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The Anthony Republican: Vol. 144 - No. 43 • The Anthony Bulletin: Vol. 124 - No. 43Established October 9, 1879: Oldest continuous business in Anthony • Wednesday, October 25, 2023To advertise your business or event in our “Hot Spot”call the Anthony Republican at 620-842-5129. Photo By: Ross Downing/Anthony RepublicanCAT-A-PILLAR SCULPTURE: The 18 foot long metal sculpture is the rst of many planned to be installed around Anthony as part of the ‘Buggin Out in Anthony’ Project.Things are “buzzing” in Anthony! The Kansas Com-munity Empowerment pro-gram in cooperation with its funding branch, Kansas Pride Inc. recently awarded Anthony Pride a $2,000 matching grant for their unique project “Bugging out in Anthony”. Tourism is vital to small, rural Kan-sas communities. Small communities across Kansas have found success market-ing their towns with quirky ideas such as the huge ball of twine at Cawker City or the town that declares they have the best outhouses. Even larger communities have found success with painted dahlias or deco-rated cows or the “Keeper of the Plains” in Wichita. Many of these projects in larger communities require larger budgets than what small communities have. To stand out, smaller com-munities must become a little quirky, entertaining, and fun. After many dis-cussions, the Anthony Pride group decided to focus on metal art sculptures from recycled metal items with an emphasis on oversized funny bugs and insects. Several in the group took the “First Impressions” training program offered by Kansas Community Empowerment which gave them the encouragement to put this project into action. The metal art scuplture- an 18ft. “cat”a-pillar was created from dryer drums, then painted. It can be seen on the east corner lot of the 300 block of N. Jennings. The Pride group is hoping it will be the ﬁrst of many sculptures that you will The Bugging Out In Anthony Sculpture Project Comes To LifeBy J.K. GreggThe Anthony Theatre is screening a double feature of Goosebumps on Satur-day, October 28th, with a costume contest between the movies.Starting at 5 p.m., the 2015 hit Goosebumps will hit the screen. Based on The Historic Anthony Theatre Is Raising Goosebumps For Halloweenthe hit books of R.L. Stine, the ﬂick follows the life of an uprooted teen, played by Dylan Minnette, as he moves to a small town. Things look better when he meets the beautiful girl next door, Odeya Rush, but it doesn't stay that way long when he encounters her mysterious father, Jack Black. Not realizing that her father is R.L. Stine, Dylan's character uninten-tionally releases the mon-sters from Stine's manu-scripts who terrorize the Photo By: Ross Downing/Anthony RepublicanCITY WIDE CLEANUP: The Anthony PRIDE’s free city wide clean up was already lling up dumpsters early Friday morning. PRIDE members and volun-teers were on hand this past Friday and Saturday to help unload residents trucks and trailers full of unwanted junk. Thanks to everyone who participated!TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly announced to-day that $300,000 has been awarded to the 12 Rural by Choice Champions (Ru-ral Champions) announced last year in collaboration with the Ofﬁce of Rural Prosperity and the Patter-son Family Foundation to address local challenges in their respective communi-ties. The funding will allow these communities to move into the implementation phase of their projects. “Throughout my time in ofﬁce, my administration has worked relentlessly to advance economic devel-opment, build affordable housing, and expand child Governor Kelly Announces Funds For Rural Champions Community Projectscare availability to ensure prosperity reaches every corner of the state,” Gov-ernor Laura Kelly said. “This funding allows Rural Champions to drive success in rural communities that until now did not have the resources necessary to com-plete these projects.” Over the past ten months, the Rural Champions have been bring-ing together volunteers and community organiza-tions, uncovering addition-al resources, and build-ing conversations around their unique chal-lenges. The Champions have identiﬁed and devel-oped steps to make prog-ress in their communities. The twelve Rural Cham-pion organizations are being awarded $25,000 each to as-sist in those steps through project implementation grants. Rural Champions have developed creative programs to provide direct impact in their communi-ties, such as housing incen-tive programs, mini-grant programs for child care pro-viders, beautiﬁcation mini-grant programs, and to leverage additional grant applications. “The Rural Champions are marshaling resources and removing barriers to progress by getting commu-nity buy-in right from the • • • LETTER TO THE EDITOR • • •Dear Editor & Readers,Halloween falls on a Tuesday this year, we have a few residents at Anthony Community Care Center that would like to pass out candy to the little kids of Harper Co! They will be passing out candy from 5-7 pm. The ones that have candy will have a little q-tip skeleton on the door. If anyone would like to do-nate some candy so more residents can participate that would be great! I know the residents loved seeing everyone last year! Let's make this another great year!! Thank you Harper Co, we couldn't do, what we do without all y'all's help.The Anthony Community Care Center staffBUGGING Continued on next pageTHEATRE Continued on next pagePROJECTS Continued on next page

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Page 2 the Anthony Republican • October 25, 2023see on this lot and around town. Don’t get “bugged” by it. This attraction is some-thing that young and old can enjoy. Pride is search-ing for metal art sculptur-ers (welders) to help create these works of art. For weld-ers that prefer to work from a pattern/design, we can furnish that. Our vision is to have a beautiful butterﬂy, perhaps a love bug or lady-bug. How about a giant, bug eyed spider – like the one that sat down beside Miss Muffet? Or perhaps a book-worm with bug eyes, glasses, and an ever-present book. Maybe a “prayerful” pray-ing mantis, grasshopper, or dragonﬂy. The choices are only limited by the metal artist’s imagination. Pride BUGGING Continued from previous pagethinks you will “Bee” sur-prised in what can be creat-ed from scrap metal, paint, and artistic power. We hope this project will catch our community’s imagination and volunteers will come forward with offers to help make this project successful. Pride will furnish the scrap metal, paint (and painters if needed), all needed sup-plies. Metal artists will be given recognition with their name placed by their sculp-ture on a small sign. Please contact our “bug masters” – Don Atha & Rebecca Tar-row or our Pride president, Autumn Kloefkorn, if you are willing to help create metal art. While Pride’s fo-cus for this grant is bugs/insects – anyone wanting to create other recycled metal art sculptures -are encour-aged to do this. Anthony has many tourist attractions – our Historical Anthony Theatre, the Historical An-thony Museum, CC’s Fire-man’s Cave, Memorial Park with our veterans memorial and the ofﬁcial State 9-11 memorial, and painted mu-rals throughout the town just to name a few attrac-tions. Pride hopes that we can also become known for our “metal art works” keep-ing Anthony – active and at-tractive and bringing tour-ists from all over the state and beyond! Help make this vision become a reality. Welders - please volunteer! Call Don & Rebecca at 620-842-7925.start,” Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland said. “The rel-atively modest funding sup-port will have an enormous impact moving forward as the communities resolve critical local issues.” “This program is fuel-ing local initiatives driven by Rural Champions who are passionate about be-ing change-makers in their communities,” said Dr. Kevin Prine, President and CEO of the Patterson Fam-ily Foundation. “Our Foun-dation is pleased to be a part of this collaborative effort. We’re excited that Rural Champions are devel-oping roadmaps that can be used to help address these challenges in many other rural communities.” “We are very excited about the work these 12 Rural Champions have put into their projects,” Ofﬁce of Rural Prosperity Director Trisha Purdon said. “This PROJECTS Continued from previous pagenetwork of Champions will continue to grow, and the knowledge gained will be shared with communities facing similar challenges across the state.” As Rural Champions continue their work to com-bine their learned experi-ences to develop the guide-books through this process, the Ofﬁce of Rural Prosper-ity will continue to provide assistance on these projects through 2024 to implement and carry out these pro-grams. You can learn more about the Rural Champions and ﬁnd out how to follow their projects www.kansas-commerce.gov. The Rural Champion projects include the City of Harper and City of Anthony to create housing incentive programs for property own-ers.The following is the HPCO Growth Initiative Housing Playbook by Rual Champion Cheryl Adel-hardt: For two years now, the cities of Anthony, Attica and Harper, Harper County and local businesses have joined forces to work on multiple project efforts to sustain the rural Kansas economy in Harper County. The realization that most of our economic efforts were met with a massive road-block in the lack of avail-able housing was quickly realized and multi-jurisdic-tional efforts began work-ing together to try to solve the problem. Tackling the multifaceted needs of our housing inventory (vacant properties, dilapidation, af-fordable housing, rental vs. owner-occupied, lack of mid-dle-income housing, etc.) has proven difﬁcult due to the staff time necessary to accomplish the following objectives: 1) identifying the volume of need in each category; 2) researching the many options and programs that are available to help address them: RHID, MIH, Landbanks, CDBG, and so much more, 3) matching the appropriate resource to its corresponding need cat-egory, 4) developing a cal-culated and well thought out strategic approach to resolving our housing crisis. The creation of this play-book for Harper County would be a game changer for us but we have had a very difﬁcult time keeping small town.Immediately after the ﬁrst movie, the Theatre Committee will judge a cos-tume contest for those who arrive in style.Then, at 7:30 p.m., the theatre will screen the 2018 sequel, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween.The sequel ﬁnds Stein's nemesis, Slappy the Dum-my, raising havoc in a new town as some unsuspecting kids discover one of Stein's manuscripts and open it, causing him to appear. They unknowingly bring him to life by speaking magic words found in his pocket.Discounted tickets will be available for patrons the project moving due to lack of available stafﬁng. We have formed partnerships with businesses and all the governmental jurisdictions in Harper County and ALL agree and are on board that this housing crisis is an is-sue we can all rally behind. The dedicated Rural Cham-pion will help with this massive undertaking of this united effort to really move the needle forward.THEATRE Continued from previous pagewho want to watch both movies, and the theatre will also add Kristy's Kafe Pizza to their usual menu offerings for the evening. So, come dressed as your fa-vorite Halloween character and join us for a fun night, along with a few chills.

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the Anthony Republican • October 25, 2023 Page 3National Weather ServiceWichita, KansasJanuary–September 2023 PrecipitationSiteJan-Sept Precip (Inches)Departure from AverageRank Wettest/Driest SinceWichita Eisenhower 19.25 -9.63 25th Driest Driest Since 2011Salina Airport 18.63 -6.56 29th Driest Driest Since 2012Chanute Airport 25.73 -7.56 26th Driest Driest Since 2022Russell Airport 17.04 -4.38 18th Driest Driest Since 2022Winfield COOP 24.01 -9.22 41st Driest Driest Since 2014Newton COOP 17.84 -10.48 17th Driest Driest Since 2011Cottonwood Falls COOP 19.43 -12.30 17th Driest Driest Since 2012Anthony COOP 31.98 +4.78 15th Wettest Wettest Since 2019Sedan COOP 20.79 -11.90 10th Driest Driest Since 2016Independence COOP 22.92 -13.64 14th Driest Driest Since 1981National Weather ServiceWichita, KansasSeptember 2023 PrecipitationSiteSeptember Precip (Inches)Departure from AverageRank Wettest/Driest SinceWichita Eisenhower 1.18 -1.87 32nd Driest Driest Since 2019Salina Airport 1.02 -1.63 20th Driest Driest Since 2002Chanute Airport 1.91 -2.19 33rd Driest Driest Since 2022Russell Airport 0.53 -1.62 12th Driest Driest Since 2017Winfield COOP 0.89 -2.24 Tied 16th Driest Driest Since 2014Newton COOP 1.09 -1.89 22nd Driest Driest Since 2019Cottonwood Falls COOP 2.07 -1.46 38th Driest Driest Since 2022Anthony COOP 1.24 -1.32 Tied 35th Driest Driest Since 2022Sedan COOP 1.62 -2.31 20th Driest Driest Since 2022Independence COOP 2.54 -1.58 42nd Driest Driest Since 2022Photo By: Ross Downing/Anthony RepublicanCITY WIDE CLEAN UP: Anthony PRIDE members and volunteers unload a truck last Friday.City Of Anthony Amend Ordinance Involving Customer-Owned Renewable EnergyOfﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted ByCity of Anthony ClerkOctober 3, 2023 OPENINGWelcome / Call to Order. Invocation / Pledge of Al-legiance. Roll Call: Present - Mayor Greg Cleveland, Commissioner Sherrie Ea-ton, Commissioner Jan Lanie, Commissioner Kenny Hodson Jr., Commissioner Eric Smith, City Admin-istrator Cyndra Kastens, Deputy City Clerk Sherri Miller, Police Chief Kenny Hodson, Superintendent Randy Moore and Street Dept. Head Bryan Struble.Approval of Agenda: A motion was made to approve the agenda. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Vot-ing Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Com-missioner Lanie, Commis-sioner Hodson Jr., Commis-sioner Smith.PUBLIC COMMENTNone.CONSENT AGENDA1. Approve September 19, 2023 Regular Meeting Min-utes.2. Appropriation Ordi-nance No. 3175 - $273,548.95.3. Approve 09.26.2023 Payroll - $57,452.95.4. Sunrise 2nd BASE Grant - Mies Construc-tion Pay Estimate #2 - $298,271.70.5. Bank of the Plains Res-olution COD 5000001528.6. Approval to Bid Out Boat Ramp Repair.7. Approve up to $7,000 to Air Capital Recycling for Crushed Rock for Street Stock to be paid from Street Capital.Mayor Cleveland asked if any items should be pulled from the consent agenda for further review. Hearing none, a motion was made to approve the consent agen-da. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Com-missioner Eaton, Commis-sioner Lanie, Commissioner Hodson Jr., Commissioner SmithPUBLIC HEARINGSNone.REGULAR BUSINESS8. Approve Bids for City Mower: Mayor Cleveland opened the bids for replace-ment of the 2008 John Deere tractor mower. The Com-mission authorized trad-ing in the existing mower. Two bids were received from Prairie Land Partners in the amount of $22,345 (included is $8,000 trade value) and $21,691 ($8,000 trade value). A motion was made to accept the bid from Prairieland Partners for $22,345 for a Commercial 15' Wing fold rotary mower to be delivered no later than May 1, 2024, to be paid out of Equipment Replacement Fund. Motion made by Com-missioner Eaton, Seconded by Commissioner Hodson Jr.. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleve-land, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Com-missioner Hodson Jr., Com-missioner Smith.9. Approve Ordinance No. G-2870: A motion was made to approve Ordinance No. G-2870 as amended amending Behind the Meter Generation Policy & Proce-dures and Interconnection Standards for installation of Customer-Owned Renew-able Energy Generation Facilities. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Smith. A roll call vote was taken: Mayor Cleveland-yea, Com-missioner Eaton - yea, Com-missioner Lanie - yea Com-missioner Hodson Jr. - yea, Commissioner Smith – yea.10. Wayne Dennis Com-mittee Recommendation: A motion was made to approve the Wayne Dennis Com-mittee recommendation to award $3,450 to the Anthony Chamber to replace 100 Wel-come Flags. Motion made by Commissioner Smith, Seconded by Commissioner Hodson. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Hodson Jr., Commissioner Smith.11. Non-City EIN Ac-counts: The Commission gave the City Administrator directions to close Non-City EIN banking accounts per recommendation of the au-ditor.12. Development Con-sulting Agreement: A mo-tion was made to approve the Development Consult-ing Agreement with Heart-land Housing Partners as amended and approved by the City Attorney and au-thorize the Administrator to execute documents. Mo-tion made by Commissioner Lanie, Seconded by Mayor Cleveland. Voting Yea: May-or Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Hodson Jr., Commissioner Smith.13. Employee Residence and Response Time Re-quirements: The Commis-sion gave the Administra-tor direction to allow the option for on-call/back-up employees who are not a resident of Anthony, au-thority to obtain/retain em-ployment with the City of Anthony without enforcing the residency requirement; provided the employees are required to stay within the city limits of Anthony dur-ing the full duration of their regular shift hours plus on-call/back-up hours to ensure response times can still be met safely. 14. Approve Municipal Court Report: A motion was made to approve the September 2023 Munici-pal Court Report. Motion made by Mayor Cleveland, Seconded by Commissioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Commissioner Eaton, Commissioner Lanie, Commissioner Hodson Jr., Commissioner Smith.STAFF REPORTSCITY Continued on Page 8

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Page 4 the Anthony Republican • October 25, 2023CELCO Strives To Maintain A Standard Of ExcellenceBy Carol Jean MartinBrandon Bellesine, vice president of CELCO in An-thony, Kansas was the re-cent Spotlight on Careers speaker at Chaparral and Attica Public Schools. Bel-lesine said the company strives to bring a standard of excellence not only to the services and products they provide, but also for the personal standards of the employees. It is important to note that the government expects the excellence for a worker with the OHSA requirements currently in place in the work place.Bellesine shared the his-tory of CELCO which began with his grandfather Ken who originally moved to Kansas in the 1970s. The man farmed and raised cat-tle into the 1990s. At that time he had a side hobby of electropolishing metal. Having connections with a Texas company that per-formed electropolishing, t Ken Bellesine learned more and in 1986 opened the Central Electropolishing Company Incorporated in Anthony, Kansas. He has been a man who shares by leading and teaching others his knowledge and experi-ences to encourage them to become skilled in their jobs at CELCO.With this solid built reputation the company ex-pects to continue to need in-dividuals who have strong work ethics. Employees are encouraged to seize the op-portunity to learn some-thing and become skilled at the process. Bellesine stat-ed that some criteria that set a foundation for suc-cess at CELCO is to come to work on time, if not early, and actually follow through with the work required of them for a day. In other areas of the plant employ-ees operate cranes to pick up heavy object and brac-ing to stabilize containers to be worked on or moved. Handling a fork lift or hoist must be done in a safe man-ner.Some basic mathematics skills; including ratio and proportion and basic alge-bra, can be of importance in reading scales and mea-surement tools. Designers require skill in drawing a design by reading and us-ing a ruler, tape measure, calipers or other measuring devices. In addition, em-ployees that work as a team member for the best result of the end product make a huge difference. Bellesine explained that the steel used to make the smallest pin, to the longest pieces or even odd shapes can get a ﬁnish to make them safe for ﬁltering water or food processing as well as manufacturing medi-cal supplies and medicine. Some parts used for com-puters and aerospace are also cleaned up and made sterile by the company. The electropolishing pro-cess pulls the iron out of the steel. It descales the surface of the metal. It removes oxides and impurities and leaves a sterile smooth ﬁn-ish.Passivation, in many cases, is used for corrosion control. It protects the item from corrosion. A nitric acid bath is used to take of scale, weld burns and stains.CELCO began with a 3,000 square foot shop that has grown to a 22,000 square foot facility. The company originally was offering electropolishing. Now they have a large pas-sivation operation for large and long stainless steel ves-sels, structuring and piping. They have built a nation-wide reputation for oxygen cleaning and packaging. Leaders at CELCO have a growth mindset and are motivated to reach higher levels of achievement by continuously learning new skills in order to move with a changing market. They are a company that is adapt-able and willing to go above and beyond to keep up with industry-wide changes.Courtesy PhotoSPOTLIGHT ON CAREERS: CELCO Vice-President Bran-don Bellesine spoke to students about the local business.Annual Trick-or-Treating For UNICEF In AnthonyBy Pam FallisChaparral JR/SR High School’s Key Club and Builders Club will be trick-or-treating for UNICEF on Halloween evening from 6:00 to 8 pm in Anthony. UNICEF, the United Na-tion’s International Chil-drens Emergency Fund, reaches out to children around the world who are in crisis. The money raised through Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF supports the work UNICEF is doing every day to respond to emergencies like the war in Ukraine, drought and malnutrition in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel.When Key Club and Builders Club students come to your door they will be carrying an orange box that says “Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF”. They will also have available a QR code that takes you to the UNI-CEF website where you can read the details about UNI-CEF and where your dollars go. Please give what you can. The money collected will be sent to UNICEF to support their causes.

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the Anthony Republican • October 25, 2023 Page 5HARPER COUNTYDISTRICT COURT REPORTEditor’s Note: Due to the Kansas Courts electronic ling system being ofine caused by a secuity incident, Obituary...Owen C. Roberts1954 ~ 2023Owen C. Roberts, 69, St. Jo-seph, Missouri, passed away Thursday, October 12, 2023. He was born March 22, 1954 in Indiana to Russell and Ruth (Gilek) Roberts.Owen married Kathy Perkins on August 10, 1985. She survives of the home.He earned his bachelor’s de-gree in Milling Science from Kan-sas State University and his MBA from Northwest Missouri State Uni-versity.Owen worked for Cargill and Quaker Oats before opening his own business, Roberts Profession-al Services.He enjoyed sports, includ-ing K-State, KU and then MU. He also had a deep passion for music. Owen encouraged his children to pursue sports and music in school.A strong family man, Owen ab-solutely adored his grandsons. He was a seless caregiver to family members and anyone in need.He also liked to converse about politics and current world events. He held strong opinions, which carried through to his choice of TV shows. “Jeopardy” was acceptable, but “Wheel of Fortune” was abhor-rent.He was preceded in death by his father, Russell Roberts; sib-lings, Randy and Gil Roberts; fa-ther-in-law, Richard Perkins; and his beloved dog, Oliver.Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Kathy; children, Kaitlin Rob-erts (Issam Yanis), and Evan Rob-erts (Caitlin Tolliday); grandchil-dren, Osama and Hamza; mother, Ruth Roberts; sister-in-law, Debbie Roberts; brother-in-law, Rich Per-kins (Jennifer Glenn); numerous other extended family members; and his beloved pets, Bella, Luna, Sophie, Cougar and Redbird.Farewell Services and Pub-lic Livestream 3:00 P.M. Monday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Cre-matory. The family will gather with friends one hour prior to the ser-vice. The family suggests memo-rial contributions to the Friends of the Animal Shelter, Redeemer Lu-theran Church in Olathe, Kansas, or Pyr Paws and Fluffy Tails. Online guest book and obituary at www.meierhoffer.com.Obituary...Jerry W. Kiser1950 ~ 2023Jerry W. Kiser was born May 8, 1950 in the back of a car as his fa-ther raced to the nearby hospital in Harper, Kansas. Evidently, he was anxious to get his life started, hav-ing much to accomplish! And ac-complish much he did!He spent his early years on a farm near Freeport, later moving to Anthony where he attended An-thony High School. He was very active in sports and served as class President for the class of 1968. He was on the wrestling team and suc-ceeded in getting recognized with a college scholarship to Emporia State College. Jerry met his future bride, Jana Jolene Baldwin in high school. On July 4, 1974, Jerry and Jana were married in Anthony, Kansas. In 1976, a new job led the young cou-ple to the Pacic Northwest in the greater Seattle area. April of 1978 heralded the birth of their son, Joe. They moved back to Wichita, Kan-sas in 1979 and welcomed their daughter, Erin in June of 1980.In 1982, opportunity took the family back to the Pacic North-west where they nally settled in Edmonds when Jerry bought his insurance agency. He humbly took pride in taking care of the families he employed and used his resourc-es and connections to support causes that were dear to his heart.Though they separated Jerry and Jana remained the best of friends, their son and daughter and two grandsons remained the light of Jerry’s life. He was a loving father and a warm and wonderful grandpa. Jerry’s ornery laugh and twinkling eyes will always be in the hearts of his loved ones.On October 11, 2023, Jerry passed away at Providence Re-gional Medical Center in Everett, Washington at the age of 73. He was preceded in death by his fa-ther, Willis Wayne Kiser; mother, Margaret Jane (Hufford) Kiser; stepmother, Anna Marie Kiser; and his brother, John Kiser. Jerry will be deeply missed and cherished forever by his son, Jo-seph Wayne Kiser; daughter, Erin Jolene Brummitt and husband, Ryan Brummitt; two grandsons: Andrew M. Brummitt and Tyler R. Brummitt; sister, Cindy Mitchell; stepsiblings: Doug Oliver and wife, Pauline, Frances Ward, and Judy Fisher; and numerous other rela-tives and friends. Graveside service was held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 21, 2023 at the Fairview Cemetery in Danville, Kansas with Pastor Bruce Wilson ofciating. “Pastor Bruce sang “Amazing Grace.” Musical selections “Jealous of the Angels,” “What a Wonderful World,” and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” were played. Casket bearers were Joe Kis-er, Ryan Brummitt, Erin Brummitt, Mike Kiser, Brian Walke, and Travis Morin. Memorials in memory of Jerry may be made to the Shriners Chil-dren’s Hospital and can be sent in care of Prairie Rose Funeral Home, 602 E. Main St., Anthony, KS 67003.information from the Harper County Clerk’s ofce includ-ing the Paid Trafc Fines, Case Filings and Court Dock-et were unavailable as of the press deadline.HARPER COUNTY DEEDSBOOK D108#976 - Quit Claim Deed: Ken-neth Gerlets and Amy Gerlets to Kenneth Gerlets and Amy Gerlets, Lots 21-23 in Blk. 55 in the City of Bluff City, Harper County, Kansas.#977 - Warranty Deed: Oscar G. Macias and Amabelly Bar-rera to Irma Herrera-Morales, a tract in the SE corner of Blk. 11 E in Highland 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: Ste-ven G. Williams to Gwen Hage-man, Lot 15 in Blk. 8 in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#979 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Patrick S. Blubaugh and Jan M. Blubaugh to BBMITCH-BB 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 Finish Inc. to Kenneth G. Bel-lesine 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, Kansas.#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 - Stat-utory Warranty Deed: Debra D. Casley and Derrick W. Casley to Kim A. Desimban and Prince Ismael 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.EMAIL YOUR NEWS TO:anthonyrepublican@att.net

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Page 6 the Anthony Republican • October 25, 2023Source: maxpreps.comThe Chaparral Road-runners football team was ripped 47-7 in Friday' chal-lenge with the host Haven Wildcats.The Roadrunners now sport a 1-6 record. They take the ﬁeld next when they travel to Southeast of Saline for a on Friday, Octo-ber 27. Chaparral will meet a Trojans team coming off a 30-0 league win over Ells-worth. The Trojans record now stands at 8-0.Quarterback Jack Walk-er (So) completed 13 of 31 passes for 163 yards, throw-ing 1 touchdown and 1 in-Chaparral Routed By Haventerception.Runningback Jay Cush-enberry (So) had 5 rushes for 11 yards.Leading the team in re-ceiving was Tyce Pfaff (Sr) with 4 receptions for 63 yards. Ty Hadsall (So) had 5 catches for 59 yards. Kale Greve (So) caught 3 passes for 22 yards and 1 touch-down. Jay Cushenberry (So) had 1 catch for 18 yards.Tyce Pfaff (Sr) led the defense with tackles, mak-ing 8 total. Kyler Smith (Sr) had 4 tackles and 1 inter-ception. Quinton Roth (Jr) and Kale Grevee (So) each had 3 total tacklesBy Jennifer WolffVeterans Day, November 11th, is an important day to "thank you veterans" as we show appreciation to mem-bers of our military, past and present. If you're look-ing for an appropriate way to honor a veteran in your life, or would like to contrib-ute in a way that's meaning-ful for veterans everywhere, here's a list of suggestions to start you off.1. Say “thank you” by showing up. Attend a Veter-ans Day event in your area. Roy Rogers said, "We can't all be heroes; someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by." Veterans Day is a great opportunity to do Harper Co. Dept. On Aging: Ways To Say Thank You to a Veteranjust that.2. Donate to a Veteran-focused charity. There are many wonderful organiza-tions that offer all manner of support, services and ap-preciation for our service members. Check out: www.garysinisefoundation.org www.thefund.org www.woundedwarriorproject.org3. Fly the American Flag – Correctly. Just make sure you're observing the proper rules for display. Here are a few of those important tips:• Never drag a U.S. ag on the ground or let it touch the ground.• Don't drape it over the hood, top, sides or back of a vehicle.• When displaying mul-tiple ags go in this order: US ag top 2nd State ag 3rd Military ag• Don't display a tattered or torn ag. Flags that are tattered and torn should be disposed of in a respectful way. There is a disposal con-tainer at the Anthony West Park. • Never use the ag as apparel, bedding or drapery.4. Ask a Veteran about their service. It seems like we all know someone who has served, and Veterans Day is a great time to ask them about their service. Learning more about their service can help you appro-priately say "thank you." Here are some questions to get you started:• What did you do in the military?• How long did you serve?• What was your favorite moment in all your time in the service?• Did anyone else in your family serve?• Why did you go into the service branch you did?Sometimes you don't have to say anything; just listen and give them your full attention.5. Write a letter of “thank you”. If you know a veteran, write a simple letter, post-card or email that recog-nizes them on Veterans Day. If you don't know a veteran, look up the closest military installation and send one there. Small acts of recog-nizing someone's service, even anonymously, are ap-preciated. The military-focused nonproﬁt Soldiers' Angels organizes volun-teers to write letters to de-ployed troops, veterans and their caregivers through their Letter Writing Virtual Team. 6. Don’t confuse Veter-ans Day with Memorial Day. Veterans Day is a time to thank those who are serving or have served and are still with us. Memorial Day is to reect and remember those who lost their lives in ser-vice to their country. Con-fusing the two or combining the two diminishes the im-portance of both. 7. Visit a VA Hospital. Find out what the policies are at your nearest VA hos-pital for interacting with patients or volunteering, and spend the day with a veteran. Many VA facilities will have events on Veter-ans Day or a special lunch you can help prepare. Even if you never interact with a veteran, helping at a fa-cility is a way to give back and saying "thank you vet-erans."(Ref www.military.com)County services includ-ing Senior Meals & Pub-lic Transportation will be closed Friday Nov.10th in observance of Veterans Day. 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 public transit regardless of age or mobility. Equal access is provided to the public. Although we are available to make trips M-F out of county, rides need to be scheduled 24 hours in ad-vance & the bus returns for Harper Co by 3pm. CALL 620-842-5104 for ride res-ervations & rates. 1st come, 1st served. Out of County Transit Schedule: Mon 10/30: Wichita Tues 10/31: Wichita Wed 11/1: Wichita Thurs 11/2: WichitaFri 11/3: Wichita All routes are subject to change without notice. GOT NEWS TO SHARE? ANTHONYREPUBLICAN@ATT.NET

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the Anthony Republican • October 25, 2023 Page 7PUBLIC NOTICE - DELINQUENT PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES - HARPER COUNTY TREASURER(First Published in The Anthony Republican, Wednesday, October 11, 2023) 3t Courtesy Photo50 YEAR PIN PRESENTATION: The Order of the Eastern Star held a 50 year pin presentation. The evening started with a pot luck supper which everyone enjoyed. Lauren and Charles Banks were then presented with their 50 year pins by the Worthy Grand Patron – Dave Hendrick assisted by the Worthy Grand Matron, Wendy Cunningham, and Jackie Strickland our District Aide. The ceremony was lovely and our new 50 year pin recipients shared how much they have enjoyed East-ern Star. They then stayed for the meeting. We enjoyed everyone that came and the program that was presented for the Worthy Grand Patron and Worthy Grand Matron. Wendy received a vintage bucket with her kitty cats on it. Dave Received a solar light shaped like a bell with the word COWBOY on it. Pictured (L-R): Joyce Kaup, Worthy Matron; Wendy Cunning-ham, Worthy Grand Matron; Lauren & Charles Bank, 50 year pin recipients; and Dave Hendrick, Worthy Grand Patron.Catching Up With The County CommissionOfﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted By HarperCounty Clerk’s OfﬁceSeptember 18, 2023The Harper County Board of County Commissioners met in regular session, with Chairman Struble calling the meeting to order with Commissioner Waldschmidt and Commissioner Vornauf. Shonda Larson, Finance Di-rector, Hannah Crowe, Coun-ty Clerk were also present. At 8:30 a.m. Commis-sioner Struble motioned 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 non-elected personnel. The open meeting will resume at 8:35 a.m. in this room; approved unanimously. The meeting returned to open session at 8:35 a.m. with no binding ac-tion taken.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to approve September 18, 2023 account payables in the amount of $42,859.66; approved unani-mously.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve Sep-tember 15, 2023 payroll in the amount of $143,775.17; approved unanimously.Mike Bennett & Bailey Longbine, Public Works, gave a department update.Chad McCullough, Kaw Valley Engineering, spoke to Commissioners about Coun-ty bridges.Greg Blanchat, tax pay-er, spoke to Commissioners about shale pit to ﬁx a road.Commissioner Struble motioned a 5-minute recess; approved unanimously.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to reconvene; ap-proved unanimously.Heather Struble, Health Department, gave a depart-ment update.Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve Shrin-grix vaccine in the amount of $1,832.33; approved unani-mously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove Rotarix vaccine in the amount of $1,271.39; ap-proved unanimously.Tony & Kathryn Duran, Petunia’s owner, spoke to Commissioners about Coun-ty Incentives. Ami DeLacerda, HR, gave a department update.At 10:56 a.m. Commis-sioner Vornauf motioned to enter executive session. The subject to be discussed will be personnel matters. The justiﬁcation for closing the meeting is to discuss person-nel matters of nonelected personnel. Ami DeLacerda was present for this meet-ing. The open meeting will resume at 11:20 a.m. in this room; approved unanimous-COUNTY Continued on next page

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Page 8 the Anthony Republican • October 25, 202315. Superintendent Re-port: The Superintendent reported on attending a Planning Commission Meeting, Contacted other cities for sign regulations, research for lawn irrigation systems, boat ramp, demo permits and other depart-ment activities.16. Chief of Police Report: We inspected some proper-ties to be cleaned up. We served several weed notices. We arrested Jamaica Dunn on a warrant. We arrested Christopher Babbington on a warrant. We investigated one minor trafﬁc accident. We investigated two unat-tended deaths. We had the City crew clean up the prop-erty at 611 N Jennings.EXECUTIVE SESSIONNone.ADJOURNMENTA motion was made to adjourn the meeting. Mo-tion made by Mayor Cleve-land, Seconded by Commis-sioner Lanie. Voting Yea: Mayor Cleveland, Com-missioner Eaton, Commis-sioner Lanie, Commissioner Hodson Jr., Commissioner Smith.Gregory Cleveland, MayorCyndra Kastens, City Clerk/AdministratorCITY Continued from Page 3ly. Commissioner Vornauf motioned to extend 10-min-utes; approved unanimously. The meeting returned to open session at 11:30 a.m. with no binding action tak-en.As there was no further COUNTY Continued from previous pagebusiness, the meeting was adjourned at 11:37 a.m. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday September 25, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner Room at the Harper County Courthouse.Approved: Darrin Stru-ble, ChairmanAttest: Hannah K. Crowe, County Clerk60 YEARS AGO - 1963“Our Hearts were Young and Gay,” a three act play was presented by the An-thony junior class. Cast members included DiAnna Halsey, Charlene Wolff, John Marshall, Marsha Graves, Jackie Gates, Bob Cook, Stan Tague, Steve Patterson, Paul Hulett, Sha-ree Williams, Jane Foster, Inola Fultz, Carol Bean, Verna Pohlenz, Cheryl Bet-tis, Mike Wyatt and Jim Graves.Piloteers 4-H Club held election of ofﬁcers at the Berlin School. Those named to ofﬁce were: Cookie Carothers, president; Jerry Kiser, vice-president; Char-lene Wolff, secy.-tres.; Ralph W. McKee, reporter; Diane Parsons, song leader; Jer-ry Wiemeyer and Glenda Scott, recreation leaders; Cheryl Bollman and Sonja McKee, pianists; Charlene Wolff and Cookie Carothers, representatives to county council; Mrs. Harry Caroth-ers and Erwin Davis, club leaders.50 YEARS AGO - 1973New Faces & Changes on Main Street: Working at Couch Abstract- Charlene Pyles; Gambles- V. Her-ridge; Irwin-Potter- Beth Barker; Nelson’s Coffee Shop- Noretta Baird; Muel-ler’s- Bobbe Dell Watkins; Supreme Market- Jim Ea-ton and Mike Earnest; Penney’s- Bonnie Cooper; Marshall Jewelry- Carter Denton; Campbell Variety- Laura Smith; Larry’s I.G.A.- Jack Burris was back and Helen Whitmore; First Na-tional Bank- Cecilee Down-ing; B&C Clothing- Marcey Meador. According to a Kansas State Board of Agriculture report, Harper County’s population as of January 1, 1973, was listed at 8,319. The report also listed towns in Harper County having the following population: Anthony 2,840; Harper 1,820; Attica 699; Bluff City 119; Danville 81; Waldron 37 and Freeport 16.Sid Burkholder, 18 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burkholder, ru-ral Harper and a senior at Chaparral High School was honored by the Citizens National Bank as an “Out-standing Teen-ager!”40 YEARS GO - 1983Mr. and Mrs. Paul Boll-man of Anthony, announced the birth of a daughter, Megan Sue, born on Mon-day, September 26, 1983 at the Harper Hospital. She weighed 8 lbs. 15-1/4 ozs. and measured 21 inches long. Megan has a sister, Heather 5, and two broth-ers, Jason 4, and Blake 22 months.The team of Shayla Bon-ham and Lori Ingram placed third at a very tough debate tournament held at Winﬁeld High School. Also attending this tournament were Ange-la Query, Jennifer Drouhard and Kim Ricky. The same weekend was champion-ship division at South West-ern University. Debating for Chaparral were David Innes, Margo Townly, Kevin Potts and Frances Moss.Mr. and Mrs. John Cox of Anthony, announced the birth of a son, Christopher Michael, born on October 6, 1983 weighing 7 lbs. 12 ozs. and measuring 21-1/4 inch-es long. He has a sister, Jen-nifer Anne 6 years old and a brother, Jeffrey Allen, age 4.30 YEARS AGO - 1993Brian Hatﬁeld an-nounced the arrival of his sister, Lauren Marie Hat-ﬁeld on Friday, September FILES Continued on next page

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Flower Girl was Alex Elliott and CrownBearer, Daniel Blan-chat.20 YEARS AGO - 2003Twenty-seven members of Laureate Beta Alpha Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at the Anthony Court-house and then escorted to Bob’s Diner. The theme for the evening was the ﬁfties and many of the members dug out their duds from the era. Hostesses Donna Graves, Cindy Haeg, Rosie Walker, Carol Arnet and Carol Hamilton took orders for hamburgers, French fries and drinks in their car-hop attire. There was a con-test of guessing gumballs in a glass won by Lee Cox; a hula hoop contest won by Shirley Cantrell and a bubble gum blowing contest won by Susan Croft.The City of Anthony had two WalMart suppliers, Rusty’s Baits was currently on the WalMart supplier list and U.S. Floss had just re-ceived their supplier agree-FILES Continued from previous pagement with WalMart.10 YEARS AGO - 2013The Chaparral men’s varsity Cross Country team ﬁnished second at the Pratt Invitational meet. Finish-ing second behind Skyline, Chaparral beat 15 other schools. Team members were Chandler Crain, Bob Himelrick, Ashton Bohnert. Ryley Menhusen, Adam Capps, Weston Schroeder and Garret Berry.5 YEARS AGO - 2018Attending Anthony El-ementary Pre-K afternoon class were Gibson Liebelt, Lilly Moore, Emma Horn-beck, Carter Zahradnick, Aniyah Overton, Aria Jack-son, Nova Fye, Zander Reed. Teachers were Kelsi Hoover and Serena Smith.Overall Awards were given to the ﬁve and under age group of Harper Coun-ty Youth Rodeo program. Grace Book received ﬁfth place; Theodore Robinson, fourth place; Colby Beber-meyer, third place; Jo Mat-thew, second place and Jas-pur Baird, ﬁrst place.

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Page 12 the Anthony Republican • October 25, 2023By Michelle StrubleAnthony Elementary School students took part in Good Choices Week on October 9th through 13th to combine Red Rib-bon and Bully Prevention. This year’s nation-wide Red Ribbon theme was “Be Kind to Your Mind, Live Drug Free”.Students in grades PreK through 6th par-ticipated in Good Choices Spirit Week to show our initiative to make healthy choices. Students in grades kindergarten through 4th grades participated in a poster contest repre-senting the Red Ribbon theme with a picture that students drew on posters. Prizes were awarded in each grade for ﬁrst, sec-ond and third place. First place winners received a prize cup which included a free personal pizza from Pizza Ranch. Second place winners were given a cup of goodies that included a free scoop of ice cream from The Shop. Third place winners were given a cup that included a free donut from The Shop. Pre-K stu-dents participated in a col-oring contest and 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners were Anthony Elementary Students Celebrate Good Choices Weekawarded prizes as well.This year the winners are as follows: Pre-K: 1st Soﬁa Molina, 2nd Emily Shellhammer, 3rd Elisa-beth Essary; Kindergar-ten: 1st Sterling Hall, 2nd Mazie Patterson, 3rd Kev-in Stoughton; 1st Grade: 1st Joplynn Davis, 2nd Claire Hall, 3rd Sophie-Kate Lumpkin; 2nd Grade: 1st Amber Zhang, 2nd Lyric Beckner, 3rd Bris-tol Harris; 3rd Grade: 1st Austyn Fox, 2nd Joshua Horn, 3rd Eli Duvall; 4th Grade: 1st Gracie Hazel, 2nd Brinsley Allen, 3rd Gibson Liebelt.Fifth and sixth graders had fun making a 30 to 60 second public service an-nouncement video with partners. The winning group or partnership was chosen for each grade. This year’s winners were AES 6th graders, RyLee Stan-ford and London Glass and 5th graders, Heath Goebel, Chesney Passet, Madilyn Schultz and Anden Rath-geber. The winners of the drug free PSA received a money prize from the Bank of Commerce. Anthony Elemen-tary students kicked off the week with a fun BE BRIGHT: Make Good Choices glow in the dark dance party on Monday. Students were also greet-ed with sidewalk chalk messages at the beginning of Good Choices Week. The CHS Valiant Leader-ship group and sponsor, Ms. Hedlund, came to AES to visit with 5th and 6th graders about drugs and their impact in your life as well as greeting kids upon arrival at school. AES leadership group mem-bers also greeted students as they arrived at school several days during Good Choices week. CHS foot-ball players handed out treats and greeted stu-dents as they entered the school on Friday.The Red Ribbon & Bul-ly Prevention committee would like to thank USD 361 Resource Ofﬁcer Craig Hadsall, the Bank of Com-merce and Judy Kelley for their help with the es-says and awards, Ms. Hed-lund and the CHS Valiant Leadership group, The CHS football team, AES Title I staff, as well as the Anthony Republican for sharing the importance of Red Ribbon and bully pre-vention with our youth.Courtesy PhotoGOOD CHOICES WEEK: Pictured (L-R) are the winners of the AES 5th Grade PSA video were Chesney Passet, Madilyn Schultz, Judy Kelley, Anden Rathgeber and Heath Goebel. Courtesy PhotoGOOD CHOICES WEEK: 2nd Place in the poster contest were, front row (L-R): Emily Shel-hammer, Mazie Patterson, Claire Hall. Back Row: Brinsley Allen, Joshua Horn, Lyric Beckner.Courtesy PhotoGOOD CHOICES WEEK: 3rd Place in the poster contest were, front row (L-R): Emily Essary, Kevin Stoughton. Back Row: Gibson Liebelt, Bristol Harris, Sophie-Kate Lumpkin, Eli Duvall.Courtesy PhotoGOOD CHOICES WEEK: 1st Place in the poster contest were, front row (L-R): Sterling Hall, Soa Molina, Joplynn Da-vis. Back Row: Amber Zhang, Austyn Fox.Courtesy PhotoGOOD CHOICES WEEK: Pictured is London Glass (not pictured RyLee Stan-ford), winners of the 6th Grade PSA video.