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The Anthony Republican: Vol. 145 - No. 20 • The Anthony Bulletin: Vol. 125 - No. 20Established October 9, 1879: Oldest continuous business in Anthony • Wednesday, May 15, 2024To advertise your business or event in our “Hot Spot”call the Anthony Republican at 620-842-5129. 2024 Mother of the Year Drawing WinnerCongratulations to Tabitha Stolsworth, of Harper! Her name was drawn in the Anthony Republican’s ‘Mother of the Year’ drawing, making her the winner and recipient of many great gifts from local businesses and sponsors. Tabitha graduated from Chaparral with the class of 2000 and has worked at American Family Insurance in Anthony for 10 years. She is pictured with her 3 children Harley, J’Lynne and Brock. A special thanks to all the businesses that participated and to all those who entered their mothers!Congratulations to the 54th Graduating Class of Chaparral High School - Class of 2024Photo By: Don HoltPhoto By: Don HoltPhoto By: Don HoltCHS GRADUATION: Chaparral High School teacher and coach Jody Iams delivered the Message to the Class of graduating Seniors during the 54th Annual Commencement Ceremony held this past Saturday at CHS.Free Wi-Fi in Downtown Anthony Thanks To SCTelcom Launching SmartTownAnthony, Kansas – Have you ever wished you could take your secure home Wi-Fi with you when you leave your house? Well, if you are an SCTelcom cus-tomer, you can! SCTelcom has deployed its Smart-Town™ managed service to create a unique on-the-go Wi-Fi solution. The solution provides free, community-wide internet coverage by combining wide-scale resi-dential and small business Wi-Fi systems with stra-tegically deployed hotspot Wi-Fi access points in pub-lic areas. This free, public Wi-Fi is already up and running in Anthony for SCTelcom customers. However, dur-ing the 26th Annual Sun-ﬂower Balloon Fest, it will be extended to all visitors with the help of a QR Code that will be posted around downtown. This gives visi-tors a great impression of our community. It shows we are connected and realize the importance of good, reli-able internet.The SmartTown network is built by connecting resi-dential Wi-Fi systems, al-lowing SCTelcom to create a low-cost, high-capacity Wi-Fi network that extends the private, secure, and safe home Wi-Fi experience into the neighborhood, down-town, and beyond. Com-munity members must join SmartTown to access Wi-Fi on the go. The SCTelcom team will be on hand in the Anthony Ofﬁce at 111 W. Main from 9am until 2pm on Saturday, May 18th during Balloon Fest. Stop by and visit with an SCTelcom employee to connect to the SmartTown network. For more infor-mation, contact SCTelcom at 877-723-6875.Summer Adventure Begins At Anthony LibraryIt’s a new summer and a new adventure. The Antho-ny Public Library invites the youth from 25 months of age to 12 years to join in the fun of the Summer Reading Program, which will run from June 1 to July 31, ac-cording to Laura Cormack, Summer Reading Program Coordinator. The Early Lit class with the ages of 25 months to 5 years, will be on Tuesday mornings from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.“We have many wonder-ful adventures planned for our littlest adventurers in-cluding, puzzles, a treasure hunt, stargazing informa-tion and learning about other various aspects of nature. We will read a story and have an adventure,” she said.School children from 6 years to 12 years of age will have hour-long adventures on Wednesday afternoons from 1-2 p.m. where a li-brarian will read aloud an adventure book in chapters which allows the story to last all summer. Then, there will be activities. A special program is scheduled for June 26, and will be from 2-3:30 p.m. This special event will have a speaker and a demonstrations about Australia. Other programs for the summer include Legos, robotics, and various aspects of enjoying nature. “We hope these differ-ent topics will interest our youth and they will want to read more on the subjects, whether their choice be non-ﬁction or ﬁction,” Cor-mack added.The Summer Reading Program will ﬁnish with parties and prizes to given for most books and most pages read.May 1: Enrollment be-gins June 1: Begin tracking the number of books readJune 4: The ﬁrst Sum-mer Reading Program day session for the Early Lit Deadline For The HCCF Match Day Is May 23rdBy Michelle FahringHCCF AssistantHarper County Commu-nity Foundation is excited to be partnering with the Pat-terson Family Foundation for the second time to bring Harper County non-proﬁts an incredible fundraising op-portunity.HCCF is asking donors to join them along with the Patterson Family Founda-tion to participate in the Ru-ral Community Foundation Match Program. This grant program is designed to ad-dress community needs. Do-nations up to a maximum of $70,000 in total countywide will be matched. Donations to HCCF can be made on be-half of your favorite Harper County non-proﬁt. Donors may make their gifts by mail to HCCF at PO Box 5, Anthony, KS 67003; on our website at www.harp-ercofoundation.org (on the top of the page click “Donate Today”); or in person at our Grants and Awards Presen-tation on May 23rd at the Anthony Municipal Hall at 6:00 p.m. Please contact Kevin Alexander, HCCF Ex-ecutive Director, at 620-842-2711 for more information.LIBRARY Continued on next page

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Page 2 the Anthony Republican • May 15, 2024classJune 5: The ﬁrst Sum-mer Reading Program ses-sion for those in Grade SchoolAlso, not part of the Summer Reading Program, but just as important, Kar-en Younce will have Baby Story Time on Thursday mornings at 10:30. Her pro-gram is for babies up to 24 months of age. There will be story reading and play time for all the little ones. Stop by the Anthony Public Library for more in-formation and to enroll in a fun summer program.LIBRARY Continued from previous pageHistoric Anthony Theatre Open During Balloon FestOn Saturday, May 18th the doors will open at 9 am and then at 10 am The Arts Center will present a mini melodrama on the Theatre stage, “Don’t go Bakin’ My Heart”. The melodrama will be repeated at 12 noon and 1 pm. Come on in to relax and enjoy. The con-cession stand will be open to sell popcorn, soda, water and candy. Doors will close at 2 pm for the parade. 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 beneﬁts. On Tuesday, May 21, 2024 from 1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. the Veteran Service Rep-resentative will be at the Harper County Health De-partment, 123 N. Jennings, Anthony, KS 67003.The Kansas Commis-sion on Veterans’ Affairs is a State Agency that pro-vides free assistance to veterans and their families with veterans’ beneﬁts. If you are or any of family members are in need of as-sistance with veteran ben-eﬁts, please call the Harper County Health Department at 620-842-5132 to schedule an appointment. Dept. On Aging: TEFAP Commodities Available 5/23By Jennifer WolffTEFAP Food commodi-ties will be available Thurs-day May 23rd at the Harper County Courthouse 201 N. Jennings 8:30 – Noon. Food is distributed on a 1st come, 1st served basis. This program is available to all Harper County residents who meet the income guide-lines. This month’s box will have a mix of frozen protein, frozen fruit, nuts & canned goods. As a dis-tribution point, we do not have any control over items & quantity. The state DCF ofﬁce coordinates foods & amount available for each site. Distributions are ev-ery ODD month in 2024. Just park out front & we will bring a food box to you. With increasing food costs, if you are struggling to pro-vide food for your house-hold, please check with the Aging ofﬁce in the Court-house & ﬁll out a paper or online application for SNAP – the Supplemental Nutri-tion Assistance Program of Kansas. Additionally, for Harper Co residents 60+, Senior Meal programs are available in Anthony, Attica & Harper Monday – Friday. Contact Jennifer for infor-mation 620-842-5104.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 reserva-tions & rates. 1st come, 1st served. Advance reserva-tions are recommended for in-county as well as out of county rides. Public Trans-portation will be CLOSED 5/27, Memorial Day.Out of County Transit Schedule: Mon 5/20: WichitaTues 5/21: KingmanWed 5/22: Wichita Thurs 5/23: No out of county availableFri 5/24: Wichita All routes are subject to change without notice. EMPORIA, KS - Kamon Haydock of Harper, Kansas, was one of over 700 Empo-ria State undergraduate students named to the uni-versity honor roll after the Haydock Named To Honor Roll At Emporia State Universityfall 2023 semester.To qualify for the uni-versity honor roll, students earned a minimum 3.80 se-mester grade point average in at least 12 graded hours.PRINTING • SIGNS • SHIRTSLD’s PRINTING • ANTHONY • 620-842-5129GOT NEWS OR PICTURES YOU WANT TO SHARE? ANTHONYREPUBLICAN@ATT.NET

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the Anthony Republican • May 15, 2024 Page 3• PRINTING •• SIGNS •• SHIRTS •• BANNERS •• STICKERS • • STAMPS •LD’S PRINTING620-842-5129HARPER COUNTYDISTRICT COURT REPORTIndividuals listed below are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.PAID TRAFFIC CITATIONS4/4: Logan T. Oliphant: 1) Speeding - 85/65; $213.00. 24-TR-67.4/9: Linda D. Muller: 1) Speeding - 75/65; $153.00. 24-TR-73.4/15: Michael J. Batt: 1) Speeding - 71/65; $153.00. 24-TR-74.4/22: Danny J. McCaskill: 1) Speeding - 78/65; $171.00. 24-TR-83.DOMESTIC CASE FILINGSJessica Reber vs. David Bradley, divorce; 24-DM-25.Kenneth L. Brewer vs. Audrey P. Brewer, divorce; 24-DM-26.LIMITED CASE FILINGSHospital District No. 6 of Harper County vs. Crystal J. Garrison, et al., debt collection; 24-LM-41.Hospital District No. 6 of Harper County vs. Dennis M. Ryan, debt collection; 24-LM-44.Hospital District No. 6 of Harper County vs. Elsie Hasenbank, debt collection; 24-LM-45.CRIMINAL CASE FILINGSState of Kansas vs. Ninotchka L. Watts: 1) Harassment by telecommunication device. 24-CR-28.State of Kansas vs. Norma Ba-zer: 1) Possession of marijuana. 2) Possession of drug parapher-nalia. 3) No proof of motor ve-hicle liability insurance coverage. 4) No valid driver’s license. 5) Expired or no registration. 24-CR-38.COUNTY COURT DOCKETJUDGE SCOTT E. McPHERSONMonday, May 13, 20241:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Ninotchka L. Watts, rst appearance; 24-CR-28.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Amie A. Long, rst appearance; 24-CR-32.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Corey Crosby, status conference; 24-TR-12.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Robert J. Black, status conference; 24-TR-241:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Matthew Eslinger, status conference; 24-TR-42.Tuesday, May 14, 20241:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Stormy D. Rother, hearing; 23-CR-55, 23-CR-61.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Christina A. Lear, status conference; 23-CR-300003.HARPER COUNTY JAILARRESTS & BOOKINGSWynema K. Campbell, 44: Arrested: 5-7-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Failure to appear.Norma J. Bazer, 58: Arrested: 5-7-24; Released: 5-9-24. Arrested By: APD. Charges: 1) Vehicle liability insurance - knowingly drive uninsured vehicle. 2) Vehicles; unlawful acts - e.g. registration. 3) Possession of drug paraphernalia. 4) Driving while license cancelled/suspended/revoked.Christian X. Bauck, 20: Arrested: 5-10-24; Released: 5-11-24. Arrested By: APD. Charges: 1) Domestic battery.Thomas A. Petardi, 19: Arrested: 5-12-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: Barber Co. Sheriff’s Ofce. Charges: 1) Hold for Barber County.HARPER COUNTY DEEDSBOOK D108#1258 - Quit Claim Deed: Kai Kannenberg to Alek Schuler, Lot 6 in BLk. 76 in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1259 - Warranty Deed: Holly Dondlinger to Armando E. Diaz Meza and Vitalina V. Rodriguez Mejia, Lots 2, 3 and 6 in Blk. 12 in the Original Townsite of the City of Harper, Harper County, Kansas.#1260 - Warranty Deed: Darren L. Tiemstra and Sherry M. Tiemstra to Darren L. Tiemstra and Sherry M. Tiemstra, Co-Trustees of the Klutina River Trust, Lots 3 and 4 and the S/2 of the NW/4 in Sect. 2, Twp. 32 S, Range 8 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1261 - Warranty Deed: Terry L. Acor and William F. Acor to Terry L. Acor, Trustee of the Terry L. Acor Living Trust, the E/2 of the W/2 of Sect. 11, Twp. 31 S, Range 8 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1262 - Trustee’s Deed: Judith W. Parsons, Trustee of the Judith W. Parsons Trust No. 1, to Lynn R. Fox and Jill M. Baker, Trustees of the Lynn R. Fox Irrevocable Gifting Trust and the Jill M. Baker Irrevocable Gifting Trust, a 1/2 interest in the W/2 of Sect. 11, Twp. 32, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M., including a tract in the NW/4 of Sect. 11, and less a tract in part of the NW/4 of Sect. 11, Harper County, Kansas.#1263 - Quit Claim Deed: Candoo LLC to Historic Green Spot and Motor Court LLC, Lots 7 and the W/24.2’ of Lot 6 in Blk. 46 (aka 416 W. Main) in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1264 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Curt R. Clark and Suzanne Clark, and Kyle W. Clark and Jennifer Clark, to Nolan R. Lankton, the S/70’ of the N/185’ of the W/2 of Blk. 3 W in Highland Addition to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1265 - Statutory Warranty Deed: City of Anthony to David Lingle and Kenetha Lingle, Lot 5 E in Spring Crreek Additio to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1266 - Quit Claim Deed: Earl Nelan to David Lingle and Kenetha K. Lingle, Lot 5 E in Spring Creek Addition to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1267 - General Warranty Deed: David Cortes Nieto to Biro Family Revocable Trust, the NE/4 and N/2 of the SE/4 of Sect. 24, Twp. 31 S, Range 8 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.City Approves Requests For Sunﬂower Balloon FestOfﬁcial Meeting Min-utesRegular MeetingSubmitted ByCity of Anthony ClerkApril 16, 2024OPENINGWelcome / Call to Order. Invocation / Pledge of Al-legiance. Roll Call - Pres-ent: Mayor Greg Cleveland, Commissioner Jan Lanie, Commissioner Eric Smith, City Administrator Cyndra Kastens, Police Chief Ken-ny Hodson, Deputy City Clerk Sherri Miller, Pow-er Plant Superintendent Larry Berry, City Attorney Brandon Ritcha, Bryan Hilgemann, Jennifer Wolff, Curt Miller, Matt Lingle, David & Kenetha Lingle, Bill & Sue Moyer, Randy & Jacquie Wiseley, TM Strong, Josh Teel and Harp-er Co Commissioner Darin Struble. Absent: Commis-sioner Sherrie Eaton, Com-missioner Howard Hatﬁeld.Approval of Agenda: A motion was made to ap-prove the agenda. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commission-er Lanie, Commissioner Smith.PUBLIC COMMENTNone.CONSENT AGENDA1. Approve April 2, 2024 Regular Meeting Minutes2. Appropriation Ordi-nance No. 3188 $261,722.903. Approve 04.09.2024 Payroll $62,773.834. Appoint Rebecca New to Housing Authority to ﬁll Unexpired Term of Connie Copenhaver 20255. Appoint Mary Julana Hall & Nina Levens to An-thony Public Library Board Term Ending 20286. Approve Appointment to Fill Vacancy for Ryan Cashier to Wayne Dennis Committee - Term to Expire 2027Mayor Cleveland asked if any items should be re-moved from the consent agenda for further discus-sion. Hearing none, a mo-tion was made to approve the consent agenda. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commission-er Lanie, Commissioner Smith.PUBLIC HEARINGSNone.EXECUTIVE SESSION7. Executive Session for Consultation with the City Attorney Pursuant to “Con-sultation with an attorney for the public body or agen-cy which would be deemed CITY Continued on next page

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Page 4 the Anthony Republican • May 15, 2024privileged in the attorney-client relationship, K.S.A. 75-4319 (b) (2).”At 6:05 p.m., Mayor Cleveland made a motion to go into Executive Session for twenty minutes until 6:25 p.m. to discuss Consul-tation with the City Attor-ney Pursuant to “Consul-tation with an attorney for the public body or agency which would be deemed privileged in the attorney-client relationship, K.S.A. 75-4319 (b) (2).” Commis-sioner Smith seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. The Commission chambers were cleared with the Com-missioners, City Adminis-trator and City Attorney remaining present.At 6:25 p.m., Mayor Cleveland made a motion to extend the Executive Ses-sion ﬁve minutes until 6:30 p.m. Commissioner Smith seconded the motion. Mo-tion carried 3-0.CITY Continued from previous pageAt 6:30 p.m. Mayor Cleveland called the regu-lar meeting back to order. No binding action was tak-en.REGULAR BUSINESS8. Request to Waive Hall Rental Fees - Jennifer Wolff, The Arts Center: A mo-tion was made to approve the request from Jennifer Wolff with the Arts Cen-ter to waive the Municipal Hall Rental Fees for a fun-draiser on August 4, 2024. Motion made by Commis-sioner Smith, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Vot-ing Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Lanie, Com-missioner Smith.9. Harper Co Communi-ty Foundation Grant - Bill Moyer, Tree Board: A mo-tion was made to give ap-proval to the Tree Board to apply for the Harper Co Community Foundation Grant. Motion made by Commissioner Lanie, Sec-onded by Mayor Cleveland. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Smith.10. 2024 Sunﬂower Bal-loon Fest Requests: The Chamber of Commerce presented a list of requests for the 2024 Annual Bal-loon Fest as follows: waive hall rental fees for the mixer, street closures, bar-ricades, use of the Airport from May 17th-May 19th, police assistance at the parade and parking. A mo-tion was made to approve the Anthony Chamber of Commerce 2024 Sunﬂower Balloon Fest Requests. Mo-tion made by Commissioner Lanie, Seconded by May-or Cleveland. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commis-sioner Lanie, Commission-er Smith11. Request from Coun-ty to Purchase Available Lots: Josh Teel and Harp-er County Commissioner Darin Struble presented a plan for consideration of the county to purchase of the city owned lots in Block 23 (211 N Anthony), adjacent to the County Courthouse.12. Request to Trans-fer Lake Lease: A motion was made to approve the request to transfer Lake Lease 5E Cattail Cove Cir-cle for David and Kenetha Lingle. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Smith13. Approve Contract for Sale of 5 E Cattail Cove Circle: A motion was made to approve the Contract for Sale as presented for 5E Cattail Cove Circle to Da-vid and Kenetha Lingle for $9,500.00. Motion made by Commissioner Smith, Sec-onded by Commissioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commission-er Lanie, Commissioner Smith.14. Open Bids for ID Farmland Lease: Mayor Cleveland opened the sealed bids for the ID Farm-land Lease. One bid was re-ceived from Jansen Parsons for $45 per acre. A motion was made to accept the bid from Jansen Parsons for $45 per acre. Motion made by Commissioner Smith, Sec-onded by Mayor Cleveland. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Smith.15. ID/Eco Devo Board Request: Curt Miller visited with the Commission about the future direction/goals for the ID/Economic Devel-opment Board. Chairperson Miller will continue to work with the ID/ED Board to determine their objectives and report back to the Com-mission. Chairperson Mill-er asked the Commission to consider any planning ob-jectives they would like the ID/Economic Development Board to undertake as well. 16. On-Call/Back-Up Employee Housing: Admin-istrator Kastens updated the Commission on the objective of the Employee Recruitment/Retention pro-gram and the accompany-ing housing initiative. After discussion, a motion was made to extend the current arrangement for on-call/back-up employee housing at the lake to May 19, 2024 as available. Motion made by Commissioner Lanie, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commission-er Lanie, Commissioner Smith.17. SEED Grant Ban-ner Metal Art: Administra-tor Kastens presented an alternative option to the Commission for the metal HPCO Signs in lieu of in-stalling them above the downtown banners. After discussion, the Commis-sion gave direction to keep the metal art on the poles above the banners.18. Harper County Com-munity Impact Meeting: Administrator Kastens ex-tended the invitation to the City Commission presented by the Harper County Eco-nomic Development Direc-tor to attend the upcoming Harper County Community Impact Meeting on May 8, 2024. The Commission ap-pointed Mayor Cleveland to represent the City Commis-sion at the meeting.19. Approve Grant Agreement No. 23-HR-003: A motion was made to ap-prove the Grant Agree-ment No. 23-HR-003 CDBG Housing Grant $300,000. Motion made by Commis-sioner Smith, Seconded by Mayor Cleveland.Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Smith.20. Approve Contract with SCKEDD: A motion was made to approve the contract with SCKEDD for Administrative Services for the 2023 CDBG Hous-ing Grant. Motion made by Commissioner Lanie, Sec-onded by Mayor Cleveland. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Smith21. Approve Contract with SCKEDD: A motion was made to approve the contract with SCKEDD for Housing Inspection/Risk Assessment Service - 2023 CDBG Housing Grant. Mo-tion made by Mayor Cleve-land, Seconded by Commis-sioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commis-sioner Lanie, Commission-er Smith.22. Approve City of An-thony 2024 Community Development Block Grant Housing Rehabilitation Plan and Demolition Plan: CITY Continued on next page

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the Anthony Republican • May 15, 2024 Page 5A motion was made to ap-prove the City of Anthony 2024 Community Develop-ment Block Grant Housing Rehabilitation Plan and De-molition Plan. Motion made by Commissioner Lanie, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commission-er Lanie, Commissioner Smith.A motion was made to CITY Continued from previous pageappoint Commissioner Smith and Mayor Cleve-land to the Special Housing Committee.Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Vot-ing Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Lanie, Com-missioner Smith.23. Curb Appeal for Residential Enhancement Program (CARE): A mo-tion was made to adopt the Curb Appeal for Residen-tial Enhancement Program (CARE). Motion made by Commissioner Lanie, Sec-onded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commission-er Lanie, Commissioner Smith.24. Inoperable Vehicle Nuisance: The Commis-sion reviewed the Inoper-able Vehicle Nuisance for 401 S. Jennings - Gilchrist. A motion was made to ap-prove the Findings of Fact and issue the order. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commission-er Lanie, Commissioner Smith.25. Health Nuisance: The Commission reviewed the Health Nuisance at 401 S Jennings - Gilchrist. A mo-tion was made to approve the Findings of Fact and is-sue the order. Motion made by Commissioner Smith, Seconded by Mayor Cleve-land. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Smith26. Health Nuisance: The Commission reviewed the Health Nuisance at 308 S Madison - Davis. A motion was made to approve the Findings of Fact and issue the order.Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie.Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Smith 27. Approve Purchase of AV Gas: A motion was made to approve the purchase of 2,500 gallons of Av gas from Dark Oil for $14,997.50. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Vot-ing Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Lanie, Com-missioner Smith.STAFF REPORTS28. Administrator Re-port: The Admin reported on Ad Valorem Tax Loss, Water Grant, Power Portfo-lio, Lake Development Pro-posal, Metal Art in Right of Way, Lake Board Meeting, Soil Contamination Power Plant, Water/Wastewater Department Operations, BASE Grant, KCC 40101(d) Grid Resilience Grant, Bill-board/Off-Site Signs, Insur-ance and Department Re-ports.29. Chief of Police Report: Talked to several kids about riding bikes on the Main Street sidewalks. Started serving weed notices. We investigated a theft in the 500 block of S. Lincoln. We investigated a burglary in the 400 block of N. Lincoln. We investigated a domestic disturbance in the 300 block of S. Lincoln.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 Lanie, Commissioner Smith.Gregory Cleveland, MayorCyndra Kastens, City Clerk/AdministratorCatching Up With The County ComissionersOfﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted By HarperCounty Clerk’s OfﬁceApril 22, 2024The Harper County Board of County Commis-sioners met in regular ses-sion, with Chairman Stru-ble calling the meeting to order with Commissioner Waldschmidt and Commis-sioner Vornauf. Shonda Lar-son, Assistant to the Board, and Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk, were present. Jason Jump, with the Harper Ad-vocate and Attica Indepen-dent, was also present. Commissioner Wald-schimdt motioned to ap-prove the 4/22/2024 ac-counts payable ﬁle in the amount of $17,048.08; the motion passed unanimously.Commissioner Struble motioned to approve the beneﬁts accounts payable ﬁle for the 4/12/2024 payroll in the amount of $61,133.24; the motion passed unani-mously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove the 4/15/2024 Regular Meeting minutes; the mo-tion passed unanimously.Mike Bennett and Janet Slankard, Public Works, gave a department update. We contracted with Air Cap-itol Recycling to crush some concrete for us. They ap-parently removed the metal and rebar during this pro-cess and sold it to All Metal, without our approval. Also discussed vacated road and request from landowner to post a sign, also discussed upcoming bridge repairs and maintenance. The new backhoe was delivered Fri-day, a representative from Foley will be here this week to do orientation on the ma-chine. The Board is receiv-ing compliments on road work in Harper area, and there was more conversa-tion related to the county purchasing fuel for our ve-hicles. Robert Casad, Blueﬂame COUNTY Continued on next page

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Page 6 the Anthony Republican • May 15, 2024(First Published in The Anthony Republican, Wednesday, May 15, 2024) 3t IN THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICTDISTRICT COURT OF HARPER COUNTY, KANSASIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ) ) JACK L. HUENERGARDT, Deceased. ) Case No. HP 2023 PR 32 )(Petition Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59)NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notiﬁ ed that on May 8, 2024, a Petition was ﬁ led in this Court by Terry Sterling and Mary Sterling, duly appointed, quali-ﬁ ed and acting Co-Executors of the Estate of Jack L. Huenergardt, deceased, praying Petitioners acts be approved; account be settled and allowed; the heirs be determined; the Will be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; the Court ﬁ nd the allowances requested for attorneys’ fees and expenses are reasonable and should be allowed; the costs be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the Estate be closed; upon the ﬁ ling of receipts the Petitioners be ﬁ nally discharged as the Co-Executors of the Estate of Jack L. Huenergardt, deceased, and the Petitioners be released from further liability. You are required to ﬁ le your written defenses thereto on or before June 6, 2024, at 9:00 o’clock a.m. in the District Court, Antho-ny, 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. Terry Sterling and Mary Sterling, Co-ExecutorsMatthew W. Ricke, #20995ATTORNEY AT LAW, LLC349 North Main, P. O. Box 113Kingman, KS 67068(620) 532-3103Attorney for PetitionersLEGAL NOTICECourtesy PhotoBUSY GIRL SCOUTS: If you went by the Girl Scout house Thursday, May 2nd you would have seen busy girls outside dec-orating and designing their new sit-upon buckets. It was a team effort as older girls helped the youngers girls with the duct tape cutting and placing it on the buckets. We had girls trying to pull two buckets apart, adults with glue guns, supervising scissors, encouraging them in their efforts. It was truly a team effort. They can use these buckets to put camping gear in, gardening tools in and carry things home in. Enjoying the day were Genesis Sower, Macie Calvert, Makinzie Fowler, Kamille Cox, Lilly, Callie Johnson, Harley Hacker, Nova Frye, Sophia and Kandice Martins, Olivia Hunt, Amelia Cahoun, Emma Calvert, and June Coffey. Next meeting is Monday the 8th at the Kristy’s after school. Tanganika on May 18th will close our year out. The girls earned this trip because they did so great at selling cookies this year.Biopower, spoke with the Board about Greenhouse Gas Reduction grant oppor-tunities related to Natural Gas, and the potential for a Rural Improvement District which would lead to a Rev-enue Bond opportunity (a tax free bond which would not encumber the county), which would insulate the county from any issues stemming from this project. In order to establish a Ru-ral Improvement District, 5 landowners from the area would be required to be ap-pointed as interim directors, until an election could be held to elect a formal direc-tor. More conversation was held on the process, includ-ing potential obstacles. Mr. Casad requested that we be-gin the process of request-ing bids from companies to construct this facility. Dis-cussion was held on the im-plications for landowners, if this project would fail. The Board informed Mr. Casad that they would need some more time to speak with landowners in the North-west part of the County be-fore they could make a deci-sion about moving forward with this project.Kari O’Riley, Community Development Director, gave a department update. She has scheduled a Harper County Workforce Impact meeting for May 8th, from 11:30-1:30, and invited vari-ous professionals from the area. There was further discussion regarding Bull-dog Supply’s declination of a Community Development grant, and concern over the potential for increased valuation due to changes. The Ad Valorem program informational meeting will be scheduled after the new Superintendent in Attica is in place, in July, how-ever, the Finance Director, County Clerk, and Kari will meet before that for a brief overview of the program. Discussion was held on cre-ative ways to announce and recognize those businesses awarded Community Devel-opment Grants, including utilizing social media and issuing framed certiﬁcates to display. The intent is to publicly recognize those businesses and people in-vesting in HPCO.Daniel Martin, County Attorney, met with the Board, and requested per-mission to use Diversion funds to send a Sheriff’s Deputy to Drug Interdic-COUNTY Continued from previous pagetion training, which was ap-proved. He also requested that the Board no longer re-quire that he obtain permis-sion from them to use the Diversion Fund, and that they allow the unused funds to grow from year to year, rather than rolling it over to the General Fund every year. The Board will do some research, determine why the current process is in place, and how other counties handle theirs, be-fore making a decision. Vikki Mader, with Hori-zons, gave an update on the program including services rendered, new service offer-ings, and ﬁnancials. They are working with USD 361 to potentially apply for a mental health intervention grant, which would allow the schools to have a trained professional on site to help navigate student mental health issues.Emily Tompkinson, Childcare Director, gave a department update. It was determined that it would be beneﬁcial to our program and the public to work with DCF, Emily will get the pro-cess started for both Antho-ny and Harper. Commissioner Struble motioned to enter execu-tive session at 10:43am. The justiﬁcation for clos-ing the meeting is to dis-cuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. The open meeting will resume at 10:53am in this room. The motion was approved unanimously. Ami DeLac-erda & Emily Tompkinson remained in the meeting. The meeting resumed at 10:53am, no binding action taken.Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk, gave a department update. There was more discussion on the county credit card balance and outstanding charges. Com-missioner Vornauf motioned to approve an update to the County-Owned Vehi-cle and Equipment Policy; the motion was approved unanimously. After some discussion, the policy was amended again, and Com-missioner Waldschmidt mo-tioned to approve the new version; the motion was ap-proved unanimously. Commissioner Struble motioned to enter executive session at 11:10am. The justiﬁcation for closing the meeting is to discuss person-nel matters of nonelected personnel. The open meet-ing will resume at 11:25am in this room. The motion was approved unanimously. Ami DeLacerda remained in the meeting. The meet-ing resumed at 11:25am, no binding action taken.The Board discussed procuring a large map for their ofﬁce from the Ap-praiser’s ofﬁce, as well as possibly vacating speciﬁc roads with bridges that are damaged and closed, rather than spending the funds to repair. The Clerk was asked to research this process.As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:31am. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, April 29, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner Room at the Harper County Courthouse. Approved: Darrin Stru-ble, ChairmanAttest: Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk

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DeAnne Halsey presented a reading, “When Our Hearts Were Young And Gay” for which she received a I rat-ing; Pat Roach read “Maker of Dreams” and was award-ed a II rating; Charlene Hodges was presented a I rating in poetry for “My Last Duchess,” and Jane Foster received a II in pros for a selection drawn the day of the contest. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Meyer, Manchester, Okla. announced the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Janet Sue, to Bill Arnold, Anthony, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ar-nold, Anthony. A group of friends en-joyed a supper, bowling at Park Lanes in Anthony and a slumber party, plus more good eats, which Bonnie’s mother, Mrs. Roy Gerberd-ing is famous for, to cel-ebrate Bonnie’s birthday anniversary. Those enjoy-ing the occasion were Peg-gy Duncan and Mary Lou Anton of Bluff City, Cookie Carothers and the honoree.50 YEARS AGO - 1974About 75 youths and adults tackled a huge 44-foot long banana split at the Central Baptist Church. 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Marcy McKee succeeded in getting more votes than Carl Barker and Jim Ire-land to become Chaparral’s ﬁrst woman stuco presi-dent. 40 YEARS AGO - 1984The brother team of Clyde and Mike Jenkins competed at the state Pee-Wee wrestling tournament at Salina, representing An-thony’s PeeWee program.Lee and Jeanie Cooper-rider of Anthony, announced the arrival of their son, Kyle Alan, born Thursday, April 5, 1984 in the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. The Cooperriders have another son, Kenton, 3 years old.Outstanding seniors from Barber, Harper, King-man and Pratt counties were honored by the Uni-versity of Kansas Alumni Association and the KU En-dowment Association. Lo-cal students honored were: 620-842-5129 • 121 E. Main, Anthonywww.anthonyrepublicannews.comTHE ANTHONY REPUBLICANFILES Continued on next page

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Page 8 the Anthony Republican • May 15, 2024Cooper Waldschmidt Mason Walker Catherine Welch Faith WestonIan WhismanWilliam Williams Nayeli ZavalaAiden ToddFernando Velazquez• CHAPARRAL FACULTY & STAFF •Beth ZahradnikJC ZahradnikKatie Zimmerman Amber ZwierzychowskiDear Readers,It was brought to my at-tention last week after the paper was printed that there were 8th Grade Graduates and CHS faculty that were not included in our special Graduation issue. This was an error on my part as all the ﬁles did not download correctly. I want to apologize to the Graduates and their families, as well as the facul-ty members for this mistake. Sincerley, Ross Downing, EditorCORRECTIONCONGRATSTO THESE8TH GRADEGRADUATESOF 2024!WE’RE PROUDOF YOU!GO RUNNERS!Jena Calvert. Scott Gar-rett, Robin Harnden, Da-vid Innes, David Nickel, Suzette Smith, Becky Wed-man and Steve Williams.30 YEARS AGO - 1994Anthony eighth graders performed in “Once Upon A Playground,” a story of being different, before students in kindergar-ten through fourth grade. Cast members included: Michele Conrady, Jenni-fer Boyle, Shauna Slusser, Derek Reneau, Kelsey Pat-terson, Julie Graves, Kelly Reber, Fred Rishell, Robyn Longbine, Richard Barrett, Leslee Thornton, Grace Hays and Trent Cleveland. Jennifer Longbine and Robyn Longbine, daughters of Allen and Vickie Long-bine, Anthony, participated in the Model Search Ameri-can at the Airport Hilton in Wichita. Performing Artist’s Club’s cast of 11 were pre-paring for the three act per-formance of “Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs” at Chaparral. Cast mem-bers were Laura Dennis, Snow White; Kelvin Win-ters, Prince; Shanna Jor-dan, Queen and Kendra Hughes, Mirror. The dwarfs were Sara Eslinger, Sandra Willson, Alissa Schmidt, Neoshoa Kirkwood, Angie Caldron, Kim Schmidt and Jamey Blubaugh. Director was Heather Madsen and Melanie Allison was the student director.20 YEARS AGO - 2004Harper County NEA an-nounced its nominees for 2005 Kansas Teachers of the Year: Karen Dunkel-berger, physical education teacher at Harper Elemen-tary School, and Pam Fallis, biology Teacher at Chapar-ral High School. Winners of the Anthony Tree Board Poster Contest were ﬁfth graders, Austin Dolley ($25 winner), Rus-sell Starks ($15 winner), Tia Brasswell ($10 winner). Their teacher was Krista Pollock. Chaparral Key Club member, Alyssa Williams was elected Governor of the Kansas District Key Clubs at the state convention. She was the 6th governor from the Chaparral Club, but the ﬁrst since Spence Sechler, who served in 1982. Also elected to serve as a state ofﬁcer was Leanna Fallis. She was elected editor of the Sunﬂower Key. Attend-ing the convention besides Williams and Fallis, were Maddie Schule, Aaron and Ashley Podschun, Alyssa Kiser, Alex Williams and advisors, Bob Hottman and Pam Fallis.10 YEARS AGO - 2014The Boy Scout Troop 855 held their annual Pine Car Derby with winners: Car-son Gates, 1st place; Kavin Bonham, 2nd place; Zack Graves, 3rd place; Brayen Kaup, 4th place.Anthony Elementary Jr. High archery team mem-bers were: Lillian Reed, Ty-ler Pollard, Shayla Jakson, Jerica Hargis, Jaylee Hekel, Kole Newlin, Eli Eslinger, Nautica Smith, Gabrielle Yager, Hannah Foley, Ol-ivia Profﬁtt, Alex Clark, Kooper Kastens, Mackenzie Metzger, Gage Berry, Piper Guy, Kelsey Bonham, Den-ver Jenkins, Mason Woot-onn, Jack McCoy, Jaden Es-linger, Brandon Clark and Jacob Warren. Lillian Reed placed 3rd in individuals and was eligible for Nation-als as well at Rebecca Bon-ham.5 YEARS AGO - 2019The 30th Judicial Dis-trict Nominating Com-mission had selected Scott McPherson, a Sterling attorney, to ﬁll a district magistrate judge vacancy in Harper County. The va-cancy was created by the retirement of Judge James Richard Biles. Senior J’Lynne Stols-worth signed a letter of in-tent to play volleyball for the Bethel College Thresh-ers.Photo By: Don HoltDONATION MADE TO FAIR BOARD: The Harper County Fair Association received a check of $2,000 from Invenergy (the developer of Falt Ridge 4 wind farm) to go towards our Fair Barn renovation project to later nd out in the afternoon that we received another $10,000 grant from the county to go towards our project at the Blue Barn. The last two years have been spent raising money to renovate the inside of the Blue Fair Barn with new walls and lights. The goal is $200,000 And as of yesterday, we just broke the halfway mark of fund-ing. This project will benet all Harper County fair attendees as well as any and all community functions that take place inside the blue barn. If you feel like you would like to help contribute to the project, please feel free to reach out to any Fair Board member to discuss further options of donations.FILES Continued from previous page

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