) Eslinger and the third happened to be Amber Kummer-Horbelt, the ﬁrst female ﬁreﬁghter in Anthony Fire Depart-ment’s 100 plus years of service.5 YEARS AGO - 2019Chaparral Winter Home-coming queen candidates were: J’Lynne Stolsworth, Kadie Haydock, Daisy Turner and Nautica Smith. King candidates included: Jaden Eslinger, Ely Es-linger, Raiden Atkins and James Hatley-Rommel. Crowned King and Queen at the basketball game against Kingman were Ely Eslinger and J’Lynne Stolsworth. Kindergart-ners Liam Holden and Ella Walk-er were crown bearer and ﬂower girl.Photo By: Juliana Whisman/The Arts CenterPREPARING FOR THE BIG SHOW THIS WEEKEND: Belting out a musical tune, all in unison, as part of the ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ production! Pictured left to right: Kelby Denton, Brogan Hostetler, Addison Walker, Kassidee Hedlund, Timmy Adams, Abigail Reeves, Cora Christner, Sadie Waldschmidt, Aurora Atkins, Remi Francis, and Kimberly Rich.Courtesy PhotoCONSERVATION DISTRICT POSTER CONTEST WINNERS: The winners of the Harper County Conservation District poster contest were presented trophies by Conservation Board Members Jason Wolff and Bruce Miller during the meeting.Courtesy PhotoGRASSLAND AWARD: Curt Clark presents James & Rhonda Kelly with the Harper Co. Conservation District’s Grassland Award.Courtesy PhotoWINDBREAK AWARD: Curt Clark presents the Windbreak Award to Re-beca Schultz in memory of her parents Edwin and Glennis Latta.