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The Anthony Republican: Vol. 145 - No. 28 • The Anthony Bulletin: Vol. 125 - No. 28Established October 9, 1879: Oldest continuous business in Anthony • Wednesday, July 10, 2024To advertise your business or event in our “Hot Spot”call the Anthony Republican at 620-842-5129. HARPER COUNTY 4th OF JULY CELEBRATION AT THE ANTHONY LAKEPhoto By: Don HoltPhoto By: Don HoltCourtesy PhotoFUN RUN: Emily Kohler (left) and CayLee Willingham par-ticipated in the 5K Run held last Thursday morning as part of the 4th of July celebration at the Anthony Lake.‘Twister’ Showing At HistoricAnthony Theatre With SpecialAppearance From Dorothy I By BarBara WrightAt one time or another we all have possibly been associated with a tornado, witnessed the devastation of one, or possibly watch-ing one forming from the clouds. You will be safe from storms harm at the Historic Anthony Theater on Sat-urday, July 13, 2024 when you are watching the action packed TWISTER movie ﬁlmed almost entirely in Wakita, Oklahoma. You will witness a unique thriller movie packed with lots of action, great special effects, and plenty of laughs. One of the prominent stars of this movie, Helen Hunt, has won four Emmys and one of the four is for her outstand-ing performance in the TWISTER movie. We were sad to learn of the passing of Bill Paxton at the age of 61, who also was a leading performer in this movie. Af-ter Bill died in 2017, Spot-ter Network choreographed 200 storm chasers to spell out "BP" with their GPS tracker blips on a radar display to honor him. This kind of tribute had only been done ﬁve times before, and it was the ﬁrst time it had been done for someone who wasn't a storm chaser.Being familiar with Wakita makes this movie even more exciting as you watch and look for local action spots. Yours truly practically became one of the stars as almost every day we visited Wakita to watch the interesting ﬁlm-ing of this movie. It was interesting to watch how the entire town was "store front rebuilt", a very large hotel was erected on one corner, the house where the movie group assembled was actually a large attrac-tive home that existed, the wind chimes remained in the yard for a time after the movie was completed. My cousin’s farm home south of Wakita was also one of the ﬁlming sites for this movie. I list this experience as one of my top memoirs.Following the ﬁlming of the movie, a complete TWISTER Museum was opened downtown Wakita Courtesy PhotoDOROTHY COMING TO ANTHONY: Dorothy is an extreme invention from the movie Twister that was designed to hold special sensors that are made for scanning a tornado’s in-terior data. The movie prop will be on display this Saturday.City Commissioners Vote 4-1 To Move Forward With Lake Development Proposal Ofﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted ByCity of Anthony ClerkJune 18, 2024OPENINGWelcome / Call to Order. Invocation / Pledge of Al-legiance. Roll Call - Pres-ent: Mayor Greg Cleveland, Commissioner Sherrie Ea-ton, Commissioner Eric Smith, Commissioner How-ard Hatﬁeld, City Admin-istrator Cyndra Kastens, Police Chief Kenny Hodson, Deputy City Clerk Sherri Miller, Randy & Jacquie Wisely, Joe Luna, Jes-sica Jaeger, Twila Strong, Creighton Cullop and Steve White. Absent: Commis-sioner Jan Lanie.Approval of Agenda: A motion was made to ap-prove the agenda. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Eaton. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commission-er Eaton, Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Hat-ﬁeld.PUBLIC COMMENTCreighton Cullop com-mented he would like to see the SPO Proposal go to pub-lic vote.Commissioner Lanie arrived after Public Com-ments.CONSENT AGENDA1. Approve June 4, 2024 Regular Meeting Minutes.2. Approve June 12, 2024 Special Meeting Minutes.3. Appropriation Or-dinance No. 3192 - $203,117.27.4. Approve 06.18.2024 Payroll - $71,400.69.5. Approve the Renewal of the Following City Of-ﬁcer Appointments: City Clerk/Administrator - Cyn-dra Kastens; Police Chief - Kenny Hodson; City Trea-surer - Jamie Deviney; City Attorney - Brandon Ritcha; Municipal Court Judge - Richard Befort.6. Approve $100 for 5 QR Code Vinyl Adhesives for Lake - Anthony Lake Board Capital Funds.7. Bank of the Plains COD 32720 - Wayne Den-nis for $50,000; COD 32721 - General for $25,000 - Re-investment.8. Approval to Bid Elec-tric Material Stock as Pre-sented: Mayor Cleveland asked if any items should be removed from the Con-sent Agenda for further discussion. Commissioner Hatﬁeld requested Item 5; Approve the Renewal of the Following City Ofﬁcer Ap-pointments be removed to approve individually. Item 5 will be discussed before Item 9 on the regular agen-da. A motion was made to approve the consent agenda less Item #5.Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Vot-ing Yea: Mayor Cleveland, CITY Continued on next pageTWISTER Continued on next page

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Page 2 the Anthony Republican • July 10, 2024PUBLIC NOTICEDue to a failure to elect enough Director's of the Board at the Annual Members Meeting, the Anthony Community Care Center will be hosting another Special Public Members Meeting. The meeting will be Tuesday, July 16th in the Bank of the Plains gathering room at 7:00 pm. The ACCC facility is community owned and is run by a Board, consisting of at least 5 Directors, up to 9 Directors. If you are interested in aiding in the leadership of this facility and serving your community in this way, please be present. All Anthony Hospital District residents are welcome to attend, nominate, and vote.Historic Anthony Theatre presentsCommissioner Eaton, Com-missioner Smith, Commis-sioner Hatﬁeld. Motion Passed.PUBLIC HEARINGSNone.REGULAR BUSINESS 5. Approve the Renewal of the City Ofﬁcer Appoint-ments: A motion was made to approve the appointment renewal of Cyndra Kastens, City Clerk/Administra-tor. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Vot-ing Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Com-missioner Smith, Commis-sioner Lanie. Voting Nay: Commissioner Hatﬁeld. Mo-tion Passed.A motion was made to approve the appointment renewal of Police Chief, Ken-ny Hodson. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Ea-ton, Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Lanie, Com-missioner Hatﬁeld. Motion Passed.A motion was made to approve the appointment renewal of City Treasurer - Jamie Deviney. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commis-sioner Eaton. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commis-sioner Eaton, Commission-er Smith, Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Hat-ﬁeld. Motion Passed.A motion was made to approve the appointment renewal of the City At-torney - Brandon Ritcha. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Vot-ing Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Com-missioner Smith, Commis-sioner Lanie, Commissioner Hatﬁeld. Motion Passed.A motion was made to approve the appointment renewal of the Municipal Court Judge - Richard Be-that you will ﬁnd fasci-nating. It is open Tuesday through Saturday from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m. Linda Wade, museum coordinator, in-formed me that lately she has been quite busy with interviews from large publi-cations such as USA Today, Daily Oklahoman, etc. Lin-da will be making the show-ing of this Twister Movie even more exciting, Doro-thy #1 will be parked in her pickup at the theatre at 6:00 pm prior to the show-ing of the movie. You won’t want to miss the chance to see, meet and greet the orig-inal Dorothy #1 that was actually used in the ﬁlming of the movie. Dorothy #1 has traveled to a lot of various movie locations in Kansas and recently attended the Talequeaw, Oklahoma ﬁlm festival, of course Linda Wade TWISTER Museum coordinator was her driver. One last surprise will be the ticket drawing, one for the children and one for the adults, at the very end of the movie, so don’t leave until the drawing has been held, you could be the lucky winner of a unique twisted TWISTER gift.We appreciate very much the Anthony Farmers Coop in being a presenter of this movie for the Historic An-thony Theatre to show. Be-ing a presenter is a real ﬁ-nancial help in continuing movies to the theatre. If you are interested in being a presenter of a movie just call Virginia at 1-620-243-2520 or BarBara at 1-620-842-7056, or drop your name and phone number in the container at the theatre concession stand.Now don’t FORGET to place this date: Satur-day, July 13, 2024 “Twister Movie Comes To Historic Anthony Theatre” at 7:00 pm, on your reminder wall. We will have your seat wait-ing in our cool theatre. Also don’t forget Dorothy #1 will arrive outside the theatre at 6:00 PM. We sure hope to TWISTER Continued from previous pagesee you soon.PS: The new show pro-grams have arrived with a packed schedule through the month of December. These will be handed out at the end of the movie.CITY Continued from previous pagefort. Motion made by May-or Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Vot-ing Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Com-missioner Smith, Commis-sioner Lanie. Voting Nay: Commissioner Hatﬁeld. Mo-tion Passed.9. Request to Waive Hall Rental Fees: A motion was made to approve the request from Jessica Jae-ger to waive the municipal hall rental fees for Jr. High Cheer Practice for July 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25 and 29. Motion made by Commis-sioner Eaton. Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Com-missioner Eaton, Commis-sioner Smith, Commission-er Hatﬁeld, Commissioner Lanie. Motion Passed.10. Request To Place Carport in City Right of Way: Steve White was pres-ent to request permission to place two carports in the City Right of Way at 523 N Springﬁeld. A motion was made to approve the re-quest to place the carports in city right of way at 523 N Springﬁeld contingent upon the Board of Zoning Appeals decision for a variance. The utilities have the ﬁrst right to utilize the ground space if needed. Motion made by Commissioner Smith, Sec-onded by Commissioner Hatﬁeld. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commission-er Eaton, Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Hat-ﬁeld, Commissioner Lanie. Motion Passed.11. Open Bids for AWOS/BEACON Electrical Mate-rials: Bids were opened for AWOS/BEACON Electrical Materials. One bid was re-ceived from Border States in the amount of $31,015.59. A motion was made to ap-prove the bid from Border States for $31,015.59 upon review by Darrin Neufeld, EBH Engineer. Motion made by Commissioner Ea-ton, Seconded by Commis-sioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commis-sioner Eaton, Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Hat-ﬁeld, Commissioner Lanie. Motion Passed.12. Approval of 2023 Financial Report: Alexis Crispin of Adams Brown CPA presented the 2023 Au-dit via Zoom. After presen-tation and discussion, a mo-tion was made to approve the 2023 Financial Report. Motion made by Commis-sioner Lanie, Seconded by Commissioner Eaton. Vot-ing Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Com-missioner Smith, Com-missioner Hatﬁeld, Com-missioner Lanie. Motion Passed.13. LL&G Sidewalk Sur-vey Quote: Administrator Kastens clariﬁed direction to proceed with assessing the location of the sidewalk on LL&G, starting with a survey of the area. A mo-tion was made to approve the quote from Due South Surveying for $2,500 to sur-CITY Continued on next page

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the Anthony Republican • July 10, 2024 Page 3Obituary...Carol L. Gates1944 ~ 2024Carol Lynn Sparks was born March 28, 1944 in Ashton, Ken-tucky, daughter of Robert and Pau-line (Sherman) Sparks. When she was 3 years old the family moved to Saint Albans, West Virginia. It was here that she attended Hansford Elementary School and later Saint Albans High School.For anyone who knows Carol, the next step in her life embraced her need to be her own person and live life on her terms. Upon turn-ing 16, she picked up and moved to California with her sister, Judy. It was here that she arrived on the lm set of “Rawhide” starring Clint Eastwood. Although he was sup-posedly the star, Carol wowed him with an Oscar worthy kiss. It was also in California that she met a young gentleman that would give Carol her rst blessing, David. The next stop in Carol’s journey led her to Wichita, Kansas where she stayed with her sister, Pat, and brother-in-law, Charley. It was here she met Mr. King whom she later married and spent the next 20 years of her life. During this time, she was extremely active at Blessed Sac-rament, President of the Women’ Restaurant Association of Kansas, and became a mother for a 2nd and 3rd time to Ginny and Tara, and stepmother to Jim, Kenny, and Deb-bie. Life then took another turn and Carol moved to Florida where she was blessed with her 2 youngest children, Simon and Sarah. As she raised her family, she also devel-oped an intense love for the beach and the ocean. Carol eventually laid roots in Anthony, Kansas where she joined her daughter, Ginny, and son-in-law, David Nelson, at Nelson’s Res-taurant. It was here that she rst laid eyes on the love of her life, Jim Gates. She would see him arrive each morning at Nelson’s for cof-fee. He would sit with his cronies, scratch his nose, and ll every hole in his wafe with butter . . . true love it was.Carol and Jim were married September 16, 2000 in the old Hopewell Church. On Day 2 of their honeymoon Sparky turned to Jim and said, “I don’t think this is going to work.” Jim turned with a smile and said, “why don’t we give it a few days?” And here we are 24 years later celebrating a life lled with love and trials. We are here now celebrating our Sparky who truly brought light and a pure heart to each and every person she knew. She approached life with a childlike joy that truly was infectious. She had endless warm hugs and smiles for all those around her. Most im-portantly, she was a true servant to her Father in Heaven. Rest well Sparky.On July 1, 2024, Carol peace-fully passed away surrounded by loved ones. She meets in Heaven her parents; son, Simon Sokerka; stepson, Jim King; and sister, Pat Hoff.Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Jim Gates; children: Ginny (David) Nelson, Tara King, Sarah Kangas, and David (Ra-mona) Story; stepchildren: Kenny King, Debbie Bradford, Eric (Sunny) Gates, Jody (John) Hannah, Wendy Watts, and Christy Gates; siblings: Jack Sparks and Judy (Ted) Lane; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; her Revolution Fel-lowship Family; other relatives; and many friends. Funeral service was held 1:00 p.m. Friday, July 5, 2024 at Revolu-tion Fellowship Church in Anthony with Pastor Kent Olds ofciating. Musical selections included “Ave Maria,” “Amazed,” “Perfect,” and “Pretty Woman.”Burial followed in Forest Park Cemetery, Anthony. Honorary cas-ket bearers were Kenny King and David Nelson. Casket bearers were Aaron King, Isaiah King, Ty Morton, Eric Gates, Levi Gates, and James Gates. Memorials in memory of Carol may be made to Revolution Fellow-ship or the Anthony Ministerial As-sociation and can be sent in care of Prairie Rose Funeral Home, 602 E. Main St., Anthony, KS 67003.Obituary...Janet R. Ryan1936 ~ 2024Janet Rae Ryan, age 88, died July 1, 2024, at Hospice House in Hutchinson, KS. She was born June 30, 1936, in Harper, KS to Raymond L. and Vivian B. (Patter-son) Potts.Janet graduated from Anthony High School, Anthony, KS in 1954. After her children were raised, Ja-net owned and operated Kiddies Korner Preschool and Plum Street Kids Kare in Hutchinson, teaching thousands of children throughout a nearly forty-year career. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Hutchinson, where she taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School for many years. Janet was a board member of the Twin Oaks Boys Home and volunteered at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Hutchin-son Hospital, and Cosmosphere.She is survived by her husband, Harold D. Ryan, whom she married on December 24, 1953.Also surviving are her daugh-ters, Virginia Hoelting (Tim) of Shawnee, KS, Myrna Baird of Hutchinson; grandchildren, Stacy Romano (Vince) of Florence, OR, Holly Leiker, Sam Leiker (Halie) all of Hutchinson; great-grandchildren, Lucas Ryan Kappenman, Jack Thomas Leiker, Soa Estelle Roma-no, Wesley Hayden Leiker, Camille River Romano, Andrew Scott Leik-er; brother, Charles Potts (Marilyn) of Anthony; and several extended family members.Janet was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Leola Jean Thomas; and son-in-law, Kent Baird.Cremation has taken place and graveside service at Spring Grove Cemetery in Anthony will be an-nounced at a later date.Friends may sign her memorial book from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mon-day-Saturday, at Elliott Mortuary in Hutchinson or online.In lieu of owers, memorials may be made to the United Way of Reno County for Early Childhood Initiatives, Hospice House, or Cos-mosphere in care of Elliott Mortu-ary, 1219 N. Main St., Hutchinson, KS 67501.Former students are kindly invit-ed to share in their remembrance by contributing in the guestbook with memories and the positive impact that Janet had in their lives.vey LL&G Sidewalk proj-ect, to be paid from Capi-tal Streets. Motion made by Commissioner Hatﬁeld, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commission-er Eaton, Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Hat-ﬁeld, Commissioner Lanie. Motion Passed.14. Approve Housing Committee CARE Grant Award Recommendations: A motion was made to approve the Housing Committee CARE Grant Award Recom-mendations for the follow-ing addresses contingent upon complying with the CARE Grant requirements: 724 N Jennings, 113 N Lin-coln, 302 N Jennings, 223 S Franklin, 215 S Franklin, 224 S Madison, 528 S Bluff, 622 N Franklin, 723 N Jen-nings. Motion made by Com-missioner Lanie, Seconded by Commissioner Eaton. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Smith, Com-missioner Hatﬁeld, Com-missioner Lanie. Motion Passed.15. Anthony Lake Hous-ing Development: A motion was made to approve mov-ing forward with the SPO proposal and authorize the City Administrator to post notice of the proposal in the newspaper and proceed to secure a present and po-tential use appraisal of the subject property. Motion made by Commissioner CITY Continued from previous pageSmith, Seconded by May-or Cleveland. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commis-sioner Eaton, Commission-er Smith, Commissioner Lanie. Voting Nay: Com-missioner Hatﬁeld. Mo-tion Passed. Commissioner Lanie expressed she is not in favor of going to a public vote.16. Sunrise 2nd Resi-dential Housing Building Line Setback: Administra-tor Kastens, needing to pro-ceed with the drainage plan for the residential develop-ment, sought clariﬁcation from the Commission as to the building set line for the front of the homes. The Commission gave direction for the City Administrator to establish a 50-foot front building line for the Sun-rise 2nd residential housing structures.17. Update on Lots East of Harper County Court-house: Administrator Kas-tens reported that the County is still interested in all ﬁve lots east of the Harp-er County Courthouse and provided further discussion and request to negotiate a lesser amount for the two south lots. The Commission gave direction for $4,000 per lot for the two south lots and to not pursue the other three lots at this time.18. Out-of-State License Plate Discussion: Enforce-ment of Anthony residents continuing to maintain Out of State License Plates was discussed.STAFF REPORTS19. Administrator Re-port: The Admin reported on Sidewalk on LL&G, Sun-rise 2nd Builders, Storms, On-Call/Back Up Housing, Solar Applications, Budget, CARE Grant, Stafﬁng, SPO Eco Devo Proposal at An-thony Lake.20. Chief of Police Re-port: Served some weed no-tices. Talked to kids riding bikes on the sidewalk. We attended an active shooter training at Harper Indus-tries. We investigated a do-mestic disturbance in the 100 block of N. 4th and ar-CITY Continued on next page* * WWW.ANTHONYREPUBLICANNEWS.COM * *

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Page 4 the Anthony Republican • July 10, 2024rested Colton Kitchen for aggravated assault, criminal restraint and criminal dam-age to property. We arrested Mathew Clark for elec-tronically soliciting a child/sexually. We investigated a domestic disturbance on Fanning Drive and arrested Shaun Morris for aggra-vated domestic battery and criminal damage to proper-ty. Ofﬁcer Manning resigned from the Police Department effective 06-10-2024.21. Departments Report: Department activity up-CITY Continued from previous pagedates were given from the Shop, Electric Distribu-tion, Power Plant/Lake and Street.EXECUTIVE SESSIONNone.ADJOURNMENTA motion was made to adjourn the meeting. Mo-tion made by Mayor Cleve-land, Seconded by Commis-sioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commis-sioner Eaton, Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Hat-ﬁeld, Commissioner Lanie. Motion Passed.Gregory Cleveland, MayorCyndra Kastens, City Clerk/AdministratorAdvertise your business or eventwith the AnthonyRepublican!Email or call today for rates:anthonyrepublican@att.net620-842-5129Dept. On Aging: You Are What You Eat – The Meddy ApproachBy Jennifer WolffThe Mediterranean Diet describes a lifestyle or di-etary pattern character-istic of those living in the regions around the Medi-terranean Sea. (Southern Europe, Northern Africa & Middle East) Despite this region’s diversity in people, cultures & agriculture, com-monalities have been found that are associated with fewer chronic diseases like heart disease & diabetes. In 1970, Ancel Keys published his Seven Countries Study which observed residents in the regions around the Mediterranean Sea had the lowest rates of coronary heart disease. People in this region follow some of the same patterns:-Enjoy a wide variety of whole, nourishing foods (mainly plant based)-Eat small portions-Enjoy eating in com-pany & practice leisurely, mindful eating – not on the go or in front of the TV-Active lifestyle on a dai-ly basisThe key to a lifestyle or dietary pattern rather than “a diet” is that you can eat the foods you like, but need to be mindful & eat smaller portions of some foods to ﬁt in more beneﬁcial foods. Following this lifestyle can help you lose weight, re-duce blood pressure & cho-lesterol. Key dietary char-acteristics include: limited intake of highly processed foods, whole-grains, a wide variety of vegetables & fruits, less red meat, olive oil as main source of fat, moderate amounts of dairy, red wine, fresh herbs & spices. Learn more in detail & try samples at “Tuesdays Together” 7/16 11:30 am at the meeting room in Pat-terson Health Center. Come early & grab lunch at the Café.TEFAP Food Commodi-ties will be available to pick up Thursday July 25th 8:30 am – Noon at 201 N. Jen-nings, the West side of the courthouse. Food is ﬁrst come, ﬁrst served & income guidelines apply. Single household maximum gross income = $1580. Commodi-ties are available for ALL Harper County households who meet income guideline regardless of age. Contact the 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. Advance reservations are recommended.Out of County Transit Schedule: Mon 7/15: WichitaTues 7/16: No Out of County AvailableWed 7/17: Wichita Thurs 7/18: WichitaFri 7/19: Wichita All routes are subject to change without notice.German Family Reunion HeldBy LeAnn HodsonThe descendants of Cles-ter and Mary German try to meet annually to recon-nect with one another. They were able to meet on June 30, 2024 this year. The Marjorie (German) Clep-per family were in charge of the arrangements this time around. It fell in perfectly with a planned 90th birth-day celebration for Glenn Clepper, the husband of the late Marjorie Clepper. The day started with some attending church services at the Riverside church of Christ in Burlington, OK. The family then met for a to visit over a catered meal at the Burlington small gym meeting room. Next, they went back to the church to enjoy cake, punch and a slide show of Glenn's life. His birthday is actually on July 3rd. Close to 50 were able to be there this year with other friends and fami-ly taking the birthday num-bers much higher during the party time. Those able to attend were: Glenn Clepper; Robyn & Don Flanigin their kids Justin & Debra Flanigin children Brook & Arya; Brandon & Kim Flanigin children Connor, Liam, & Kayleigh; Jenna & Kyle Smith son Leon; Abby Wi-ese & Katelyn Wiese(Debbie and Carl Wiese girls); Renae & Ron Delamarter kids Trey & Karli Delamarter chil-dren Cooper & Eljay; Madi-son & Jamie Fowlkes; Leysa & Brent Diel kids Brook & Kade Keast children Kyden, Kasen, & Kodee; Blair Dyer children Emma & Collin; Brena & Ian McCasslin; Dan Flanigin; Lucille (Ger-man) Hodson; Ken & Mi-chelle Schmucker; Michael Hodson, son-Michael Ryan, granddaughters-Emma & Leah Hodson; Marlene Ger-man (wife of the late Leland German), Jimmy German, LeAnn and David Hodson; and Richard Hendrick was able to attend the afternoon birthday celebration.VA 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 ben-eﬁts. On Tuesday, July 16, 2024 from 1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. the Veteran Service Representative will be at the Harper County Health Department, 123 N. Jen-nings, Anthony, KS 67003. The Kansas Commission on Veterans’ Affairs is a State Agency that provides free assistance to veterans and their families with veterans’ beneﬁts. If you are or any of family members are in need of assistance with vet-eran beneﬁts, please call the Harper County Health De-partment at 620-842-5132 to schedule an appointment.

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the Anthony Republican • July 10, 2024 Page 5(First Published in The Anthony Republican, Wednesday, June 26, 2024) 3t IN THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICTDISTRICT COURT OF HARPER COUNTY, KANSASIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ) ) NANCY L. SECHLER, ) Case No. HP 2024 PR 15 Deceased. )(Petition Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59)NOTICE OF HEARINGTHE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notiﬁ ed that a Petition has been ﬁ led in this Court by Claire A. Sechler Merkel, an heir of Nancy L. Sechler, deceased, praying: Descent be determined of the following described real estate situ-ated in Harper County, Kansas: The Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of Section Thirty-three (33), Township Thirty-two (32) South, Range Seven (7) West of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by de-cedent at the time of death. And that such property and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the decedent at the time of death be assigned pursuant to the laws of intestate succession. You are required to ﬁ le your written defenses thereto on or before July 16, 2024 at 8:00 o’clock a.m. in the city of Anthony, in Harper County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. Claire A. Sechler Merkel PetitionerBY: Matthew W. Ricke349 N. Main, PO Box 113Kingman, KS 67068(620) 532-3103Attorney for PetitionerLEGAL NOTICE(First Published in The Anthony Republican, Wednesday, July 3, 2024) 3t IN THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICTDISTRICT COURT, HARPER COUNTY, KANSASIn the Matter of the Estate of ) ) Case No. HP-24-PR-000016 Kathy E. Maltbie, deceased. ) )NOTICE OF HEARINGTHE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notiﬁ ed that a Petition has been ﬁ led in this Court by Ken M. Maltbie, son of Kathy E. Maltbie, deceased, requesting: Descent be determined in all personal property and Kansas real estate owned by decedent at the time of death. And that all personal property and Kansas real estate owned by the decedent at the time of death be assigned pursuant to the laws of intestate succession. You are required to ﬁ le your written defenses to the Petition on or before July 25, 2024 10:00 a.m. in the District Court in the city of Anthony, 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. Ken M. Maltbie, Petitioner Philip W. Unruh #09217Attorney at Law1216 CentralHarper, KS 67058Tel: 620-896-7301Fax: 620-896-7954E-mail: philunruh@outlook.comAttorney for PetitionerLEGAL NOTICE(First Published in The Anthony Republican, Wednesday, July 10, 2024) 2tOFFICIAL NOTICEThe City of Anthony hereby posts ofﬁ cial publication notice for pro-posal of sale for twelve (12) acres +/- of park land located at Anthony Lake.After the second publication date of July 17, 2024, there is a 30-day protest period until August 16, 2024; during this time a petition for intent of opposition protest may be ﬁ led with the City Clerk, per K.S.A. 12-1301.In the event such a petition is ﬁ led with the City Clerk within the time prescribed above, no such sale shall be made until the governing body shall be instructed so to do by a majority of all the votes cast on the proposition at a regular or special election.(First Published in The Anthony Republican, Wednesday, July 10, 2024) 1tSUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. S-318On July 2, 2024, the governing body of the City of Anthony, Kansas, passed an ordinance entitled:AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 16 – SIGN REGULATIONS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENTCODE OF THE CITY OF ANTHONY, KANSAS. The Ordinance amends Article 16 of the Uniﬁ ed Development Code, which contains the sign regulations for the city. A complete text of the Ordinance may be obtained or viewed free of charge at the ofﬁ ce of the City Clerk, City Hall, 124 S. Bluff Street, Anthony, Kansas 67003. A reproduction of the Ordinance is available for not less than 7 days following the publication date of this Summary at www.anthonykansas.org.This Summary is hereby certiﬁ ed to be legally accurate and sufﬁ cient pursuant to the laws of the State of Kansas. DATED: July 2, 2024 Brandon Ritcha, City Attorney(First Published in The Anthony Republican, Wednesday, July 10, 2024) 3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF HARPER COUNTY, KANSASCIVIL DEPARTMENTPMorgan Chase Bank, )National Association ) ) Case No. HP-2024-CV-08 Plaintiff, ) ) Court Number:vs. ) ) Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60B. Jay Vincent a/k/a B.J. Vincent; )Susan J. Vincent; State of Kansas, )Department of Revenue; John Doe )(Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe )(Tenant/Occupant) ) )Defendants. )NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Harper County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Harper County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Front Door of the Court-house at Anthony Harper County, Kansas, on August 1, 2024, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Lot Eighteen (18) in Block Eight (8) in the City of Anthony, Kansas, as shown by the recorded Plat thereof, Harper County, Kansas, commonly known as 323 N Bluff Ave, Anthony, KS 67003-2907 (the “Property”)to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com Tracy Chance, Sheriff Harper County, KansasPrepared By:SouthLaw, P.C.Blair T. Gisi (KS #24096)13160 Foster,, Suite 100Overland Park, KS 66213-2660(913) 663-7600(913) 663-7899 (Fax)Attorneys for Plaintiff(244482)PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICELEGAL NOTICEHARPER COUNTYDISTRICT COURT REPORTIndividuals listed below are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.PAID TRAFFIC CITATIONS4/21: Arthur N. Torley: 1) Speeding - 86/65; $222.00. 24-TR-80.5/24: Nathen A. Davis: 1) Speeding - 107/65; $483.00. 24-TR-95.5/29: Trent L. Decoudres: 1) Speeding - 78/65; $171.00. 24-TR-99.6/9: Christie J. Conklin: 1) Speeding - 80/65; $183.00. 24-TR-112.6/20: Matthew Fisher: 1) Speeding - 80/65; $183.00. 24-TR-116.6/22: Thomas S. Glenn: 1) Speeding - 88/65; $240.00. 24-TR-119.DOMESTIC CASE FILINGSMacy L. Berry vs. Garret R. Berry, divorce; 24-DM-38.CRIMINAL CASE FILINGSState of Kansas vs. Shawn E. Morris: 1) Aggravated domestic battery. 24-CR-46.State of Kansas vs. Spencer Reed: 1) Endangering a child. 2) Driving under the inuence of alcohol with child present. 3) Transportation of liquor in an open container. 4) Purchase or consumption of alcoholic bever-age by a minor. 24-CR-47.State of Kansas vs. David E. Studebaker: 1) Possession of fentanyl. 2) Possession of drug paraphernalia. 24-CR-51.COUNTY COURT DOCKETJUDGE SCOTT E. McPHERSONMonday, July 8, 20141:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Jessica L. Brown, bond appearance; 23-CR-85.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Reagan J. Peters, status conference; 23-CR-96.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Kai T. Kannenberg, status conference; 23-CR-300020.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Chad M. Deffenbaugh, hearing; 24-CR-14.Thursday, July 11, 20249:00 a.m. In the Matter of the Estate of James N. Robb, nal settlement; 23-PR-27.9:00 a.m. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Aj Duran, admit or deny; 24-LM-66.HARPER COUNTY JAILARRESTS & BOOKINGSDonna M. Beard, 33: Arrested: 7-1-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Serving 30 day sentence.James L. Rouse, 36: Arrested: 7-3-24; Released: 7-4-24. Arrested By: APD. Charges: 1) Domestic battery.Benjamin T. Swartz, 38: Arrested: 7-3-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: APD. Charges: 1) Aggravated endangering a child - reckless situation to child <18. 2) Possession of drug paraphernalia. 3) Possession of marijuana. 4) Possession of halludinogenic drug.Jamie N. McCalla, 41: Arrested: 7-3-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: APD. Charges: 1) Aggravated endangering a child - reckless situation to child <18. 2) Possession of drug paraphernalia. 3) Possession of marijuana. 4) Possession of halludinogenic drug.Nathan W. Fisher, 38: Arrested: 7-5-24; Released: 7-5-24. Arrested By: HPD. Charges: 1) Driving under the inuence - 1st conviciton. 2) Endangering a child.Julie N. Salas, 44: Arrested: 7-3-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Probation violation.HARPER COUNTY DEEDSBOOK D108#1339 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Jeffrey L. Gill and Tammy Gill, Stephanie J. Griggs and Rick Griggs, Timothy M. Gill, Rachel Hoopes and Tyler Hoopes to Marie Starks and Charles L. Starks, a tract in the SE corner of the NE/4 of Sect. 15, Twp. 32 S, Range 8 W of the 6th P.M.; and a tract in the NE corner of the SE/4 of Sect. 15, Twp. 32 S, Range 8 W of the 6th P.M.; both in Harper County, Kansas.#1340 - Trustee’s Deed: Randal L. Blanchat, Trustee of the Randal L. Blanchat Gifting Trust, to Randal L. Blanchat, an undivided .07 interest in the following: the NW/4 of Sect. 2, Twp. 32 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M., less the railroad right-of-way; and the NE/4of Sect. 16, Twp. 32 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M.; and the E/92.87’ of Lots 15-18, all in Blk. 18 in the Original City of Danville, including the W/2 of vacated Wilson Ave.; all in Harper County, Kansas.#1341 - Quit Claim Deed: Randal L. Blanchat and Debra L. Blanchat to Randal L. Blanchat and Debra L. Blanchat, Trustees of the R&D Blanchat Revocable Trust, an undivided .07 interest in the following: the NW/4 of Sect. 2, Twp. 32 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M., less the railroad right-of-way; and the NE/4of Sect. 16, Twp. 32 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M.; and the E/92.87’ of Lots 15-18, all in Blk. 18 in the Original City of Danville, including the W/2 of vacated Wilson Ave.; all in Harper County, Kansas.#1342 - Trustee’s Deed: Karen Habiger, Debbie Francis and Patsy McCoy, Trustees of the Karna S. Bruey Living Trust 2007, to Dean Bruey and Janice Bruey, the S/2 of the SW/4 of Sect. 1, Twp. 35 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1343 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Dean Bruey and Janice Bruey to Hayley N. Thompson and Garett L. Thompson, the S/2 of the SW/4 of Sect. 1, Twp. 35 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M, Harper County, Kansas.#1344 - Special Warranty Deed: Brookwood Capital Group LLC to Dania LLC, Lot 13 and the S/2 of Lot 14 in Blk. 21 in the City of Attica, Harper County, Kansas.#1345 - Quit Claim Deed: Heather Fly to Jason J. Fahring and Michelle A. Fahring, Lot 16 in Blk. 21 in the City of Attica, Harper County, Kansas.#1346 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Terry Ghere to Brock Acord, a tract of land in the NW/4 of Sect. 36, Twp. 31 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1347 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Tammie Laftte and Maria Laftte to Equity Trust Company Custodian FBO Bridger M. Gilbo IRA, the W/2 of Lots 2, 3 and 6 in Blk. 3 in College Additon, and the S/30’ of the vacated Eighteenth St. on the N side of Lot 2, in the City of Harper, Harper County, Kansas.#1348 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Roger C. Hoopes and Katrina M. Hoopes to Roger C. City Commissioners Hold Special MeetingOfﬁcial Meeting MinutesSpecial MeetingSubmitted ByCity of Anthony ClerkJune 26, 2024CALL TO ORDERMayor Cleveland called the Special Meeting to or-der at 6:00 p.m.ROLL CALLPresent: Mayor Greg Cleveland, Commissioner Sherrie Eaton, Commis-sioner Eric Smith, Com-missioner Howard Hatﬁeld, City Administrator Cyndra Kastens, Randy & Jacquie Wiseley, Brick Prickett, Steve Bellesine, Chet Bar-ber and Lane Buck. Absent: Commissioner Jan Lanie.ITEMS OF BUSINESS1. Anthony Golf Board: The Golf Board was present to discuss their needs with the City Commission.ADJOURNMENTA motion was made to adjourn the meeting. Mo-tion made by Mayor Cleve-land, Seconded by Commis-sioner Eaton. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commis-sioner Eaton, Commission-er Smith, Commissioner Hatﬁeld.Gregory Cleveland, MayorCyndra Kastens, City Clerk/AdministratorHoopes and Katrina M. Hoopes, the W/2 of the SW/4 of Sect. 13, Twp. 33 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1349 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Yellow Brick Farms LLC to the Jody T. Nittler Living Trust, the NE/4 of Sect. 32, Twp. 32 S, Range 8 W of the 6th P.M., less a tract; and the E/2 of the NW/4 of Sect. 32, Twp. 32 S, Range 8 W of the 6th P.M.; both in Harper County, Kansas.#1350 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Justin Struble and Madison Struble to Justin Struble and Madison Struble, the N/75’ of the S/200’ of the E/2 of Blk. 12 E in Highland Additon to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1351 - Trustee’s Deed: June REPORT Continued on Page 7

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Page 6 the Anthony Republican • July 10, 2024(First Published in the Anthony Republican, Wednesday, July 10, 2024) 1t(First Published in the Anthony Republican, Wednesday, July 10, 2024) 1t(First Published in the Anthony Republican, Wednesday, July 10, 2024) 1tPUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICECounty Commissioners Continue Discussion Over Detour Road, Purchase Radar SignsEditor’s Note: This article contains minutes frommultiple meetings.Ofﬁcial Meeting MinutesSpecial MeetingSubmitted By HarperCounty Clerk’s OfﬁceJune 13, 2024The Harper County Board of County Commis-sioners met in special meet-ing, with Chairman Struble calling the meeting to order with Commissioner Wald-schmidt and Commissioner Vornauf. Shonda Larson, Recording Secretary, Kenny Hodson, Jr., Michael Ben-nett were also present. The decision was made to place rock on NE 40 Av-enue between NE 100 Road and NE 120 road. Flashing speed limit signs are also be-ing placed along the detour. A resolution was discussed to change the speed limit on that route to 30 mph. As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:15 p.m. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, June 17, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner Room at the Harper County Courthouse. Approved: Darrin Stru-ble, ChairmanAttest: Shonda Larson, County ClerkOfﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted By HarperCounty Clerk’s OfﬁceJune 17, 2024The Harper County Board of County Commis-sioners met in regular ses-sion, with Chairman Struble calling the meeting to order with Commissioner Wald-schmidt and Commissioner Vornauf. Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk, was present. Also present were Reagan Shelton and Tony Kastens, of Anthony.Mrs. Shelton and Mr. Kastens addressed the Board during Public Com-ment, expressing concern about the detour and the fatality accident last week. They shared that the sub-base on the shoulder of that road is lacking, and danger-ous. They also stated that while they were at the site, with KWCH, another ve-hicle experienced issues on that road, due to the soft shoulder. They also noted that although there is a sign prohibiting commercial traf-ﬁc on that road, while they were on site, two commercial semis drove through. The Board expressed concern, and stated that this has been an ongoing topic in the weekly meetings. They are in the process of altering the signage to reﬂect the latest resolution (if not delivering in HPCO, commercial trafﬁc is not allowed). There was discussion about the State’s responsibility in this situ-ation, and the recently ob-served State Ofﬁcial escort-ing various travelers around the detour. The question of why shoe-ﬂies were not implemented was asked. It was suggested to post “soft shoulder” signs and to pos-sibly water the road to help with stability.Commissioner Struble motioned to enter executive session at 8:45 a.m. The justiﬁcation for closing the meeting is to discuss per-sonnel matters of nonelected personnel. The open meet-ing will resume at 8:50 a.m. in this room. The motion was approved unanimously. Ami DeLacerda remained in the room. The regular meet-ing resumed at 8:50 a.m., no binding action taken.Mike Bennett and Janet Slankard, Public Works, gave a department update. Discussion continued about the current detour, issues with trafﬁc taking alterna-tive routes, and the risk in-volved. They spoke about possibly passing a resolu-tion to reduce the speed on an alternative route which would require a trafﬁc study. Also discussed metal found in rock used on the North-bound route. Mike stated that Public Works has run their magnet over that area, but will do so again. An Inordinate Spending Re-quest was presented, for $18,500.00 to Evolis Vision Radar Signs for signs and solar panels for the detour route. Commissioner Vor-nauf motioned to approved the request; the motion passed unanimously. Per-mit Fees for SCTelcom were presented to the Board, for ﬁberoptic internet installa-tion. Commissioner Wald-schmidt moved to waive the fees as they have in the past; the motion passed unani-mously. There was some discussion on implementing signage to prohibit “jake” brakes on NE 100th Road, North of Harper. Jennifer Wolff, Direc-tor of Dept. on Aging, and Public Transportation, gave a department update. The new bus purchased through a 2023 grant will be arriv-ing in September. The de-partment plans to retain the bus being replaced, as a backup. The Department on Aging hosted and sponsored several events last month, partnering with Patterson Health Center and the Harp-er County Extension ofﬁce, for the Tuesdays Together program. There will be an AARP safe driver course in October, participants will be eligible for insurance dis-counts, with a certiﬁcate. A grant has been awarded to the Department on Aging to complete interior painting and install a new storm door at the Attica Senior Center. Also discussed utilizing left-over ARPA funds for various State-sponsored hygiene programs available. There have been issues with public rentals of the Harper Sr. Center, causing the staff to spend time out-side their regular schedule cleaning and preparing it for business. The fee to rent is currently $25, the Board suggested implementing a $100 - $200 deposit, which will not be returned if the building is not left in the same shape it was found in after the event. Current staff was also recognized by the Board and Director for their work performance and attitude.Heather Struble, Health Department Administrator, gave a department update. Gave statistics for depart-ment, stafﬁng updates, and training updates. The Phar-macy License was renewed this month, and Heather discussed hiring a motiva-tional speaker to come in and speak to schools and also community, using funds from a Workforce Develop-ment grant. There are also plans to send an updated Resource Directory to print this week. Heather presented travel requests for a Regional Pub-lic Health meeting and an Executive Board meeting next month. Both were ap-proved.Also, brieﬂy discussed the current Measles outbreak in US. There have been none reported in Harper County.Josh Teel, Building and Grounds/IT Director, gave a department update. He an-ticipates it being the middle of September before we get the bench installed on the county lawn, and steps ﬁxed. Josh reported that the City of Anthony contacted him to pass on a complaint about the weeds on the lot East of the Courthouse where the Public Transportation COUNTY Continued on next page

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the Anthony Republican • July 10, 2024 Page 7(First Published in the Anthony Republican, Wednesday, July 10, 2024) 1t(First Published in the Anthony Republican, Wednesday, July 10,2024) 1t(First Published in the Anthony Republican, Wednesday, July 10, 2024) 1tPUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICEbuses are parked. Building and Grounds will get that area mowed this week, and the Noxious Weed depart-ment will get them sprayed. There was discussion on the Building & Grounds pickup, and various repairs needed. Josh requested the Board consider purchasing a new (used) vehicle to replace this one; the Board declined, due to limited use. At 9:37 a.m., Commis-sioner Struble moved to re-cess for 5 minutes; the mo-tion passed unanimously. At 9:42 a.m., Commissioner Struble moved to reconvene; the motion passed unani-mously. Members of the Harper County Extension Board, met with the Commission-ers to discuss their activity over the past year, and sub-mit their 2025 budget re-quest. Present in the meet-ing were J. Wolff, K. O’Riley, J. Befort, and K. Newberry. Also discussed the potential for Extension Ofﬁce Dis-tricts in the State. At 10:03 a.m., Commis-sioner Waldschmidt moved to recess the Regular Meet-ing for 10 minutes; the mo-tion passed unanimously. At 10:04 a.m., Commis-sioner Struble moved to enter a public hearing re-lated to the vacation of NW 120 Rd between NW 60 Ave and NW 70 Ave in Harper County; the motion passed unanimously. Commission-er Waldschmidt and Com-missioner Vornauf, and Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk, were also present. As there was no opposition to the vacation of the road noted above, Commissioner Wald-schmidt moved to pass Reso-lution 2024-05, vacating NW 120 Rd between NW 60 Ave and NW 70 Ave, in Harper County, Kansas. The motion passed unanimously. At 10:14 a.m., Commis-sioner Waldschmidt moved to adjourn the public hear-ing; the motion passed unanimously. At 10:15 a.m., Com-missioner Vornauf moved to reconvene the regular meeting; the motion passed unanimously. Jan Harding, EMS Di-rector, met with the Board to discuss standby for the Attica Rodeo and participa-tion in an upcoming Bar-ber County disaster drill. The ambulance previously approved for purchase is actually a remount, there was discussion on the pros and cons of purchasing a remounted unit vs a new unit. An Inordinate Spend-ing Request to Feld Fire, in the amount of $234,000.00 for the purchase of a 6.6 gas engine ambulance to be de-livered around October of this year was presented to the Board. Commissioner Waldschmidt moved to ap-prove the request; the mo-tion passed unanimously. There was discussion that moving this purchase for-ward will push the next scheduled purchase back. Jan also presented a travel request, which was ap-proved, and presented a list of outstanding invoices to send to KS Setoff. Commis-sioner Vornauf moved to ap-prove sending $25,741.81 in outstanding invoices to KS Setoff; the motion passed unanimously. The group discussed a plan to tour Harper Indus-tries and help with review-ing and organizing their safety and emergency equip-ment. Also mentioned that their radios are not working well, but they are planning a meeting with Dispatch to ﬁgure out a solution. At 10:30 a.m., Commis-sioner Struble motioned to enter Executive Session. The justiﬁcation for closing the meeting is to consult with an attorney regarding information privileged in the attorney-client relation-ship. The open meeting will resume at 10:45 a.m. in this room. The motion passed unanimously. At 10:45 a.m., Commissioner Struble moved to extend the Execu-tive Session for 15 minutes; the motion passed unani-mously. At 11:00 a.m., the regular meeting resumed, with no binding action tak-en. Commissioner Vornauf moved to approve Beneﬁts A/P for 6/7/2024 Payroll in the amount of $62,542.66; the motion was approved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt moved to approve the Meeting Minutes from the 6/13/2024 Special Board Meeting; the motion was ap-proved unanimously. At 11:05, Commissioner Struble moved to enter ex-ecutive session. The justiﬁ-cation for closing the meet-ing is to discuss personnel matters of nonelected per-sonnel. The open meeting will resume at 11:20 a.m. in this room. The motion was approved unanimously. The regular meeting resumed at 11:20 a.m., with no binding action taken.Commissioner Vornauf moved to approve A/P for 6/17/2024 in the amount of $253,245.95; the motion passed unanimously. Commissioner Wald-schmidt moved to approve the 6/10/2024 Regular Meet-ing Minutes; the motion passed unanimously. Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk/HR Director, gave a department update. Two Personnel Status Forms were presented for termi-nations, and two Vacancy Notices were presented, all reviewed and approved. An update on the County Farm lease was given, the current COUNTY Continued from previous pagelessee has been contacted and is agreeable to extend-ing the lease to 2/28/2025, or after they harvest their crops, whichever is later. The County Counselor is working on the updated agreement. Discussion was held on hiring a Consultant to work with the daycares while the candidate search is active, the Board agreed to reach out to Tri-County Coalition for help.The Board asked the Clerk to ﬁnd out who at the State can help with musk thistle mitigation at the state line.As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:40 a.m. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, June 24, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner Room at the Harper County Courthouse. Approved: Darrin Stru-ble, ChairmanAttest: Ami DeLacerda, County ClerkE. Waldschmidt, Trustee of the Jack P. Waldschmidt Trust #1, to Tim Higgins and Leslie Higgins, the S/2 of the SW/4 of Sect. 2, Twp. 33 S, Range 9 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1352 - Trustee’s Deed: Eleanor J. Wood, Trustee of the Charles S. Wood and Eleanor J. Wood Revocable Trust, to the Buck Living Trust, Lots 10 and 11 in Blk. 2 of McKay and Darrough’s Addition to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1353 - Warranty Deed: Janee D. Joslin to Scott A. Harsh and Michelle D. Harsh, the S/2 of Sect. 36, Twp. 32 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1354 - Warranty Deed: Jay A. Joslin to Scott A. Harsh and Michelle D. Harsh, the S/2 of Sect. 36, Twp. 32 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1355 - Warranty Deed: Jon E. Joslin to Scot A. Harsh and REPORT Continued from Page 5Michelle D. Harsh, the S/2 of Sect. 36, Twp. 32 S. Range 5 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1356 - Warranty Deed: Jalana L. Cloud and Scott Cloud to Scott A. Harsh and Michelle D. Harsh, the S/2 of Sect. 36, Twp. 32 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1357 - Executor’s Deed: Jalana L. Cloud, Executor of the Dean Joslin Estate, to Scott A. Harsh and Michelle D. Harsh, the S/2 of Sect. 36, Twp. 32 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.

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(First Published in the Anthony Republican, Wednesday, July 10, 2024) 1tPage 8 the Anthony Republican • July 10, 2024(First Published in the Anthony Republican, Wednesday, July 10, 2024) 1t(First Published in the Anthony Republican, Wednesday, July 10, 2024) 1tPUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICECourtesy PhotoMARTHA VAIL PERMFORMS CEREMONY: Pictured (L-R) Joyce Kaup, Phyllis Anderson, Linda Chamber and Denese Fawcett of Martha Vail completed the ceremony of the 13 folds during the 4th of July Celebration at the Anthony Lake. Have you ever wondered why the ag of the United States is folded 13 times when it is lowered or when it is folded and handed to the widow at the burial of a veteran and what those folds mean? The rst fold of our ag is a symbol of life. The second fold is a symbol of our belief in eternal life. The third fold is made in honor and remembrance of all the veterans departing ranks who gave a portion of their lives for the defense of our country to attain peace throughout the world. Fourth fold represents our weaker nature, for as Americans citizens trusting in God, it is to Him we turn in times of peace as well as in time of war. The fth fold is a tribute to our country, for in the words of Stephen Decature, “Our country is dealing with other countries may she always be right: but it is still our country, right or wrong.” The sixth fold is where our hearts lie. It is with our heart that we pledge allegiance to the ag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all. The seventh fold is a tribute to our Armed Forces, for it is through the Armed Forces that we protect our country and our ag against all her enemies, whether they be found within or without boundaries of our republic. The eighth fold is a tribute to the one who entered into the valley of the shadow of death, that we might the the light of day, and honor mother, for whom it ies on Mother’s Day The ninth fold is a tribute to womanhood for it has been through their faith, their love, loyalty and devotion that the character of the men and women who have made this country great has been molded. The tenth fold is a tribute to the father, for he too, has given his sons and daughters for the defense of the country since they were rst born. The eleventh fold, in the eyes of Hebrew citizens, represents the lower portion of the seal of King David and King Solomon, and ories in their eyes, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The twelfth fold, in the eyes of a Christian citizen, represents an element of eternity and glories, in their eyes, God the Father, The Son and Holy Spirit. When the ag is completely folded, the stars are uppermost reminding us of our nations motto, “In God We Trust”.Member Satisfaction At Wheatland ElectricCooperative Inc. Remains Among HighestIn Nation, ACSI® Score of ‘90’ AchievedWheatland Electric Co-operative Inc., recently com-pleted a member-wide cus-tomer satisfaction survey in which members scored WEC as one of the highest rated utilities in the nation. Both paper and online survey responses were sent to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI®), a company that measures customer satisfaction across multiple industries through-out the entire United States. For 2024, WEC received an ACSI score of 90 out of a maximum score of 100, the second highest score the cooperative has received to date. This places WEC in the top 15% of electric co-ops surveyed this year, accord-ing to Touchstone Energy, a network of nearly 900 elec-tric cooperatives nation-wide."Receiving an ACSI in the 90s for the second con-secutive year is truly excit-ing for us,” said Bruce W. Mueller, CEO/general man-ager. “For several years, we've dedicated ourselves to enhancing member sat-isfaction through multiple programs and services in-cluding our capital credits program, new events for young adult members and families, by backing com-munity projects through our Sharing Success Fund, and supporting local food banks through Cram the Van each fall. We’re here for our mem-bers, and their positive feed-back is energizing!” Members at WEC’s 2024 Annual Meeting, held on April 24, 2024, across eight meeting locations in south-west and central Kansas, were asked to complete the survey, with the option of re-maining anonymous prior to submission. Nearly 230 writ-ten responses were collected and submitted to ACSI, as well as just over 150 ad-ditional online responses through our website. WEC’s score is higher than all 2024 investor-owned utility scores and municipal utility scores. It places WEC 16 points higher than the average investor-owned util-ity score of 74, as well as 15 points higher than the mu-nicipal utilities score of 75, per the industry ratings in the 2024 ACSI Utility Sector Report. It is also 12 points higher than the cooperative industry average of 78. For more information, please visit www.theacsi.orgAbout Us - Our Mission: Delivering Energy for Life–Wheatland Electric Cooper-ative, Inc., a member owned distribution cooperative headquartered in Scott City, KS, was established in 1948 as a distribution and power cooperative in the state of Kansas. Today, Wheatland Electric serves more than 33,000 electric meters in 14 Kansas counties and three Colorado counties and main-tains over 4,000 miles of dis-tribution power lines across southwest and central Kan-sas and eastern Colorado. Together, with the help of our members, we are com-mitted to building a better and stronger rural America. Visit www.weci.net for more information.60 YEARS AGO - 1964Jerry Lee Turner, An-thony, a 1964 graduate of Northwestern State Col-lege, Alva, would teach mathematics in Brooks Ju-nior High School in Wichita during the 1964-65 school term.Some of Bluff City girls from the Girl Scout Troop attending summer camp at Hazen Park Girl Scout Camp near Hutchinson were: Ter-esa Mandeville, Nancy Jelinek, Diane Bruey and Debbie Morawitz.Anthony girls who ﬁn-ished pre-enrollment at Emporia were Dana Dial, Mary Aleshire, Janie Coon, and Myrna Frank. Sandra Wagoner, Harper, was alsos planning to attend Emporia.50 YEARS AGO - 1974Among the 15 Boy Scouts of Troop 851 in their week-long campout at the An-thony Lake were Michael Elliott, Jon Warnock, Tom Tomlin and Mark Struble who were cooking stew for the Scouts and Scoutmas-ter. Other Scouts attending were: Brad Cooper, Doug Asper, Jimmy Seipel, Stan Peetoom, Clinton Jennings, Doug Jensen, Richard Coo-per, Mich Starks, Tim Tom-lin, and Mark Harbin. Lead-ers were Bob Jackson and Wilbur Graves.A Hutchinson school teacher of 12 years would teach the ﬁfth grade here in the fall. A teaching con-tract was issued to Mary E. Coopenhaver at the Uniﬁed School Distirict Board meet-ing. Mrs. Ron Call, wife of the new football coach, was hired as secretary at the Washington Annex.Mr. and Mrs. Jon Hodson of Anthony, announced the purchase of the Dairy Queen from George Freeburg. Working with the Hodsons would be their children, Mi-chelle and Mark, also, Clara Newton.Harper County 4-Hers who bacame Kansas 4-H Ambassadors during State 4-H Youth Roundup at Kan-sas State University were Patty Garancosky and Deb-bie Reber, both of Anthony.40 YEARS AGO - 1984Local bowlers winning trophies at the YABA state tournament in Dodge City were double winners: Tyge FILES Continued on next page

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Richard Smith was the top ﬁnisher in the junior divison singles and also placed seventh in the all-events catgorey. Another award winner was Matt Ja-cobs who received seventh in the prep divison singles.Junior Girl Scouts of Troop 51 received awards at their year-end campout at the Anthony Lake. Lead-ers Cynda Carr and Pam Frost awarded badges and cookie sale certiﬁcates to DeAnn Baker, Laina Berry, Stacey Bonham, Dawn Coo-per, Beth-any Dautel, Mel-ody Drew, Tabby Fly, Karie Frost, Stacey Garlow, Shan-non Hamilton, Elizabeth Hunt, Brandy Nichols, Lori Red-gate, Meredith Whaley and Monique Wilson.30 YEARS AGO - 1994Changes in coaching at Chaparral High School were probably the most vis-ible vacancies and hardest positions to ﬁll was that of Chaparral girls’ basktball coach and replacing Har-vey Romans, who was retir-ing. Preston Pearson would tackle this duty. Former as-sistant Jeff Lantz was tak-ing over tennis coaching duties, replacing long time mentor J.W. “Dub” Shurley who was also retiring. Wres-tling coach Chris Kast-ler resignd and was being re-placed by Pittsbureg State graduate Vince Naccarato, who would also coach fresh-men boys’ football.Members of Xi Zeta So-rority, along with KayLanes Kloset, hosted their 3rd annual spring style show at the Anthony Method-ist Church. Members and friends of Xi Zeta Soror-ity modeled fashions by KayLanes Kloset for the 68 guests, with breaks to listen to the soothing tunes of the band “Mostly Springs,” in which Jalynn Nolte, a so-rority sister played. Trevor Starks also performed for the group by singing his rendition of ZZ Tops “Pink Cadillac.20 YEARS AGO - 2004Jim and Vera Dunn and FILES Continued from previous pageThe Anthony Republican was advertising a 5-Day Christmas Tour on Decem-ber 6-10 for $585 p.p./dbl. occ. to San Antonio, Texas featuring the Riverwalk Area.Kelsey Patterson, Uni-versity of Kansas law stu-dent from Anthony, was chosen by 42 felow staff members to be the Editor-in-Chief of the Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy for the 2004-2005 school year.Terry and Tammy (Per-ry) Oliver and their children were named Blue Springs Family of the Year in Mis-souri. Their three children included Tia, 14, Tabre, 12, and Trace, 8. Tammy is the daughter of Randy and Lin-da Perry of Anthony.10 YEARS AGO - 2014Brent Bogdanovecz hit a hole-in-one during the Big Skins Tournament held at the Anthony Golf Course. Brent received his prize of $2,000 from Brick Prickett and Steve Bellesine. It hap-pened on the last day of the Big Skins two-man scram-ble. Bogdanovecz was part-nerd with Mike Gill and paired with John Carothers and Bill Newlin.BancCentral, a Commu-nity Bank headquartered in Alva, Okla. had purchased the Bank SNB branches in Anthony and Harper. The National FFA Orga-nization awarded a $1,000 Built Ford Tough scholar-ship to Jaden Miller of the Chaparral High School FFA. The scholarship was sponsored by Newberry Family Motors LLC as a special project of the Na-tional FFA Foundation. Miller planned to use the funds to pursue a degree at Kansas State University.5 YEARS AGO - 2019Chaparral High School baseball team members re-ceiving 2019 Central Plains FILES Continued on next page

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