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The Anthony Republican: Vol. 145 - No. 25 • The Anthony Bulletin: Vol. 125 - No. 25Established October 9, 1879: Oldest continuous business in Anthony • Wednesday, June 19, 2024To advertise your business or event in our “Hot Spot”call the Anthony Republican at 620-842-5129. Congratulations to Mark Whisman! His name was selected in the Anthony Republican’s ‘Father of the Year’ drawing, making him the winner and recipient of many great gifts from localbusinesses and sponsors. Mark grew up in Anthony, helping his parents Jane & Larry Whisman on the farm. He graduated from Chaparral High School in 1996 and then went on to graduate from Ottawa University and worked at Sprint in Kansas City. In 2014, he and his wife Juliana decided to move closer to family, and Mark wanted to try his hand at farming. Now he’s proud to work alongside two of his boys (the youngest will join them soon) at Whisman Farms!Pictured is Mark and his sons (l to r) Isaac Whisman, Ivan Whisman, and Ian Whisman. Aspecial thanks to all the businesses that participated and to all those who entered their fathers!FATHER OF THE YEAR DRAWING WINNERCourtesy PhotoSTATE CHAMPIONS: It was a great weekend in Sedgwick, Kansas for the CHS Trapshooting Team at the Kansas Trap Shooting State Tournament in both trap and skeet events. CHS was named State Champions of Trap, winning rst place with a total score of 487/500. The team of 5 consisted of (picture above left to right) Max Wineinger, Caden Smalley, Levi Longbine, Kooper Williams and Ethan McIntire along with Coach Sid Burkholder. The team of Max Wineinger, Ethan McIntire, Caden Smalley, Mason Mans and Sam Foley nished as the 3rd Place team for Skeet with a total score of 448/500. Congrats to Max Wineinger for his 99/100 total score that earned him 3rd place in Male Varsity(2-way tie). The weekend was hot and windy but all CHS Trapshooting Team Members shot great. A big thanks to all the parents and family members who came out and supported the shooters and coaches. Congratulations on a great season! Did you know the CHS Trapshooting are now 4-Times State Champions? The years include 2017, 2021, 2022 and now 2024!SUMMER ALERT: Blood Donors Needed NowThe American Red Cross is hosting the Harper Coun-ty blood drive on Tuesday, June 25th at the Harper Methodist Church, 154 E. US Highway 160, from 12:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. There are over 30 appointments still available to be scheduled. Those who come to give blood will receive a $15 e-gift card to their merchant of choice, via email. All blood types are needed, so please visit www.redcrossbood.org to schedule your appoint-ment. The American Red Cross critically needs blood donors now following a concerning trend over the past month – fewer donors rolling up a sleeve to give lifesaving blood. In fact, about 20,000 fewer blood donations were collected over the past month than needed to main-tain the Red Cross national blood supply.Severe weather and his-toric travel in May contrib-uted to fewer blood dona-tions. In fact, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), ﬁve of the busiest travel days ever happened in May and more record-breaking travel is expected all season long – a busy time when many regular donors may be un-able to give. Additionally, as the U.S. approaches what AAA calls the “100 deadliest 5 Ways Local Broadband Providers Are Boosting Small Business Successthetidewaternews.comSmall businesses have a signiﬁcant impact on their customers and surround-ing communities. In the U.S. alone, there are more than 33 million small busi-nesses that employ almost half of America's private sector workforce. These busi-nesses play a vital role in local communities, driving economic activity and em-ployment. When small busi-nesses thrive, their commu-nities thrive, too.However, these busi-nesses face many challenges. Small business owners do not have the resources to man-age their networks or tackle technology issues. They need increasingly more sophisti-cated IT solutions but don’t have a dedicated IT staff to support them. Choosing the right broadband solutions to support their business is critical to success.Increasingly, local broad-band service providers (BSPs) with a vision to fos-ter economic growth in their communities are bridging this gap by offering man-aged services tailored for small businesses – services that extend far beyond just fast Wi-Fi. For example, re-cent broadband innovation from Calix (a leading cloud technology company for the broadband industry) enables BSPs to serve more small businesses with a purpose-built broadband solution that meets their unique needs. These small business services include enhanced security measures and cy-bersecurity reporting across four dedicated networks – business, point-of-sale, staff and customer – to enable small business owners to safeguard their critical on-line activities.SCTelcom in Kansas is an example of BSPs delivering these services to support the success of local small busi-nesses. SCTelcom is attract-ing more opportunity and generating economic vitality in south-central Kansas. Pe-tunia’s Eatery was the ﬁrst business in Anthony to try the SmartBiz system creat-ed to help small businesses with internet.Small business owners rely on their BSPs to be de-pendable technology part-ners, helping them main-tain the safety and security essential to their success. In honor of Small Business Month, here are ﬁve ways BSPs can enable small busi-nesses in their communities to thrive.1. Robust network-level security - In the U.S., cy-berattacks are on the rise DONORS Continued on next pageSUCCESS Continued on next page

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Page 2 the Anthony Republican • June 19, 2024and should be top of mind for companies of all sizes. According to 60% of small businesses, cybersecurity is a primary concern. Last year, more than 3,200 data breaches were reported. In addition, 51% of small busi-nesses have no cybersecurity measures in place and 85% of ransomware attacks target-ed small businesses in 2023. A report from IBM found that smaller organizations are increasingly impacted by data breaches, with the days” of summer for auto accidents, it’s critical hos-pitals have lifesaving blood products on hand for all trauma and accident vic-tims who count on transfu-sions when there is no time to waste. In some of the most dire situations, medi-cal teams may need to use hundreds of blood products to save a life.”SUCCESS Continued from previous pageDONORS Continued from previous pageresulting ﬁnancial burden increasing by 13% from 2022 to 2023. Research indicates that 95% of cybersecurity in-cidents can cost small busi-nesses up to $653,587 due to downtime, lost business, emergency solutions, legal, and regulatory ﬁnes.While these facts may be scary, small businesses can protect themselves with ro-bust network-level security. BSPs offer comprehensive security measures to pro-tect critical business sys-tems and data, including integrated ﬁrewalls, isolated business, staff, guest, point-of-sale networks, intrusion alerts, content ﬁltering and reporting of blocked threats.2. Secure network access control - Network access con-trols are policies, procedures, protocols, tools and applica-tions that deﬁne, regulate and restrict what an indi-vidual or entity can do on one’s network. To protect against internal and exter-nal threats, small businesses need segmented networks for employees, customers, and business systems. Each segmented network should have tailored authentica-tion and security policies to ensure data protection and regulatory compliance.3. Network resilienceMost people have experi-enced network problems at home. While those issues can be frustrating and inconve-nient, they can cause severe problems when it comes to running a business. Network problems create downtime, which can be catastrophic for small businesses.Local BSPs deliver un-interrupted connectivity and continuous operations to small businesses in their communities, minimizing potential losses during net-work disruptions.4. Simpliﬁed staff net-work managementRegardless of the num-ber of employees, small businesses need to manage network access for staff ef-fectively. Seamless network onboarding and offboarding processes for employees and insights into employee pro-ductivity can enhance opera-tional efﬁciency and improve network security, saving time, money, and headaches for small business owners.5. Enhanced customer ex-periencesProviding guests with Wi-Fi connectivity is no lon-ger a luxury; it's a necessity for attracting and retaining customers. Small businesses can improve customer expe-rience and satisfaction by offering secure Wi-Fi, driv-ing loyalty and increasing spending.Finding the right broad-band service provider for small businessesDepending on the BSP that services their commu-nity, small business owners will ﬁnd different levels and implementations of cyberse-curity, network safety and productivity tools.Small business own-ers should talk with their internet providers about deploying SmartBiz or con-tact SCTelcom to learn how they’re supporting the suc-cess of small businesses in their communities.Ofﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted By HarperCounty Clerk’s OfﬁceMay 28, 2024The Harper County Board of County Commis-sioners met in regular ses-sion, with Chairman Stru-ble calling the meeting to order with Commissioner Waldschmidt and Com-missioner Vornauf. Shonda Larson, Assistant to the Board, and Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk, were pres-ent. Commissioner Wald-schmidt moved to approve the 5/24/2024 payroll in the amount of $143,926.91; the motion passed unanimous-ly.Orville Zimmerman was present for Public Com-ment, inquiring about the status of repairing the Bergman bridge. Mike Bennett, entered the meet-ing and stated that he be-lieves it will be started in August. Mr. Zimmerman also questioned the main-tenance responsibility of 130 road, asked if it would be possible to build a fence down the middle of it. The Commissioners stated they would consult with the County Counselor and get back to Mr. Zimmerman.Mike Bennett and Janet Slankard, Public Works, gave a department update. Mr. Bennett notiﬁed the Board that the Bowersock bridge will not be vacated Commissioners Discuss Wear And TearOn County Roads Due To Bridge Repairthis year. The group dis-cussed musk thistle around the county, if the purchase of chemical by a private cit-izen to spray it is reimburs-able, and if it is permissible for private citizens to spray county ditches, etc. for nox-ious weeds. Also discussed whether to pay the invoice from Air Capital billing the county crushing more con-crete than contracted. The Board decided to go ahead and compensate them for the amount contracted in 2024, only use that amount, then pay the remaining in-voice and use the rest of the crushed concrete in 2025. Public Works requested approval to set up an ac-count and a credit limit of $2,000.00 with Acme COUNTY Continued on next page

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the Anthony Republican • June 19, 2024 Page 3Courtesy PhotoDANCERS PERFORM AT GAME: Pre-K through 6th Grade dancers from Mindy’s Dance Center, of Anthony, and Powerhouse Dance Studio, of Garden Plain, performed during the Wichita Wind Surge baseball game this past Saturday. Students have been attending the ‘In My Dance Era’ camp this past month put on by Mindy Deaver, of Mindy’s Dance Center, and her sister Christy Reel, owner of Powerhouse Dance Studio. There were 56 girls participating in the camp and almost 300 tickets were sold to friends and family to watch the girls perform.Tools. Commissioner Vor-nauf moved to approve the request, the motion passed unanimously. Discussion was held regarding areas around the county needing crack sealing, and the pos-sibility of contracting the work out, due to not having staff or equipment to do the work. Another option would be to rent a machine to help speed the process up. Commissioner Vornauf relayed a request from Elkhorn for permission to utilize the Danville road, rather than the established detour once the State be-gins work on the bridge on Highway 160. The group discussed utilization of and wear and tear on differ-ent County Roads during the year of construction, as COUNTY Continued from previous pagepeople try to shorten the length of the detour. Also discussed a report of tree branches on Corwin road; Public Works staff is work-ing to remove them this morning. We are still wait-ing on updated bids for die-sel tanks, should have more information next week. The group discussed the avail-ability of mowers for the summer and locations that need attention.Melvin Matlock, with J & A Materials entered the meeting, and met with the Board and Mike Bennett. Discussion was held on treated lumber. Mr. Mat-lock explained to the Board that J & A sells full cut lumber (3” 3 x 12 boards), and the difference between the bid J & A submitted and the bid accepted by the county in previous years. Mr. Matlock asked if the county would be interested in buying a load for bridge planks for $30,000.00, with a 12-week delivery time. Based on the anticipated work being done over the remainder of this year, Mr. Bennett doesn’t expect to need lumber again this year, and declined the of-fer, but will reevaluate the need for lumber next year. Kenny Hodson, Under-sheriff, notiﬁed the Board that they have located a 2023 Dodge Durango Pur-suit they would like to out-ﬁt and purchase for use as a patrol vehicle. This was budgeted for 2024, and if allowed, would allow us to rotate one vehicle out to another department. The Board asked to meet with the Sheriff next week for further discussion. Josh Teel, Building & Grounds/IT, gave a De-partment Update. He and Commissioner Struble at-tended the City of Anthony meeting on Tuesday 5/21 to discuss the purchase of the lots East of the Courthouse. The 2 50-foot lots north of the one we currently own are available to purchase at this time for $4,000.00 per lot. Discussion was held on current parking avail-ability for the courthouse, and the potential to expand parking by utilizing that space. The city has agreed that we would not be re-sponsible for providing a barrier on the north end of our lot(s) unless the north lots are sold for residential purposes. Commissioner Waldschmidt motioned to purchase of the two lots for a price to be negoti-ated. The motion passed 2 to 1 (Struble). After further conversation, Commission-er Waldschmidt rescinded his earlier motion, and the Commission agreed to con-tinue negotiations with the City of Anthony before making an offer to purchase the property.Discussion was held on different storage options, including the Hall & Hall Law Ofﬁce building. The group evaluated funding options, and possibly hold-ing off until next year, when we can speciﬁcally budget for it. At 10:10am Commis-sioner Waldschmidt moved to recess for 5 minutes; the motion passed unanimous-ly. Commissioner Vornauf motioned to reconvene at 10:15am; the motion passed unanimously. Commissioner Vornauf commented that another daycare in Harper might be closing, discussed the avail-able options in Harper, and asked if the county would be willing or able to help, if needed. A representative of Harper County will reach out to the owner and get de-tails and anticipated future needs of the area. The county vehicle ﬂeet and the responsibility for maintenance and upkeep was discussed. The group reviewed the county vehicle policy, the fact that people are not returning the ve-hicles clean and/or ﬁlled with gas, and the need to formally appoint someone speciﬁc to take responsibil-ity for ﬂeet vehicles. Courthouse campus maintenance, including the South steps and the bench to be placed in honor of Harold Seipel was dis-COUNTY Continued on next page

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Page 4 the Anthony Republican • June 19, 2024HARPER COUNTYDISTRICT COURT REPORTIndividuals listed below are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.PAID TRAFFIC CITATIONS5/8: Dylan J. Bradford: 1) Speeding - 85/65; $213.00. 24-TR-88.5/29: Britt E. Whealy: 1) Speeding - 75/65; $153.00. 24-TR-100.5/31: Kevin L. Birkenbaugh: 1) Failure to yield at stop or yield sign; $183.00. 24-TR-103.CRIMINAL CASE FILINGSState of Kansas vs. William N. Hamill: 1) Disorderly conduct. 24-CR-7.State of Kansas vs. John P. Wil-liams: 1) Domestic battery. 24-CR-29.COUNTY COURT DOCKETJUDGE SCOTT E. McPHERSONMonday, June 17, 20141:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Jessica Padilla, bond appearance; 24-CR-11.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Paula R. Rojas, rst appearance; 24-TR-92.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Michaelane M. Helm, rst appearance; 24-CR-42.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Leroy S. Denger, status conference; 23-CR-300017.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Jared W. Ownbey, status conference; 24-TR-93.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Gina L. Fry, status conference; 24-CR-37.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Dakota M. Smith, status conference; 16-CR-87.Tuesday, June 18, 20241:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Ninotchka L. Watts, status conference; 24-CR-28.3:00 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Aletha R. Gilchrist, bench trial; 23-CR-300006.4:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Nehemiah Jenkins, bench trial; 23-CR-19.Thursday, June 20, 20249:00 a.m. Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Monica Sharkey, hearing; 24-LM-32.HARPER COUNTY JAILARRESTS & BOOKINGSMatthew D. Clark, 41: Arrested: 6-15-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: APD. Charges: 1) Aggravated indecent solicitation of a child - persuade <14 to a secluded place. 2) Electronic solicitation - offender believes child <14.Patrick K. Clingerman, 35: Arrested: 6-16-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: APD. Charges: 1) Criminal damage to property.Shawn E. Morris, 39: Arrested: 6-16-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: APD. Charges: 1) Aggravated domestic battery.HARPER COUNTY DEEDSBOOK D108#1312 - Quit Claim Deed: Earl D. Ratliff to McDermott Wootonn FLP, Lot 23 in Blk. 6 of Cade’s Addition (aka 548 S. Kansas) in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1313 - Correction Trustee’s Deed: Marla M. Layman, Trustee of the Marla M. Layman Revocable Living Trust, and Richard J. Layman, Trustee of the Richard J. Layman Revocable Living Trust, to Marla M. Layman and Richard J. Layman, Trustees of the Richard and Marla Layman Trust, all interests in and to Lot 4 and the SW/4 of the NW/4 of Sect. 4, Twp. 34 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M., less a 1.889 acre tract in the NW/4, in Harper County, Kansas.#1314 - Quit Claim Deed: Richard Oliphant to Karissa L. Oliphant, Lot 6 in Blk. 9 (aka 401 N. Springeld) in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1315 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Brent L. Hendrick to Joseph T. Mendoza and Maggie K. Mendoza, a tract in the E/2 of Sect. 25, Twp. 33 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.cussed. The Attica daycare is coming along, it is cur-rently wrapped in Lowe’s produce, however, that was purchased from Bulldog Supply. We have not pur-chased anything from out-side of Harper County for use on that facility. At 10:40am Commis-sioner Struble moved to recess for 5 minutes, mo-tion passed unanimously. At 10:43am, Commissioner Vornauf motion to recon-vene; the motion passed unanimously. Shonda Larson, Finance Department, gave a depart-ment update. It is time to publish an updated RFP for the audit service this year. Shonda requested to COUNTY Continued from previous pageextend the request to cover 5 years, rather than just 2. The Board asked to have the County Counselor re-view the document, and will discuss again. Shonda submitted Pizza Ranch re-ceipts for review for reim-bursement, which were ap-proved to add to the current Accounts Payable run. A transfer due to a data entry error in Clerk’s Ofﬁce was presented, in the amount of $2,665.00. This, and a $2,432.33 transfer from Public Transportation to the Employee Beneﬁts ac-count were both approved. The Board reviewed the 5/28/2024 Accounts Payable run, and requested that more information be includ-ed on the line items, so they could identify what was being purchased. Commis-sioner Waldschmidt moved to approve Accounts Pay-able, including the Pizza Ranch reimbursement, in the amount of $123,213.59; the motion passed unani-mously.Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk, gave a department update. Several Person-nel Status Forms were re-viewed and signed for new hires, the Board approved an Exhibit from CIC for a trainer to come to Harper County and work with the Clerk and Treasurer on the July tax abstract process, and the Board was informed that the county credit card had been paid off with only current charges remaining. The County Farm Lease agreement was discussed, Ms. DeLacerda will meet with the County Counselor for an update on changes and what the process will be moving forward. A pe-tition protesting a Lease Purchase Agreement en-tered into by the USD 361 School Board was received on Thursday, May 23rd, and is being processed by the Clerk’s Ofﬁce. There was discussion on the impact to the County if the City of Anthony ac-cepts the offer to purchase land at the lake from Salt Plains Outﬁtters, along with discussion about the recent amendment to the earnings thresholds for the Executive, Administrative, and Professional exemp-tions from minimum wage and overtime protections under the FLSA. FLSA changes will result in three employees being changed to hourly (non-exempt) effec-tive 7/1/2024, three employ-ees being changed to hourly effective 1/1/2025, and one being increased to meet the new threshold. Commissioner Vor-nauf moved to approve the 5/20/2024 meeting minutes; the motion passed unani-mously.As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:30am. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, June 3, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner Room at the Harper County Courthouse. Approved: Darrin Stru-ble, Chairman Attest: Ami DeLacerda, County ClerkPRINTING • SIGNS • BANNERSLD’s PRINTING • ANTHONY • 620-842-5129GOT NEWS OR PICS TO SHARE?Send It To Us Atanthonyrepublican@att.net

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the Anthony Republican • June 19, 2024 Page 5Wes Higgs Agency, LLC125 W. Main St., Anthonywhiggs@amfam.comAdvertise your business or eventwith the AnthonyRepublican!Email or call today for rates:anthonyrepublican@att.net620-842-5129Dear Editor & Readers,I would like to tell you about a business man here in Anthony, Chris Weston. Chris went above and be-yond my expectations. I had asked only the small front lawn to be mowed, and he did the large back yard as well at no extra charge. Five stars for the younger generation. Thank you Chris Weston for doing an outstanding job on my lawn.Karen LambertAnthony, Kansas• LETTER TO THE EDITOR •60 YEARS AGO - 1964Election of the ofﬁcials of the 32 cities which made up the American Legion Boys State of Kansas, Paul Hu-lett and Stan Messner, both of Anthony, were elected to ofﬁce. Hulett was elected to councilman of the City of Wallis and Messner was elected councilman of the City of Nickell.Richard Duffy, son of Dr. and Mrs. J.F. Duffy, 524 N. Jennings, was promoted to the rank of staff sergeant at St. John’s Military School. He was a seventh grader in the junior school.Two Anthony High School girls, Kathy Schnack-enberg and Margie How-ard returned from the FHA camp at Camp Fellowship near Goddard. Kathy was state treasurer and Margie chapter song leader. 50 YEARS AGO - 1974Harper County students at Kansas State University receiving degrees were: from Anthony - Debora Barber. Terry Lee Kiser, Robert Alan Reber, Elizabeth June Wilcox; from Harper - Joe Paschal Holland, Kristi Lee Potter, Everett Ray Ramer; from Zenda - Edwin Joe Mc-Guire. Chaparral Singers, di-rected by Dick Busby, per-formed their Pop Concert in the Chaparral auditorium. Those singing solos were Vicky Smith, Ed Masner, Carol Shadley, Kendal Pul-liam, Kevin Weiberg, and Terry Cupps. Accompaniests were Nancy Dufﬁeld at the piano and Nancy Hostetler on the organ. Also featued in the rhythm section were Jeff Rhea, bass; Randy Ryan, Joe Blubaugh and Will Lynn on the drums.Two red, white and blue Jeeps had been issued to the Anthony Postal Service by the Wichita Sectional Cen-ter. The Jeeps were to be used each day by Ron Hill and Jeral Lipps and by sub-stitute Gary Sherman. 40 YEARS AGO - 1984Steve Trotter became An-thony’s newest businessman by opening a boot and shoe repair shop on West Main.Not returning to teach in USD 361 school district were: William E. Coats, Theresa Simpson, Barbara Harmon and Cleo Dowell. The board approved the hir-ing of four new teachers: Peggy Dowell, Richard Gie-sen, Shirley Schubert and DeAnne Hastings. Three Chaparral stu-dents were presented the FFA State Farmer award. Roberrt Dills, local FFA sponsor, noted that this was the ﬁrst time more than two Chaparral applicants had received the award. The three were Todd Grasser, Marshall Bird and Steve Wiliams.Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Konkel announced that they had sold their Daylight Do-nut Shop on East Main to Bob and Carol Hamilton. 30 YEARS AGO - 1994Chaparral High Agricul-ture teacher, Robert Dills and Anthony Elementary third grade teacher, Pam McLarty had been named “Teacher of The Year” in USD 361.Open auditions were held at Julie’s School of Dance and Gymnastics for the newly formed dance group known as Sudden Impact Dance Company. Those mak-ing the cut in random order of placement were Megan Holt and Mary Alldritt of Harper, LynnLee Schmidt, Jessica Halsey, and Lindsay Hoover of Anthony.Anthony Elementary School eighth-graders, Jyl Waldschmidt, Kyle Caroth-ers and Shayla Pfeifer, were voted by the sventh and eighth grade classes as hav-ing made the best time cap-sules.20 YEARS AGO - 2004“Remembere the Past, Work for the Future,” was the theme the weekend of April 24-25 for the Anthony United Methodist Church’s 125th church anniverary ce-leberation.Graduating with honors from Chaparral High School in 2004 were four valedicto-rians, Samantha Hostetler, Heather Ardery, Hannah Alldritt and Colin Younce. There were two salutatori-ans, Sara Inslee and Bailey Mathes.Jason Witters and Ju-lianne Ball were the big winners in the Anthony El-ementary School Science Fair. Witters and Ball were judged to be the best of the best.Mary Ewertz, 2004 Chap-arral High School graduate, had accepted a $500 Award of Excellence from the Col-lege of Business and Lead-ership to attend Fort Hays State University.10 YEARS AGO - 2014The Anthony Wildcats baseball team traveled to Arkansas City for the Ark City 13 and under Top Gun tournament. They won all their games and brought home the championship trophy. Team member were Garrett Burden, Tanner Asper, Hunter Turner, Ma-son Miller, Drake Whealy, Jarrett Shelton, Luke Garzi, Jake Burke, Quinton Pfaff and Bryce Cormack. Coach-es were Monte Miller, Britt Whealy and Clay Shelton. The Harper County Farm Bureau announced Adrian Blanchat as their Ag-Am-bassador for the upcoming 2014-2015 school year.Country Living, Inc. staff prepared an elegant prime rib meal with shrimp cock-FILES Continued on Page 8

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Page 6 the Anthony Republican • June 19, 2024Harper Co. Dept. On Aging: Hygiene & Bath Safety Assistance For Caregivers By Jennifer WolffTitle III E of the Older American Act (OAA) es-tablished the National Family Caregiver Support Program. It is designed to assist informal caregivers in the areas of health & ﬁnance, & in making deci-sions & solving problems related to their caregiving role. The primary outcomes of the program are to en-sure caregivers have access to information & resources & are appropriately sup-ported in their caregiver roles. Care recipients are individuals who receive in-formal support from quali-ﬁed caregiver & meets one or more of the following cri-teria:1. 60 or older2. Less than 60 with Al-zheimer’s or related disor-der with neurological dys-function3. An adult age 19-59 with a severe disability attributable to mental or physical impairment.Harper County Dept. on Aging has assistance avail-able to resident Caregiv-ers for bath related needs of their care receiver. Such items might include: grab bars, toilet riser, tub bench, hand-held shower, personal hygiene cleaning supplies. Contact Jennifer at 620-842-5104 to discuss your needs & to have a care as-sessment completed. Fund-ing expires September 30th or until it is used up. Maxi-mums per person apply & preference is given to those economically in need. 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-Courtesy PhotoKAYAKING CLASS: The Harper Co. Dept. on Aging hosted two ‘Kayaking 101 for Seniors’ classes at the Anthony Lake on June 4th & 6th with instruction given by Kansas Dept. of Wildlife & Parks Boating Education Coordinator, Chelsea Hofmeier. 26 participants enjoyed perfect weather and equally lovely lake conditions. Participants learned boating safety and the sim-plicity and ease of kayaking. 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 6/24: WichitaTues 6/25: HutchinsonWed 6/26: Wichita Thurs 6/27: WichitaFri 6/28: Wichita All routes are subject to change without notice. GOT NEWS OR PICTURES YOU WANT TO SHARE? ANTHONYREPUBLICAN@ATT.NETRAFFLE TICKETSBUSINESS CARDSVINYL STICKERSLD’s Printing • 620-842-5129anthonyrepublican@att.net

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Page 8 the Anthony Republican • June 19, 2024• • • LETTER TO THE EDITOR • • •Dear Editor & Readers,I would like to thank our city crews and City Admin-istrator Cyndra Kastens for the outstanding work they did in getting our power and water back up follow-ing the storm we had over the weekend of June 8th; these individuals put in some long hours. Also, the great job the Street Depart-ment is doing in cleaning up the limbs and trees brought down by the past 2 storms. We have some tremen-dous employees working for this City and I couldn't be more proud of them all. Greg Cleveland, Mayortails and a delectable des-sert bar at their Annual Meeting. The Harper Coun-ty Accordion chicks, BarBa-ra Wright, Debbie Volavka and Wanda Hughlett per-formed lively music for the residents, membera and guests.5 YEARS AGO - 2019Balloon Fest poster win-ners were: Jeimy Zacarias, Kaylee Carreto, Nova Fye, Matthew Mattice, Yoselin Diaz, Baylin Pool, Emelyn FILES Continued from Page 5Carreeto and Eli Gerber.Husking corn, cooking it on a ﬁre, ants on a log, ex-ploring nature with Bonny, the Bird Lady, decorating leather bracelets were part of the fun that the Girl Scouts enjoyed while camp-ing at the Anthony Lake. The Scouts were Kaslynn Schurlie, Macy Reed, Jamie Fowler, Lilli Patterson, Au-rora Atkins, Alyvia Thom-as, Rowan Williams and Claire Porter. Adults help-ing were Sara Mansﬁeld, Linda Chambers and Laura Chambers.Photo By: Don HoltCOMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER FOR DROUHARD FAMILY: Friends and family members came out to support Matt Drouhard (far left) and his family this past weekend by delivering food and helping to nish cut the wheat in several elds as a memorial to Whitney Drouhard, who lost her life in a tragic motor vehicle accident last Thursday morning on NE 100 Road. At one time there were 7 combines in the eld and 2 grain carts, pictured are six of those combines and grain carts, along with the crews that helped nish the harvest.Photo By: Don HoltHARPER COUNTY HARVEST: Harvest is in full swing in Harper County. Pictured is Mark Davis running the combine.Photo By: Don HoltCHALLENGES OF HARVEST: The Anthony Fire Department responded to a wheat eld on re last Wednesday at SE 60 Ave. and the State Line. The re was started after a bearing went out on a header. Crews reacted quickly, and the eld was saved.Photo By: Ross Downing/Anthony RepublicanEAGLE EYE WINNERS: (L-R) Brothers Brody and Jax Bar-nett were the past 2 winners of the $50 cash prize in the An-thony Republican’s monthly Eagle Eye Contest by correctly identifying the ad pictured on the contest form. You can win too! Just look for the Eagle Eye Contest form on the front page of this issue, nd the ad, ll out the form, mail it in and wait for your chance to be drawn to win $50! Winners are named each month when the new Eagle Eye is published.Photo By: Ross Downing/Anthony RepublicanWHERE BUGS COME ALIVE: The Roadrunner Bug sculp-ture can be found at the Bank of the Plains.

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