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The Anthony Republican: Vol. 144 - No. 44 • The Anthony Bulletin: Vol. 124 - No. 44Established October 9, 1879: Oldest continuous business in Anthony • Wednesday, November 1, 2023To advertise your business or event in our “Hot Spot”call the Anthony Republican at 620-842-5129. Volunteer Efforts Earn PHC Doctor Humanitarian AwardBy Kristen Birket, PHCDirector of MarketingWhen Dr. Nizar Kibar, MD, was asked to volunteer a portion of his weekends to helping bring medical care to the uninsured in down-town Wichita, he didn’t hes-itate to say yes.He knows what it’s like to lack ﬁnancial resources, and it gave him a deeper passion to give back.“I understand that we are not all offered the same Courtesy PhotoDOCTOR EARNS AWARD: Dr. Nizar Kibar poses with his Humanity Award from his ofce at Patterson Health Center.Courtesy PhotoDAY OF SERVICE: DAR members celebrated the DAY OF SERVICE by washing monuments at the Forest Park Cemetery in Anthony, Kansas. Pictured (L-R) are Barbara Thomas, An-thony; Phyllis Anderson, Anthony; Jane Ward, Kingman; Joyce Kaup, Anthony; Karen Younce, Anthony; Pat Hampel, Kingman; Joy Gideon, Anthony; Judy Bane, Attica.Photo By: Don Holt‘PULL! FOR THE BLUE’ TRAPSHOOTING EVENT: The 8th Annual ‘Pull! For The Blue’ trapshooting event was held Sunday, October 22nd at the Anthony Gun Club. The friendly chal-lenge between the Chaparral High School Trapshooting Team and local Law Enforcement has the teams compete in a trapshooting and pistol challenge. It was a close match this year, only 2 points difference in the pistol challenge and 1 target in trapshooting, but the Law Enforcement Team was the winner of the traveling trophy and bragging rights until next year.By Phyllis WiersigChapter ReporterNational DAR Day of Service (on or around Octo-ber 11th) was established to honor the anniversary of The Daughters of the Amer-ican Revolution’s founding on October 11th. Chapters and individuals are encour-aged to engage in meaning-ful service projects in their opportunities,” Dr. Kibar said.His efforts at Mayﬂower Clinic earned him a Hu-manity Award in Septem-ber. It’s an award given to someone who has dedicated countless hours to give back to patients who could not otherwise afford medical care.“Dr. Kibar is a fantastic physician and steadfast pa-tient advocate,” Sarah Teaff, CEO of Patterson Health Center, said. “He under-stands the importance of human connection when caring for his patients. It comes as no surprise that he volunteers in his spare time to care for uninsured patients, or that he has beenrecognized for a Human-ity Award.”The Mayﬂower Clinic is a non-proﬁt organization that offers free and low-cost medical care in Wichita. It was founded in 2010 as a way to give back to the com-munity. Dr. Kibar joined the volunteer medical team at Mayﬂower Clinic in 2016, volunteering a half day ev-ery other Saturday. In 2017, he was awarded Volunteer of the Year. Later that year, he became the medical di-rector.His volunteer efforts also earned him the Civic Health Heroes award from the Kansas Health Founda-tion in 2018.Dr. Kibar’s background gave him more of a passion to serve others who do not have money. He was born in Lebanon and grew up in a poor family. His parents were very education orient-ed, and they gave Dr. Kibar DAR Day Of Service Celebrated By Martha Vail NSDAR Chaptercommunities each year on or around October 11th.Members of the Martha Vail NSDAR gathered at the Anthony Public Library to watch an instructional video on the products and techniques for the safe and proper cleaning of monu-ments before going to For-est Park Cemetery to clean monuments.AWARD Continued on next pageCatching Up With The County CommissionEditor’s Note: This article contains minutes frommultiple meetings.Ofﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted By HarperCounty Clerk’s OfﬁceSeptember 25, 2023The 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, Finance Director, Hannah Crowe, County Clerk were also present. Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove September 15, 2023 beneﬁts in the amount of $186,223.23; approved unanimously.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve Sep-tember 19, 2023 supple-mental payroll beneﬁts in the amount of $135.39; ap-proved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove 2024 budget for the Harper County Extension Ofﬁce; approved unani-mously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove September 25, 2023 account payables in the amount of $31,405.18; ap-proved unanimously.Christina Cintron, Dis-patch, spoke to Commis-sioners about withdrawing from Public Assistance-CO-VID 19 Pandemic grant.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove FEMA-4504-DR-KS withdraw request for Pub-lic Assistance from the CO-VID-19 Pandemic which occurred on 01/20/2020 for the following reasons, no eligible damage; approved unanimous.Jennifer Wolff, Depart-ment on Aging, gave a de-partment update.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove a new metal door with safety window at the Harper Senior Center from Cheney Door Company in COUNTY Continued on next page

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Page 2 the Anthony Republican • November 1, 2023the motivation to get his medical degree. His father was a teacher who worked as much as he could to sup-port his family.His mother was a house-wife and dedicated her life to the family.Dr. Kibar has served thousands of patients at the Mayﬂower Clinic and he continues to volunteer as the medical director. The clinic offers free labs, x-rays and medications. The clinic recently added psychiatric care and well-woman ex-ams.During the week, Dr. Ki-bar can be seen as a physi-cian at Patterson Health Center.“We are incredibly fortu-nate and proud to have him as part of Patterson Health Center,” Teaff said.the amount of $5,932; ap-proved unanimously.Harper County 4-H Council, Toby Pool, Lily Pool, Zane Pool and Keaton Pool presented to the Com-missioners that the week of October 1, 2023 through October 7, 2023 we honor for National 4-H week. All three Commissioners agreed we ofﬁcially make that National 4-H week for the year of 2023.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove an Inordinate Spend-ing Authorization in the amount of $1,004 for Dar-nell Electric; approved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned a 5-min-ute recess; approved unani-mously.Commissioner Wald-AWARD Continued from previous pageCOUNTY Continued from previous pageschmidt motioned to recon-vene. Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve Sep-tember 19, 2023 Supplemen-tal Payroll in the amount of $432.45; approved unani-mously.Mike Bennett & Bailey Longbine, gave a depart-ment update.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve a Bo-bat 265 welder from Ander-son Welding in the amount of $7,723.11; approved unanimously.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve four 48”x1/4” culverts from J&A Material in the amount of $29.840 paid out of the Plum Thicket account; ap-proved unanimously.At 9:57 a.m. Commis-sioner Waldschmidt mo-tioned to enter executive session. The subject to be discussed will be personnel matters. The justiﬁcation for closing the meeting is to discuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. Ami DeLacerda, HR, Mike Bennett & Bailey Longbine, Public Works were present for this meeting. The open meeting will resume at 10:10 a.m. in this room; ap-proved unanimously. Bailey exited the meeting at 10:03 a.m. Commissioner Vornauf motioned to extend 5-min-utes. The meeting returned to open session at 10:15 a.m. with no binding action taken.Heather Struble, Health Department, gave a depart-ment update.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve the Abrysvo (adult RSV) vaccine in the amount of $5,487.00; approved unanimously.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve Bey-fortus (infant RSV) vaccine in the amount of $4,851.00; approved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove 50 doses of Moderna (6months-11years) vaccines in the amount of $5,715.00; approved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove 200 doses of Moderna (12 years & older) vaccines in the amount of $23,128.00; approved unanimously.Jan Harding, EMS, gave a department update.Kari O’Riley, Community Development, spoke to Com-missioners about Communi-ty Development Grants.At 11:07a.m. Commis-sioner Waldschmidt dis-cussed will be personnel matters. The justiﬁcation for closing the meeting is to discuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. Ami DeLacerda, HR, and Tracy Chance, Sheriff were pres-ent for this meeting. The open meeting will resume at 11:15 a.m. in this room; approved unanimously. The meeting returned to open session at 11:15 a.m. with no binding action taken.Tracy Chance, Sheriff, department update.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned a 5-min-ute recess; approved unani-mously.Commissioner motioned to reconvene; approve unan-imously.Ami DeLacerda, HR, gave a department update.At 12:02 p.m. Commis-sioner Waldschmidt mo-tioned to enter executive session. The subject to be discussed will be personnel matters. The justiﬁcation for closing the meeting is to discuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. Ami DeLacerda, HR, was pres-ent for this meeting. The open meeting will resume at 12:15 p.m. in this room; ap-proved unanimously. Com-missioner Waldschmidt mo-tioned to extend 5-minutes; approved unanimously. The meeting returned to open session at 12:20 p.m. with no binding action taken.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve Sep-tember 18, 2023 minutes; approved unanimously. As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:28 p.m. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday October 2, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner Room at the Harper County Courthouse.Approved: Darrin Stru-ble, ChairmanAttest: Hannah K. Crowe, County ClerkOfﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted By HarperCounty Clerk’s OfﬁcePRINTING • SIGNS • SHIRTSRUBBER STAMPS • STICKERSLD’s PRINTING • 620-842-5129October 2, 2023The 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. Hannah Crowe, County Clerk and Record-ing Secretary Shonda Lar-son were also present. Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve Real Estate for -$59,762.33; ap-proved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove October 02, 2023 account payables in the amount of $50,969.22; ap-proved unanimously.COUNTY Continued on next page

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the Anthony Republican • November 1, 2023 Page 3OPEN HOUSENov 5, 1:00-3:00OPEN HOUSENov 5, 1:00-3:00Photo By: Ross Downing/Anthony RepublicanEAGLE EYE WINNER: Wendel Gardner of Anthony has won the $50 cash prize in the Anthony Republican’s monthly Eagle Eye Contest by correctly identifying the Cropland In-surance ad. You can win too! Just look for the Eagle Eye Contest form on the front page of the Anthony Republican the third week of each month.By Jennifer WolffVehicle-deer crashes can happen any day of the year on Kansas roadways. Across the state, 37% of all single-vehicle crashes in 2022 involved a collision with a deer. The Kansas Department of Transporta-tion reports six people were killed and 575 people were injured in collisions with deer in 2022.These crashes greatly increase from now until the end of the year because of deer breeding season, with November typically the peak time. Drivers:• Be especially watch-ful at dawn and dusk when Harper Co. Dept. On Aging: Deer Aware & Beware deer are more active.• If you see one deer, ex-pect others, as deer seldom travel alone.• Be alert and reduce speeds near wooded ar-eas or green spaces and near water sources such as streams and ponds.• Deer crossing signs show areas where high numbers of vehicle-deer col-lisions have occurred in the past; but they can happen on any roadway, including city streets.• Do not swerve to avoid hitting a deer. Motorists could then veer into oncom-ing trafﬁc, run off the road, hit objects or overturn.• Use bright headlights when there is no oncoming trafﬁc and scan for the re-ﬂective eyes of deer.• If a collision occurs, move the vehicle to the roadway’s shoulder. Then, if possible, call law enforce-ment – KHP dispatch at *47, the Kansas Turnpike at *KTA or local law en-forcement at 911.• Put the vehicle’s haz-ard lights on, whether it is light or dark outside.• Remain in the vehicle with your seat belt fastened to be better protected.• Contact your insur-ance company to report any vehicle damage.Anyone involved in a col-lision with a deer or other animal resulting in person-al injury or property dam-age totaling $1,000 or more is required to immediately report the incident to the nearest law enforcement agency. (ref: Kansas Trafﬁc Safety Resource Ofce) Out of County Transit Schedule: Mon 11/6: Wichita Tues 11/7: CaldwellWed 11/8: Wichita Thurs 11/9: Out of Coun-ty AvailableFri 11/10: CLOSED Vet-erans Day All routes are subject to change without notice. GOT NEWS???Send It To Us Atanthonyrepublican@att.netCommissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove September 29, 2023 payroll in the amount of $166,815.15; approved unanimously.Mike Bennett, gave a de-partment update.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove the State Detour Agreement for NE 40th Ave/Berlin Road and NE 100 road; approved unani-mously.Audrey Anderson, Reg-ister of Deeds, gave a de-partment update.Justin McCartney, COUNTY Continued from previous pageChaparral FFA, brought students to talk to Com-missioners about upcoming projects. Zachery Graves, Tyce Pfaff, and Brenson Marsh, want to see if cattle will gain weight on clover. Jordan Baker and Paige Swingle will be planting camelina oil plots. Joseph Jaeger talked about mini weather stations project. Kari O’Riley, Commu-nity Development, gave a department update.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve Com-munity Development grant in the amount of $6,000 for the business Dos Chi Chi’s; approved unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned a 5-min-ute recess; approved unani-mously. Commissioner Vornauf motioned to reconvene. Josh Teel, IT, gave a de-partment update. Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve $5,595 for CIC Tax Portal; unani-mously approved.Cynthia Hekel, Trea-surer, gave a department update. Shonda Larson, Finance Director, gave a depart-ment update.Ami DeLacerda, HR, gave a department update.Commissioner Struble motioned to sign the four Memorandum of Under-standing Agreements with Barber County United for the Child Care grant.At 11:14 a.m. Commis-sioner Vornauf motioned to enter executive session. The subject to be discussed will be personnel matters. The justiﬁcation for clos-ing the meeting is to dis-cuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. Ami DeLacerda, HR, was pres-ent for this meeting. The open meeting will resume at 11:45 a.m. in this room; approved unanimously. The meeting returned to open session at 11:45 a.m. with no binding action taken.As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:58 a.m. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday Oc-tober 9, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. in the Commissioner Room at the Harper County Court-house.There will be a depart-ment head meeting at 8:00 a.m. Monday, October 9, 2023 in the Health Depart-mentApproved: Darrin Stru-ble, ChairmanAttest: Shonda Larson, Recording Secretary

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Page 4 the Anthony Republican • November 1, 2023HARPER COUNTYDISTRICT COURT REPORTEditor’s Note: Due to the Kansas Courts electronic ling system being ofine caused by a secuity incident, information from the Harper County Clerk’s ofce including the Paid Trafc Fines, Case Filings and Court Docket were unavailable as of the press deadline.HARPER COUNTY JAILIndividuals listed below are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.ARRESTS & BOOKINGSMichael J. Simmons-Attebe, 37: Arrested: 10-27-23; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charg-es: 1) 72 hour quick dip.Hunter S. Gray, 21: Arrested: 10-28-23; Released: 10-29-23. Arrested By: HPD. Charges: 1) Battery.Justin R. Sanpaka, 23: Arrested: 10-28-23; Released: 10-29-23. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Domestic battery.Roger R. Bane III, 40: Arrested: 10-29-23; Released: N/A. Arrest-ed By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Vehi-cle liability insurance required. 2) Operate a motor vehicle without a valid license.HARPER COUNTY DEEDSBOOK D108#976 - Quit Claim Deed: Ken-neth Gerlets and Amy Gerlets to Kenneth Gerlets and Amy Ger-lets, Lots 21-23 in Blk. 55 in the City of Bluff City, Harper County, Kansas.#977 - Warranty Deed: Oscar G. Macias and Amabelly Barrera to Irma Herrera-Morales, a tract in the SE corner of Blk. 11 E in High-land Addition; and a tract in the SE corner of Blk. 11 E in Highland Addition; and a tract in the SE/4 of Sect. 24, Twp. 33 S, range 7 W of the 6th P.M. (aka 615 N. Lincoln); all in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#978 - Quit Claim Deed: Steven G. Williams to Gwen Hageman, Lot 15 in Blk. 8 in the City of An-thony, Harper County, Kansas.#979 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Patrick S. Blubaugh and Jan M. Blubaugh to BBMITCHBB LLC, Tract 1: the SW/4 of Sect. 12, Twp. 32 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M.; Tract 2: the SE/4 of Sect. 13, Twp. 32 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M., less a 2.49 acre tract; Tract 3: a tract in the SE/4 of Sect. 13, Twp. 32 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M., less a 2.49 acre tract; Tract 4: the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Sect. 20, Twp. 31 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M.; Tract 5: the W/2 of the N/2 of the NW/4 of Sect. 21, Twp. 31 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M.; all in Harper County, Kansas.#980 - Quit Claim Deed: US Fin-ish Inc. to Kenneth G. Bellesine Trust No. 1, Lots 19-24 in Blk. 41 in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#981 - Statutory Warranty Deed: John Spires and Jodi Spires to JNJ Farm LLC, the SE/4 of the SW/4 and the W/2 of the SW/4 of Sect. 8, Twp. 31 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kan-sas.#982 - Quit Claim Deed: Terry K .Ghere to Alvin L. Turner and Misty D. Buchanan, Lots 7, 10 and 11 in Blk. 21 in the City of Harper, Harper County, Kansas.#983 - Correction Deed - Statu-tory Warranty Deed: Debra D. Casley and Derrick W. Casley to Kim A. Desimban and Prince Is-mael Desimban Jr., Lot 4 and the N/2 of Lot 5 in Blk. 82 in the City of Attica, Harper County, Kansas.#984 - Quit Claim Deed: Amy I. Watkins and Wayde Watkins, Andrea K. Dean and Jeffrey A. Dean, and Nancy C. Trantham to the Nancy C. Trantham Trust, Lots 8-12 in Blk. 1 in the City of Attica, Harper County, Kansas.#985 - Trustee Deed: Arleigh P. Aldrich, Trustee of the Cartmill Family Trust, to Arleigh P. Aldrich, Tract 1: the SW/4 of the NW/4 and the W/2 of the SW/4 of Sect. 2, Twp. 34 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M., and the S/45 acres of the E/2 of the SW/4 of Sect. 2, Twp. 34 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M., and a 19.55 tract in the S/2 of the SE/4 of Sect. 2, Twp. 34 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M.; Tract 2: the E/80 acres of the E/2 of Sect. 3, Twp. 34 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M.; all in Harper County, Kansas.#986 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Vap Property Solutions LLC to B&W Farm and Ranch LLC, Blks. 11-13 and the E/2 of Blk. 14 of Meig’s Addition to the City of An-thony, Harper County, Kansas.#987 - Trustee Deed: Rene’ Brozovich, Trustee of the Larry S. Wohlschlegel Revocable Trust, to Fredrick A. Smith and April D. Smith, Lots 7-9 in Blk. 15 (aka 306 E. 8th) in the City of Harper, Harper County, Kansas.#988 - Trustee Deed: Douglas D. Williams, Trustee of the Con-nie S. Williams Marital Trust, to Douglas D. Williams, Trustee of the Connie S. Williams Revocable Trust, the NE/4 of Sect. 31, Twp. 32 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#989 - Trustee Deed: Douglas D. Williams, Trustee of the Connie S. Williams Revocable Trust, to the Douglas D. Williams GST Ex-empt Trust, the Beth A. Williams GST Exempt Trust, and the Julie K. Williams GST Exempt Trust, an undivided 1/3 interest each in the NE/4 of Sect. 31, Twp. 32 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#990 - Trustee Deed: Randy R. Gillespie, Trustee of the Lou Ann Gillespie Trust, to Ely W. Eslinger, the W/2 of the NE/4 of Sect. 10, Twp. 33 S, Range 8 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#991 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Patricia M. Babcock and Tina Babcock to Patricia M. Bab-cock and Tina Babcock, the S/2 of Lot 10 and all of Lot 11 in Blk. 59 in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#992 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Matthew J. Schultz and Alicia N. Schultz to Jerrold L. Francis and Linda K. Francis, and Erick Fran-cis, Lot 19 in Blk. 6 of Meig’s Addi-tion to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#993 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Stephen S. Moore and Sherri Moore to Samual L. Tracy and Kathy Jo Tracy, Lot 15 in Blk. 7 of Cade’s Addition to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#994 - Transfer-On-Death Deed: Phillip T. Allton and Linda R. Allton transfer on death to Jeff W. Allton, Lisa Allton, and Michael Allton, an undivided 1/3 interest each in Lot 2 and the SE/4 of the NW/4 of Sect. 30, Twp. 31 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M; and Lots 3 and 4 in the SW/4 of Sect. 30, Twp. 31 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M.; both in Harper County, Kansas.#995 - Sheriff’s Deed: Sheriff of Harper County to NewRez LLC, Lots 1-3 in Blk. 22 (aka 321 N. Main) in the City of Attica, Harper County, Kansas.#996 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Barbara J. Conrady to the Barba-ra J. Conrady Revocable Trust, a 10 acre tract in the W/2 of Sect. 2, Twp. 35 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#997 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Cheney Acres LLC to Mat-thew Dodson, the SE/4 of Sect. 20, Twp. 33 S, Range 9 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#998 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Michael A. Anderson and Faith R. Anderson to Susanne M. Prinsen, a tract in the SE corner of Blk. 10 E in Highland Addition to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kan-sas.#999 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Monte Chain, Manager of HUCMAC Holdings LLC, to Jody Foster, Lots 2-4 and the SE/4 of the NE/4 of Sect. 18, all in Twp. 35 S, Range 8 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1000 - Quit Claim Deed: Bon-nie J. Heath to Bradley Acord and Denee Acord, a tract in the SW/4 of Sect. 20, Twp. 32 S, Range 8 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1001 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Ronnie Hoover and Janelle Hoover to Schmidt Family Land and Cattle LLC, Tract 1: Lots 15-17 in Blk. 7; Lots 5 in Blk. 10; Lots 1-8 in Blk. 11 and all of Blk. 12; all in the Midlothian Addition to the City of Freeport; Tract 2: a tract in the E/2 of the NE/4 of Sect. 9, Twp. 33 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M.; and a tract in the NE/4 of Sect. 9, Twp. 33 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M.; all in Harper County, Kansas.#1002 - Warranty Deed: Tammy L. Troyer to Tammy L. Troyer, Robert G. Troyer and Margriet L. Troyer, a tract in the SW/4 of Sect. 24, Twp. 32 S, Range 9 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1003 - Transfer-On-Death Deed: Nicholas D. Riesner trans-fers on death to the Nicholas Riesner Trust, the SW/4 of Sect. 24, Twp. 32 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M., less several tracts, Harp-er County, Kansas.

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the Anthony Republican • November 1, 2023 Page 5(First Published in The Anthony Republican, Wednesday, October 18, 2023) 3t IN THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICTDISTRICT COURT, HARPER COUNTY, KANSASPROBATE DIVISIONIn the matter of the Estate of )William C. Fitzhugh, Deceased. ) Case No. HP-2023-PR-37(Filed Pursuant to K.S.A. Ch. 59)NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORSTHE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are noti ed that a Petition has been  led in this Court by Allison K. Murphy, bene ciary of William C. Fitzhugh, deceased, requesting that: the foreign will of William C. Fitzhugh dated September 17, 2021, be admitted to probate and record in this Court; no administration of the Estate is necessary; the will be construed, and the following Kan-sas real estate owned by the decedent, described as follows: (a) An overriding royalty interest of .00063477 and a working interest of 3.125 in oil and gas leases situated in Harper County, Kansas, and described as follows: The East Half of the West Half (E/2 W/2) of Section 25, Township 33 South, Range 6 West of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas The East Half of the East Half (E/2 E/2) of Section 26, Township 33 South, Range 6 West of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas (b) A working interest of 4.6875 in oil and gas leases situated in Bar-ton County, Kansas, and described as follows: The Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of Section 5, Township 19 South, Range 12 West of the 6th P.M., Barton County, Kansas be assigned in accordance with the terms of the will. You are required to  le your written defenses to the Petition on or before November 9, 2023 at 8:45 a.m. in the District Court, in the City of Pratt, Pratt County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to  le your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. Allison K. Murphy, PetitionerJOHNSTON, EISENHAUER, EISENHAUER& LYNCH, LLC113 E. Third - PO Box 825Pratt, KS 67124(620) 672-5533Attorneys for PetitionerLEGAL NOTICEObituary...Jeanenne M. CullopJeanenne M. Cullop (Burh-mann), 73 passed away on October 17, 2023 in Wichita, Kansas. She is survived by her husband Jeffrey Cullop, son Bryan (Arin) Sorensen and their children Bryson and Blayne; daughter Shandra (Matt) Robb and their children Alexis, Xander and Korvin; stepson Dan-iel (Kayla) Cullop and their daugh-ter Ella; stepson Matt (Amanda) Claxton; brother Dale (Jalane) Buhrmann; and other relatives.Obituary...Rebecca D. Berka1955 ~ 2023Rebecca Dell Berka went to be with the Lord on September 16, 2023. She was a beloved Wife, Mother and Mimi. Rebecca is survived by her husband Ronald James Berka; son Matthew (Me-gan) Berka; brother Steve (Cheri) Pearce; sister Marla (Chip) Sherry; and granddaughters Olivia and Piper Berka.Rebecca was born on Decem-ber 7 in Wichita, KS to Robert and Martha Pearce. She went to North High School in Wichita and attended the University Kansas and the University of Wisconsin, Superior. Working in several dif-ferent industries during her career, she spent time in banking, educa-tion, Sunday schooling and home health services. During her career she made lifelong friends that she loved dearly and was truly passion-ate about the impact she made on each company. Rebecca was known by many to have a smile that would light up a room, and for always trying to nd the positives in every situation. She treated everyone that she met like family and would give the shirt off her back if it meant it would help. Graveside memorial service will be held November 4, 2023 at 10:30 am at Forest Park Cemetery in An-thony. Memorials in memory of Re-becca may be made to the Ameri-can Cancer Society or any cancer organization of donor’s choice and can be sent in care of Prairie Rose Funeral Homes, 602 E. Main St., Anthony, KS. 67003.Obituary...Leroy G. Smith Jr.1957 ~ 2023Leroy Grant Smith Jr. was born April 7, 1957 in Saratoga Springs, New York, rst born to Leroy Grant and Iona Mae (Hilliker) Smith. His time in New York was short lived as his father was currently stationed there. After his dad’s discharge the family made their home in his dad’s hometown of Manchester, Okla-homa where Leroy began school. They moved to Anthony, Kansas and later to Wakita, Oklahoma where he continued school. In high school he transferred from Wakita to Chaparral High School. In 1986, Leroy moved to Jack-sonville, Florida. He was blessed with one son, Shawn Lee Grant Smith in 1992, who he adored and worked hard to raise as a single father. He worked for Excel Indus-tries for about 15 years, then as a machinist for several years before going to work for Werner Enterpris-es as a truck driver.Leroy loved riding his Har-ley and especially enjoyed when Shawn was old enough to ride with him. An avid outdoorsman, he liked shing, hunting, and camping. He was also very fond of his dogs, Zana and Roxie. On October 20, 2023, after a battle with cancer, Leroy passed away at his home in Jacksonville, Florida at the age of 66. He was preceded in death by his mother, Iona.Leroy will be deeply missed by his son and daughter-in-law, Shawn and Rowena Smith and their daughter, Winry; his father, Leroy Smith Sr.; brother, Johnny Smith and wife, Rain; sister, Becky Hildinger and husband, Barry; niec-es and nephew, Jamie, Jay, Erica, and Dusti; other relatives and many friends. Graveside service will be held 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at the Manchester Cem-etery with Pastor Kent Olds ofci-ating. Memorials in memory of Leroy Jr. may be made to the Manchester Cemetery and can be sent in care of Prairie Rose Funeral Home, 602 E. Main St., Anthony, KS 67003. GOT NEWS OR PICS TO SHARE?Send It To Us Atanthonyrepublican@att.netThe Kansas Cold Weather Rule Takes Effect November 1stTOPEKA – The Cold Weather Rule, designed to help Kansans who are be-hind on their utility pay-ments avoid disconnection during the winter months, will begin on Wednesday, November 1 and remain in effect through March 31.While the Cold Weather Rule is in effect, utility com-panies cannot disconnect a customer's service when the local temperatures are forecast to drop below 35 degrees within the follow-ing 48-hour period. The Kansas Corporation Com-mission, the agency that regulates public utilities in the state, implemented the rule in 1983 to prevent util-ity companies from discon-necting a customer's natu-ral gas or electric service during periods of extreme cold.The Cold Weather Rule also requires utility com-panies to offer a 12-month payment plan to allow consumers to maintain or re-establish service. Any residential customer with a past due balance will qual-ify for payment arrange-ments; however, it is the customer's responsibility to contact their gas or electric company to make those ar-rangements.Payment plan terms to maintain or restore ser-vice require that customers agree to pay 1/12th of the total amount owed, 1/12th of the current bill, the full amount of any disconnec-tion or reconnection fee, plus any applicable deposit to the utility. The remain-ing balance must be paid COLD Continued on Page 8

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Surface Rights Only.FSA INFORMATION: Farm Service Agency shows a total Farmland of 151.40 acres, with a Wheat Base of 150.36 acres, and a PLC Yield of 39 Bu.SOIL INFORMATION: Per soil mapping data, the tract consists primarily of Class 2 Kirkland Silt Loam and Class 2 Tabler Silt Loam, balance being in Kirkland Silt Loam Class 3.MINERALS: No minerals will be conveyed at closing.GRANT COUNTY LAND AUCTIONThursday, November 16 • 10amMedford (OK) Civic CenterRENFROW AREA155± PRODUCTIVE CROP LANDwith Simulcast Bidding Available (signal permitting)BIDDING ENDS November 9, 2023 • 6pm*Bid will extend if active bids are being placed. Rep. Ron Estes’ Monthly Column: AddressingFederal Spending, Border Security, ImpeachmentBy Ron EstesU.S. Representative for Kansas’s 4thCongressional DistrictEach month I want to provide you with regular up-dates about what’s going on in our nation’s capital and throughout the 4th District of Kansas. Here’s what hap-pened in September.Government SpendingThere was a lot of specu-lation at the end of Sep-tember about a government shutdown and a lot of talk about how much the federal government spends – some-thing I’ve been concerned with even before I came to Congress just over six years ago. For historical context, the last time Congress passed all appropriations bills on time was 1996. For more than two decades Congress has failed to go through “regular order,” meaning pass a bud-get and then pass individual appropriations bills that fund various government agencies. Republicans in the House have been working to restore regular order and rein in reckless spending, but it’s a challenge to ﬁx a system that has been bro-ken for more than two de-cades and that has already accumulated more than $33,000,000,000,000 in debt. It’s worth noting that discretionary spending in appropriations bills – the spending that is not manda-tory or automatic – is only about 30% of total federal spending. That means the spending bills we’re debat-ing are only a tiny fraction of what Washington spends each year. So even though no one wanted a govern-ment shutdown, it’s absurd to think that we should con-tinue borrowing 20% of what we spend without making any changes – even incre-mental – to address spend-ing in Washington.In the ﬁnal week before appropriations lapsed, the House managed to pass three more appropriations bills. I would have liked to have passed all 12 individ-ual appropriations bills on time, but passing four (we passed one earlier this year) is a step in the right direc-tion. The Republican major-ity allowed for members to offer amendments and have real debate, something else that has been lacking in pre-vious years. The four bills we passed reduce wasteful Washing-ton spending – a priority of mine and a priority for many Kansans. We also had the opportunity to remove a massive amount of spending for Ukraine. While I think most Americans believe Pu-tin’s invasion of Ukraine is unjust, the United States has already approved more than $100 billion in support and aid for Ukraine. I voted to remove $300 million in additional Ukraine aid that would have been in one of the appropriations bills we passed.Since the House hadn’t passed all of the appro-priations bills – and the Democrat-led Senate hadn’t passed any – we still needed to fund the government be-fore the ﬁscal year ended on Sept. 30. So when legislation Rep. Ron Estescame to the ﬂoor that gave Republicans an opportunity to fully fund the government for a short period of time while also reducing spend-ing and advancing strong border security laws, I was pleased to vote for it. It was not a continuing resolution that just kept the govern-ment running at previous spending levels, but it start-ed to turn back Washington’s out-of-control spending. This was a good, conservative bill that could have made a posi-tive impact on our budget and at the border. Unfortu-nately, every Democrat and some Republicans voted against the measure, and it failed. With a government shut-down looming, another pro-posal came to the House ﬂoor on Sept. 30 – a “clean” continuing resolution that continues the Biden-Pe-losi spending of the last Congress for another 45 days. While I didn’t want a government shutdown, I couldn’t vote to continue borrowing tens of billions of dollars each week to con-tinue our massive wasteful spending. I voted against the 45-day CR, which ulti-mately passed.Now, the House has to tackle the remaining ap-propriations bills in the next month and a half. And I hope the Senate will take this seriously and start tak-ing up the bills we’ve al-ready passed so we don’t end up here again in the middle of November. Republicans are commit-ted to being good stewards of taxpayer dollars, and debating and passing indi-vidual bills is a far better way to manage our dollars than cramming in a lot of spending in a must-pass bill before a deadline. My col-leagues and I are continu-ing to work to reduce federal spending. No family or small business in America could borrow 20% to cover their expenses and just keep do-ing it year after year, and neither should the federal government.Border UpdateKansans regularly share with me that one of the is-sues of greatest concern is immigration and our south-ern border.This is no surprise. Presi-dent Biden’s open border pol-icies have created the worst border crisis on record. Ac-cording to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data, there were 232,972 il-legal immigrant encounters at our southern border in August, a 14% increase from last August. And we know that it’s not just immigrants crossing the border – the po-rous southern border allows drug cartels to bring un-precedented amounts of the deadly drug fentanyl into our country. In ﬁscal year 2023 alone, CBP has seized 25,901 pounds of fentanyl coming across the southwest border – enough to kill near-ly 6 billion people.Although some asylum seekers have legitimate claims, unfortunately, they are not the only ones coming over the border. Since Octo-ber of last year, 151 individ-uals whose names appear on the terrorist watchlist were stopped trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border between ports of entry. And thus far in this ﬁscal year, CBP has arrested 32,097 aliens with criminal convictions or out-standing warrants nation-wide, including 564 known gang members.Border towns are overca-pacity, so every community in America has become a border community, forced to pay the high price of Biden’s open border policies.Not only is the border crisis a national security and humanitarian crisis, but increasingly it’s fuel-ing our spending and debt crisis. Medicaid spending on “emergency services for undocumented aliens” ex-ceeded $7 billion in the last year alone. Washington, D.C., is expected to spend $52 million by October to house, feed and support il-legal aliens. Even the small town of Sanford, Maine, more than 2,000 miles from the Southwest border, has said it allocated $155,000 this ﬁscal year to house and care for illegal aliens, but has now spent more than $483,000.All of this means that ﬁnite tax revenues – from hardworking Kansans like you – are being used to sup-port not only Americans, but ESTES Continued on next page

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I’m looking forward to my colleagues in the Sen-ate picking up this bill and taking action on this critical issue of national security.Impeachment InquiryIn September, Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, expanding the tools avail-able to the House to pursue our investigative work and ensure justice, fairness and transparency for the Ameri-can people.Kansans deserve to know the truth about President Biden’s participation in his family’s business dealings with foreign entities, and an impeachment inquiry is the logical next step that will al-low us to uncover the facts and determine if Joe Biden has engaged in impeachable activity. Speaker McCarthy has directed three committees to conduct this investigation – Oversight, Judiciary and Ways and Means, on which I serve. At the end of Septem-ber, Ways and Means voted to release hundreds of pages of additional information from IRS whistleblowers connecting Joe Biden to his son Hunter’s business trans-actions and exposing an un-equal application of the law. Releasing this information provides greater transpar-ency to the American people and will help the impeach-ment inquiry process. Even though investiga-tions into Joe Biden, the Biden family and their as-sociates have been ongoing, the ofﬁcial impeachment inquiry moves the focus of the investigation to ask if an ofﬁcial – in this case, Joe Biden – has engaged in im-peachable conduct. The sta-tus of impeachment inquiry will also give more weight to requests from the House, which should yield greater cooperation with the courts and the Executive branch than we’ve had thus far. While this inquiry is a grave and serious matter, it is just one part of my job in the House of Representa-tives. As the inquiry unfolds, I will continue to advance our legislative priorities and advocate for policies that beneﬁt Kansans in the 4th District.Biden’s LesserPrairie-Chicken VetoOnce again, the D.C. swamp is meddling in lo-ESTES Continued from previous pagecal, Kansas affairs. Evi-dence shows that the Lesser Prairie-Chicken population is stable, and in both the House and the Senate there was enough bipartisan sup-port to pass a Congressio-nal Review Act delisting the LPC as endangered. And yet, President Joe Biden ve-toed the will of the people in another display of gross fed-eral government overreach. I’ll keep working to ensure Kansas ranchers, farmers and energy producers are able to do their jobs while continuing local conserva-tion efforts.Connect with MeInterested in receiv-ing regular updates about what’s going on in Congress? Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter at estes.house.gov and please don’t hesitate to reach out to my District Ofﬁce in Wichita at 316-262-8992 if you have questions, concerns or need help with a federal agency.Ron Estes, one of only a handful of engineers in Congress, worked in the aerospace, energy and man-ufacturing sectors before representing Kansas’ 4th Congressional District since 2017. He is a ﬁfth-genera-tion Kansan, former state treasurer, and serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means, Budget Commit-tee, and Education and the Workforce Committee.GOT NEWS OR PICS TO SHARE?Send It To Us Atanthonyrepublican@att.net

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