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The Anthony Republican: Vol. 145 - No. 38 • The Anthony Bulletin: Vol. 125 - No. 38Established October 9, 1879: Oldest continuous business in Anthony • Wednesday, September 18, 2024To advertise your business or event in our “Hot Spot”call the Anthony Republican at 620-842-5129. By Ron WilsonDirector of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State Univ.There’s a caterpillar in the garden, and it’s 18 feet long. But don’t worry: This is not an alien invasion and your tomatoes are not at risk.The garden is a sculp-ture garden. It is part of an effort to use folk art – in this case, bug sculptures - to attract visitors to a rural Kansas community.Don Atha is the Kansan who spearheads this effort to use public folk art to ben-efit the community. Atha grew up in Mission Hills where his family was active in supporting the arts.Kansas Profile – Now That’sRural: Don Atha, Bug Sculptures“Thanks to my family, I feel like I was raised at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City,” Atha said. His family donated several pieces to the mu-seum.“Art is important to the development of a commu-nity,” Atha said.After college back east, he worked in the banking and health care finance in-dustries around the coun-try. He moved to Arizona and started his own com-mercial printing brokerage business called West Print.Art galleries were among his clients, along with the second largest time share company in the world. He also collected art. He even met his wife Rebecca at an art show. They ultimately moved to Belize.When Covid hit, they decided to move to back to Atha’s home state of Kan-sas. A realtor found them a home in Anthony, about 45 minutes from Wichita. “Kansans are good people,” Atha said.In Anthony, Atha joined a civic club that was brain-storming about how to bring more people to the commu-nity. “I thought of commu-nities that have benefitted from introducing art,” Atha said. Numerous places have featured different ver-sions of a particular symbol throughout their city.“I thought bugs might be a hook,” Atha said. He set out to build bug sculptures that could be displayed around Anthony. These are metal sculptures from re-cycled metal pieces that are welded together and paint-ed.Atha and friends worked near his home in a building called Where Bugs Come Alive Studio. He also cre-ated a nearby sculpture Photo By: Ron WilsonWHERE BUGS COME ALIVE: Pictured (L-R) Sheila Adams, President of the Anthony Chamber of Commerce; Kari O’Riley, Harper County Community/ Economic Development; Don Atha; and Howard Hateld, City Commissioner are pictured at the ‘Where Bugs Come Alive Studio’ where the sculptures come to life before nding the nal home in Anthony.BUGS Continued on next pageCourtesy PhotoFUN FOR ALL AGES: Skeeter the Clown visited Anthony last week to spread the word about the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus coming to town. She stopped by Anthony Elementary for some tricks and laughs. Pictured with Skeeter is Mazie Patterson and Jax Barnett (right).C&M Circus Coming ToAnthony On ThursdayThanks to the spon-sorship of the Anthony Chamber of Commerce, the Culpepper & Merri-weather Circus is coming to Anthony, KS on Thurs-day, September 19th, to the Ballfields located at 900 N. Madison with shows at 5:00 & 7:30 pm. C&M Circus has been providing quality, lo-cal family entertainment for 38 years. This authentic One-Ring, Big Top Circus has been featured on the A&E Special: Under the Big Top, Nick News: On the Road with Circus Kids and most recently OETA's Big Top Town. This year, we're very excited to bring you our brand new 2024 perfor-mance featuring Big Cats presented by Trey Key, our Aerialist Extraordinaire Simone on the trapeze, 10th generation Loyal Bareback Horse Riders, the Perez Daredevil Duo on the Tight Rope and Wheel of Destiny, Elizabeth Ayala's incredible foot juggling and hair hang and everyone's favorite Cir-cus Clown Leo Acton.Circus Day starts at 9:30 a.m. with the tent raising and a tour. Everyone is in-Celebrating Constitution Week“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure do-mestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general wel-fare, and secure the Bless-ings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitu-tion for the United States of America.” These words, written 233 years ago, are the Preamble to our Consti-tution.This is Constitution Week, September 17 – 23, celebrating the signing of this important document. Read beyond the Preamble to understand the structure of the three branches of our representative government. Study the Amendments and the Bill of Rights. Know your Constitution! This an-nouncement was provided by the Martha Vail Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.CIRCUS Continued on next page
Page 2 the Anthony Republican • September 18, 2024garden. That became home to the first bug sculpture. It was called Cat-apillar and was followed by a Dad-dy Long Legs spider.The secretary of the lo-cal Kansas Community Empowerment group suc-cessfully applied for a grant that provided addi-tional funds for supplies. The grant was to provide for five bug sculptures in the first year. They were done in six months.Today, there are 30 bug sculptures in the commu-nity of Anthony with more in production. These are displayed around town where possible“It’s an infestation, but not of bad bugs – of fun bugs,” Atha said. They’ve become popular sites for selfies.These now include La-dybug, Anthony Ant, Bum-ble Bug, Roadrunner Bug (in honor of the local school mascot), Jolly Green Bug, Cosmic Cyclops Bug, a pa-triotic eight-foot-tall Uncle Sam Bug, and more. “Some are built from old 48-inch wagon wheels, which con-nects us to our history,” Atha said.“This is an off-the-wall idea of attracting people with folk art.”All of the bugs are do-nated, mostly by Atha and his wife. No tax dollars have been used to support the project. A team of vol-unteers helps the Athas.Atha said he enjoys the vited to watch the Big Top rise. You'll also get a chance to tour the grounds and get a behind-the-scenes look at the show. Learn about life on the road and the care of the animals. The Mid-way opens at 4:00 pm with pony rides, a moon bounce, giant slide, face painting pleasure that these quirky designs bring visitors and hopes they will attract more people. “This is for fun, it’s to bring a smile to your face,” Atha said. “I’d like to have bus tours. Come enjoy the bugs.”It’s a creative idea for a rural community such as Anthony, population 2,108 people. Now, that’s rural.“Anthony has a really nice museum, a cotton gin, Official Kansas 9/11 Me-morial, and a historic the-ater and courthouse,” Atha said. “We have really at-tractive housing stock.”“I believe in the arts and how they can benefit a community,” Atha said.For more informa-tion, contact Atha at don-athawestprint@gmail.com or visit Where Bugs Come Alive Studio on Facebook.There’s an eighteen-foot long caterpillar in the garden. Fortunately, it’s a sculpture of a caterpillar in a downtown sculpture garden. We salute Don and Rebecca Atha for making a difference with this cre-ative initiative.Don’t let it bug you.Audio and text files of Kansas Profiles are avail-able at www.huckboydin-stitute.org/kansas-profiles. For more information about the Huck Boyd In-stitute, interested persons can visit www.huckboydin-stitute.org.and concession stand. Ad-vance tickets are available for purchase before circus day at a discounted price at the following business-es in Anthony: Dragon's Den Books & Red Dragon Quilts, Country at Heart, Bank of the Plains. Bank of Commerce in Harper and Dream First Bank in Attica also have tickets available.Dear Editor & Readers,I’m looking for historical photos of the Trinity Prot-estant Episcopal Church and Cemetery at Freeport/Midlothian located 3 1⁄2 miles SE of Freeport.Hello! I am trying to put together a brief history of this church community and graveyard as it stood at this location outside of Free-port, Kansas, and have not been able to locate a single photograph! I would love to see the exterior or interior of the church (any of the three builds I am aware of) or the grounds (which were reported to have beautiful rose bushes) or cemetery • • • LETTER TO THE EDITOR • • •(when it had evergreens and roses). Since there were numerous weddings and fu-nerals held there, as well numerous other church events, I am hoping that someone has old photos at home and can help! I do not need photographs of the site as it is now-I am only looking for historical photo-graphs of the grounds when a church building was there or photographs of the cem-etery before 1980.Here's a quick history: In 1885, a contract to build the first Trinity Church east of Freeport was signed. The land was donated by Benjamin Freeman. It was built around 1889. In 1894, the "little church was lifted from its foundation by a tornado and flattened to the ground." Services were held for two years in a nearby empty farmhouse. The second church building on the site was consecrated in 1902. It burned down in 1904, from a grass fire near the road that reached the church. The organ inside was owned by a church in Anthony. It was rebuilt for a third time and was ex-pected to be finished no later than March 1908. At some point, the church was disbanded and the building was torn down and some of the material was sold to be used to build a school house in a nearby community. I do not know the year this happened or which school house used the materials. There is no longer a church on the site now. There have been no new burials there since the 1940s. In the late 1960s, some graves (but not all) were moved from the Trinity Church Graveyard to the Freeport Cemetery.I would be extraordinari-ly grateful if anyone can send me copies of any pho-tographs that you may have in your family album taken at this church or grounds. If you send photographs with ancestors in them, please feel free to include their names and any information about the photograph that you may have. Any informa-tion that you can send about the church itself will also be welcomed. I do have access to all Newspapers.com ar-ticles about the church, but have not been able to find much more. All information and photographs sent will be added to the archival in-formation kept by the Free-port Cemetery Board for future reference and gene-alogy inquiries. Thank you very much! You can contact me with information byEmail: allisonlamrein@gmail.comText images or info: 316-200-3601Allison AmreinWellington, KansasCIRCUS Continued from previous pageBUGS Continued from previous pageEMAIL: ANTHONYREPUBLICAN@ATT.NET
the Anthony Republican • September 18, 2024 Page 3Wes Higgs Agency, LLC125 W. Main St., Anthonywhiggs@amfam.comPublic Invited To Hear From Craig Scott, Motivational Speaker & Columbine SurvivorPhoto By: Ross Downing/Anthony RepublicanEAGLE EYE WINNER: Remi Francis of Anthony has won the $50 cash prize in the Anthony Republican’s monthly Eagle Eye Contest by correctly identifying the HPCO Sports ad. You can win too! Just look for the Eagle Eye Contest form on the front page on this issue of the Anthony Republican!The Harper County Health Department pres-ents world-renowned key-note speaker Craig Scott on Wednesday, September 18th at the Chaparral Jr./Sr. High Auditorium from 1:00 to 2:15 p.m. Craig Scott was born and raised in Colorado. When Craig was 16 years old, he watched as two friends were gunned down beside him in a room where ten people lost their life, in the the notorious Colum-bine school shooting that rocked the world. He barely escaped, only to learn his sister, Rachel, was the first to be killed.For the last 25 years, Craig Scott has travelled the world speaking and sharing both his story and Rachel's story, with a mes-sage of kindness and re-siliency. He has been on a mission to impact people in a positive way through the power of storytelling. Craig has spoken to over one mil-lion people in live settings, at renowned educational conferences, and has been a powerful voice in the media landscape.Craig has been featured on thousands of news and television shows, including the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Today Show, Good Morning America, Date-line, and many others. He has met with Presidents and served on a Presiden-tial panel to address the importance of school safety. Along with his sister's story, Craig's incredible story has helped to stop hundreds of documented suicides, as well as several school shoot-ings.After learning that the shooters were heavily in-fluenced by negative media, Craig worked his way on to production sets and has worked on projects with the goal of producing and being a part of stories that inspire. He currently works in film and television and continues to share his story.Dept. On Aging: Fitting Physical Activity Into LifeCraig ScottBy Jennifer WolffYou’ve probably heard already that physical ac-tivity, including exercise, is goof for you. If you’re already active, keep it up! But it may be time to push yourself a little harder, tray a new activity or find new ways to add exercise to your daily life. It’s never too late to get moving. What is the difference between physical activity & exercise? Physi-cal activity refers to any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy. Exercise is a form of physical activity that is planned, structured, repetitive & performed with the goal of improving health or fitness. Although all exercise is physical ac-tivity, not all physical activ-ity is exercise. Exercise & physical activity help sup-port emotional & mental health. Physical activities like walking, biking, danc-ing, yoga or gardening can improve your mood & over-all emotional well- being & help reduce feelings of de-pression & stress; increase your energy level; improve your sleep & empower you to feel more in control. Here are some ideas to help fit physical activity into your life. Make it a priority by making time & schedul-ing activities. Make it easy – combine activity with a task that’s already part of your day like taking the stairs, walking store aisles, join the Wellness Center & take a class. Make it so-cial. Many people agree that an “exercise buddy” keeps them going & gives them the added benefit of emotional support. Make it FUN. Do activities you en-joy. Try something new this week!TEFAP Food Commodi-ties will be distributed Thursday September 26th at the county courthouse 201 N. Jennings from 8:30 am – Noon. Income guide-lines apply.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 AGING Continued on Page 8* * WWW.ANTHONYREPUBLICANNEWS.COM * *
Page 4 the Anthony Republican • September 18, 2024Catching Up With The County CommissionOfficial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted By HarperCounty Clerk’s OfficeAugust 19, 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. Ami DeLac-erda, County Clerk, Shonda Larson, Finance Director/Board Assistant, and Jason Jump, Harper Advocate/Attica Independent Editor were also present. Commissioner Wald-schimdt moved to approve the 8/13/2024 meeting min-utes; the motion passed unanimously.Mr. Royal Borel entered the meeting during the pub-lic comment period, inquir-ing about the published list of residents with late prop-erty taxes. Cynthia Hekel, County Treasurer entered the meeting to address his questions and to discuss the current penalties for late payments, the expense to publish the list, and the impact to tax payers when other residents fail to pay their property taxes. Mike Bennet and Ja-net Slankard with Public Works gave a Department Update. Janet reviewed the Indebtedness Report with the Board, they discussed the anticipated start date for repair on the Bergman bridge, and Commissioner Struble’s request to close a portion of SE 80 Road, be-tween SE 10 Ave and SE 20 Ave. Richard Raleigh, Coun-ty Counselor, entered the meeting, and presented an agreement between Harper County and Vernon Hib-bard allowing the County to utilize three acres to store culverts for two years with the option to extend an-other year if needed, while we work on roads in the are in exchange for the county putting rock on his daugh-ter’s drive. Commissioner Waldschmidt moved to ap-prove signing the agree-ment; the motion passed unanimously.Mr. Raleigh spoke with the Board about attending recent depositions, and his intent to attend further de-positions related to the on-going lawsuit with Andale and Terracon. Commissioner Struble moved to enter executive session at 9:35 a.m. The justification for closing the meeting is to discuss mat-ters protected by Attorney-Client Privilege. The open meeting will resume at 9:40 a.m. in this room. The mo-tion passed unanimously. Richard Raleigh and Ami DeLacerda remained in the room. The regular meeting resumed at 9:40 a.m. with no binding action taken. Commissioner Struble moved to enter executive session at 9:41 a.m. The justification for closing the meeting is to discuss personnel matters of non-elected personnel. The open meeting will resume at 9:45 a.m. in this room. The mo-tion passed unanimously. Ami DeLacerda remained in the room. The regular meeting resumed at 9:45 a.m. with no binding action taken.Jan Harding, EMS Di-rector, met with the Board to discuss 800 radios and the new ambulance instal-lation. Jan is working to obtain replacements for several radios received that are not working. They also discussed potential issues with communication among all responding agencies, the amount of COVID cases EMS is seeing in Harper County, personnel manage-ment within the agency through COVID, and the re-cent diversion status of Pat-terson Health Center. The Board asked Jan to request that Patterson publish a notice and/or explanation of any diversion status, to help alleviate the pressure on EMS and the County during those times. Don Gebers, Jail Admin-istrator, entered the meet-ing and presented each Commissioner with a Chal-lenge Coin from the Harper County Detention Center. Shonda Larson, Finance Director/Board Assistant, met with the Board to present a transfer in the amount of $11,055.00 from the Federal tax line item to the State tax line item. At 10:00 a.m., Commis-sioner Struble motioned to recess the Regular Meeting; the motion passed unani-mously. Commissioner Struble then motioned to open the 2025 Budget Hearing; the motion passed unanimous-ly. Jason Jump, Shonda Larson, and Ami DeLacerda were also present. The pro-posed budget was reviewed, no public comments were made. Commissioner Wald-schmidt moved to adopt the proposed 2025 budget; the motion passed unanimously. At 10:02 a.m., Commis-sioner Waldschmidt mo-tioned to adjourn the 2025 Budget Hearing; the motion passed unanimously. At 10:02 a.m. Commis-sioner Waldschmidt mo-tioned to resume the Regu-lar Meeting; the motion passed unanimously Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove the 2025 appro-priation requested by the Harper County Extension Office; the motion passed unanimously, Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve the 2025 budget as requested by District Court; the mo-tion passed unanimously. Commissioner Vornauf motioned to approve the 2025 budget as requested by Soil Conservation; the motion passed unanimously. Commissioner Struble motioned for a 5 minute re-cess at 10:05 a.m.; the mo-tion passed unanimously.Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to recon-vene the regular meeting at 10:08 a.m.; the motion passed unanimously. Kari O’Riley, Commu-nity Development, entered the meeting with copies of Warranty Deeds for the residents of the Industrial Park, but has not been suc-cessful locating actual con-tracts. A partial Restrictive Covenant was also found, but is incomplete and was never adopted. Commissioner Wald-schmidt motioned to ap-prove the 8/16/2024 pay-roll in the amount of $166,815.15; the motion passed unanimously. Commissioner Vor-nauf motioned to approve Accounts Payable in the amount of $124,202.47; the motion passed unanimously. At 10:15, Commissioner Struble moved to recess the Regular Meeting; the mo-tion passed unanimously.At 10:15, Commission-er Struble moved to con-vene the Election Canvass Board; the motion passed unanimously. The Canvass Board ap-proved to allow 17 of 24 Pro-visional Ballots be counted. The Clerk left the meeting to enter the ballots into the system.At 10:40, Commissioner Struble motioned to recess the Canvass meeting; the motion passed unanimously.At 10:40, Commissioner Waldschmidt moved to re-convene the Regular Meet-ing; the motion passed unanimously. Jennifer Wolff, Depart-ment on Aging/Public Transportation Director gave a department update, reviewing the number of commodities and senior meals distributed last month and updating the group regarding her ongo-ing search for a full or part time transportation driver.Kari O’Riley, Community Development, reentered the meeting to discuss the Warranty Deeds issued to businesses at the Industrial Park.Heather Struble, Health Department Administrator, gave a department update, discussing a recent COVID – 19 outbreak at a facility in Harper County, as well as department staffing needs. COUNTY Continued on next page
the Anthony Republican • September 18, 2024 Page 5HARPER COUNTYDISTRICT COURT REPORTIndividuals listed below are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.PAID TRAFFIC CITATIONS6/1/20: Virginia J. Willoughby: 1) Speeding - 87/65 2) Failure to wear seatbelt - 18+ yoa. $175.68.00. 20-TR-113.4/24: Merland W. Lopez: 1) Failure to yield at stop or yield sign. 2) License to be carried and exhibited upon demand; $208.00. 24-TR-84.8/7: Reno J. Talbott: 1) Speeding - 87/65; $231.00. 24-TR-183.8/16: Darian H. Nguyen: 1) Speeding - 77/65; $165.00. 24-TR-189.8/31: Timothy J. Rinke: 1) Speeding - 75/65; $153.00. 24-TR-200.DOMESTIC CASE FILINGSAddie Nuffer vs. Jared R. Nuffer, divorce; 24-DM-43.State of Kansas DCF vs. Kenneth W. Shrimplin, support petition; 24-DM-48.LIMITED CASE FILINGSStormont-Vail Healthcare Inc. vs. Trenton M. Myers, debt collection; 24-LM-77.Capital One N.A. vs. Candra K. Pence, debt collection; 24-LM-81.Capital One N.A. vs. Joshua Snyder, debt collection; 24-LM-82..CRIMINAL CASE FILINGSState of Kanas vs. Dan A. Watts: 1) Aggravated domestic battery. 24-CR-70.State of Kansas vs. September Evans: 1) Mistreatment of a dependent adult or elder person - using deception/false pretense to knowingly take nancial resources - value of $1,500 to $25,000. 24-CR-73.State of Kansas vs. Pargat Singh: 1) County resoltion - trafc offense. 24-CR-74.COUNTY COURT DOCKETJUDGE SCOTT E. McPHERSONMonday, September 16, 20241:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Omar R. Johnson, rst appearance; 24-CR-60.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Oscar Mateo, rst appearance; 24-TR-193.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Kelsey A. Lear, pay or appear; 23-CR-300002.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Benjamin T. Swartz, rst appearance; 24-TR-66, 24-CR-41.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Micahlynn K. Wyatt, rst appearance; 24-TR-154.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. David E. Studebaker, status conference; 24-CR-51.Tuesday, September 17, 20241:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Larry D. White II, status conference; 23-CR-83.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Eddie J. Fry, status conference; 24-CR-36.Thursday, September 19, 20249:00 a.m. State of Kansas vs. William L. Foss II, bench trial; 24-CR-10.9:00 a.m. Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Sandra Lefort, rst appearance; 24-LM-83.9:00 a.m. Stormont-Vail Healthcare Inc. vs. Trenton M. Myers, answer hearing; 24-LM-77.Friday, September 20, 20248:00 a.m. Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Wesley Hawel, status conference; 24-LM-20.HARPER COUNTY JAILARRESTS & BOOKINGSChristopher D. Otis, 42: Arrested: 9-10-24; Released: 9-12-24. Arrested By: APD. Charges: 1) Bond violation.September Evans, 52: Arrested: 9-11-24; Released: 9-11-24. Arrested By: HPD. Charges: 1) Mistreatment of a dependent adult or elder person - use of deception/false pretense/duress to take nancial resources - value $1,500 to $25,000.Wynema K. Campbell, 45: Arrested: 9-13-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Serving 72 hour quick dip.Jeffery A. Corbin, 47: Arrested: 9-13-24; Released: 9-15-24. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Serving 48 hour quick dip.Max D. Adair III, 31: Arrested: 9-15-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Driving under the inuence of durgs or alcohol - 2nd conviciton.HARPER COUNTY DEEDSBOOK D108#1448 - Trustee’s Deed: Brenda Clark, Trustee of the Jack D. Reynolds and Nancy C. Reynolds Joint Revocable Trust, to CariAnn Gentry McLean and Thomas J. McLean, Glenn G. Gentry Jr., and Maria Norman Gentry, the SW/4 of Sect. 9, Twp. 31 S, Range 6 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1449 - Statutory Warranty Deed: William W. Foster Jr. and Alice M. Foster, managing members of Foster Family Enterprises LLC, to Aileen McComiskey, Lot 5 in Blk. 26 in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1450 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Jason C. Zahradnik and Beth A. Zahradnik to Trevor Koch and Jordan Koch, the S/100’ of the E/2 of Blk. 4 E in Highland Addition to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1451 - Warranty Deed: Silvio Rossi to the Cy Rossi Trust, the NE/4 of Sect. 24, Twp. 33 S, Range 9 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1452 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Brad E. Acord and Denee’ D. Acord to Biro Family Revocable Trust, Tract 1: the W/2 of the SW/4 of Sect. 19, Twp. 31 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M.; Tract 2: the E/826’ of the S/2 of the SE/4 of Sect. 25, Twp. 31 S, Range 8 W of the 6th P.M., less 2 tracts; all in Harper County, Kansas.#1453 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Mary H. Young and Steve E. Young to Kimberly Williams, the E/20’ of Lot 6 and all of Lots 7-9 in Blk. 53 in the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1454 - Warranty Deed: Monte Miller and Diana Miller to Monte Miller and Diana Miller, Lots 1-4 in Blk. 44 (aka 519 N. Main) in the City of Attica, Harper County, Kansas.#1555 - Warranty Deed: Cynthia L. Cartmill to Cynthia L. Cartmill, Trustee of the Daniel and Cynthia Cartmill Revocable Trust, a 120 acre tract in the N/2 of the NE/4 of the W/2 of the S/2 of the NE/4 in Sect. 16, Twp. 34 S, Range 7 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.Advertise your business or eventwith the AnthonyRepublican!Email or call today for rates:anthonyrepublican@att.net620-842-5129BANNERS • SIGNS • STAMPSLD’s PRINTING • ANTHONY • 620-842-5129An inordinate spending re-quest was presented to com-pensate Craig Scott for a presentation at Chaparral, in the amount of $4,000.00. Commissioner Waldschmidt moved to approve the re-quest; the motion passed unanimously. Heather also submitted the following inordinate spending requests for vac-cines:ProQuad, $2,701.43, Commissioner Vornauf moved to approve; the mo-tion passed unanimously.Shingrix, $1,976.97, Commissioner Vornauf moved to approve; the mo-tion passed unanimously.HPV, $2,875.30, Com-missioner Waldschmidt moved to approve; the mo-tion passed unanimously.At 10:50 a.m., Commis-sioner Waldschmidt moved to recess the Regular Meet-ing; the motion passed unanimously. At 10:50 a.m., Commis-sioner Waldschmidt moved to reconvene the Can-vass meeting; the motion passed unanimously. The Clerk presented the updat-ed numbers to the Board. Commissioner Waldschmidt moved to accept the final results; the motion passed COUNTY Continued from previous pageunanimously. Final results will be posted to the County website today.Commissioner Wald-schmidt moved to recess the Canvass meeting at 10:55 a.m.; the motion passed unanimously. Commissioner Struble moved to reconvene the Regular Meeting at 10:55 a.m.; the motion passed unanimously. Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk/Human Resources Director, presented several Status Forms for review and approval, including lon-gevity and merit increases. There was discussion re-lated to a resolution passed in 2020 implementing a weekly Regular Meeting schedule of Monday morn-ings, and establishing that the Board would not meet during weeks where a holi-day falls on Monday. The Board chose to continue to meet weekly and resched-ule meetings to later in the week when a holiday falls on Monday. Ami will work with Richard Raleigh on the appropriate way to formally proceed.Commissioner Struble moved to enter executive session at 11:06 a.m. The justification for closing the meeting is to discuss personnel matters of non-elected personnel. The open meeting will resume at 11:20 a.m. in this room. The motion was approved unanimously. Ami DeLac-erda remained in the room. At 11:20 a.m., Commission-er Waldschmidt motioned to extend for 10 minutes. The regular meeting resumed at 11:30 a.m. with no binding action taken.Although the meeting was in session, no business was conducted between 11:30 and 11:53, as the group waited on Josh Teel and Mike Bennett to return. Commissioner Struble moved to enter executive session at 11:53 a.m. The justification for closing the meeting is to discuss personnel matters of non-elected personnel. The open meeting will resume at 12:10 p.m. in this room. The motion was approved unanimously. Ami DeLac-erda, Mike Bennett and Josh Teel remained in the room. At 12:10 p.m. Com-missioner Waldschmidt motioned to extend for 5 minutes; the motion passed unanimously. At 12:15 p.m., Commissioner Waldschmidt motioned to extend for 5 minutes; the motion passed unanimously. The regular meeting resumed at 12:20 p.m. with no binding action taken.As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:30 p.m. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, August 27, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. in the Commissioner Room at the Harper County Courthouse. Approved: Darrin Stru-ble, ChairmanAttest: Ami DeLac-erda, County Clerk
Page 6 the Anthony Republican • September 18, 2024July Meeting Minutes From The HD#6 Hospital Board Editor’s Note: This article contains minutes frommultiple meetings.HD#6 Hospital Board Special MeetingOfficial MinutesJuly 5, 2024PresentBoard of Directors - Jan Lanie, Tim Penner, Stan Wedman, Kara Bello, Pam Fallis. PHC - Sarah Teaff, CEO; Lori Allen, COO; San-dra Owen, CFO; Paige Wise, Executive Assistant; Robert Ritter, IT Director; Bill Ross-miller, IT. Guests - Richard Goldburg and Jamie Seibert. Call To OrderLanie called the meeting to order at 5:15 pm. Public CommentsNone Executive SessionAt 5:15p.m. members en-tered executive session until 5:45p.m. to discuss attor-ney/client privilege. Motion made by Wedman; seconded by Fallis. Motion carried unanimously. The open ses-sion resumed at 5:45p.m. A motion was made to extend the executive session by 30 minutes. Motion made by Wedman; seconded by Fallis. The open session resumed at 6:15p.m. AdjournmentThere was no further business, and the meeting was adjourned to 6:17pm. Motion made by Bello; sec-onded by Wedman. Motion carried unanimously. Approved by the BoardKara Bello, SecretaryHD#6 Hospital Board Regular MeetingOfficial MinutesJuly 25, 2024PresentBoard of Directors - Jan Lanie, Amy Walker, Stan Wedman, Kara Bello, Pam Fallis, Kristen Stoughton, and Tim Penner. PHC - Sar-ah Teaff, CEO; Lori Allen, COO; Sandra Owen, CFO; Paige Wise, Executive As-sistant; Jonathan Kolarik, Risk Management; Lisa Apperson, Dialysis Direc-tor; Criss Cox, ED Director of Nursing; Mattie Passet, APRN; Madison Koster, PA; Robert Ritter, IT Director; Julie Able, Environmental Services Director; Tonya Hekel, Clinic Administra-tor. Guests - Cheryl Moon, Deloris Seifert, Dr. May, and Lindsy May. Call To OrderLanie called the meeting to order at 5:15 pm. Public CommentsDr. May: Wanted to come to the meeting to address some concerns that he has had with his clinic. He stat-ed that he came to a medical staff meeting a month ago to address these concerns with the medical staff. His concerns are that he feels that his patients are being discouraged from using chi-ropractic care. He would like to have a partnership with Patterson Health Center and to work together for the health of his patients. Board Education Or Pre-sentationsLisa Apperson: Have un-officially passed the accredi-tation for Dialysis. There should be official approval within the next month. The next survey will not be until the three-year mark of ac-creditation. Approval Of MinutesMinutes of the June 27, 2024, regular board meeting was presented for approval. Motion to approve by Fallis; seconded Bello by to approve minutes as presented. Mo-tion carried unanimously.Department Reports, Policy Review &Approval Radiology: Downtime Policy. Extravasation of Con-trast Material. Risk Management: Quar-terly update that incidents are trending on track with last year. KDHE has ap-proved our Risk Manage-ment Plan and renewed our hospital license. Jonathan is in the process of making some changes to the Risk Management Plan to reflect some upcoming changes. Compliance Plan is ready for approval again, nothing has changed other than an update to the look. Medical Staff AndCredentialing ReportCredentialing appoint-ments, reappointments and resignations were pre-sented as approved by the Executive Medical Staff on July 24th, 2024 – there was one new appointment, two reappointments, and two resignations. The board approved the medical staff and privileges as presented. Motion by Penner, seconded by Walker. Motion carried unanimously.Operations ReportCOO: Amber Speer, qual-ity & infection prevention director, has uploaded some quality documents for the board to have some numbers to look at. Amber is trying to get HCAPS surveys bet-ter results that show more information on feedback from patients. She has made some handouts and flyers to upload to let patients know that when they get these in the mail, they are not trash that we would like them to fill out and send back. Right now, the survey is only mailouts, but Speer is look-ing into having online op-tions as well. 340B – 11 manufactur-ers that have allowed mul-tiple contract pharmacies. This should open some more 340B reimbursement for PHC to capture. CHNA report has been uploaded to the board pack-et. It is a draft, then next month the final draft will be up for approval. If there is any feedback on the report, Allen asked that the board get with her to make the appropriate changes. Lanie asked how often we should go back to CHNA to see any updates we have made on them. She suggested that we review the assessment quar-terly as a board. CEO: JB Crane, Occupa-tional Therapist, as left Pat-terson. PHC is in the process of looking for another PT to add on to the staff. Jane has gone down to four days a week, and Jim is at two days a week. We have two CPTA, Michelle and Haley, who are running the department in the meantime. Hospitalist search has - we have hired an APRN to start the program. She has a tentative start date of Octo-ber 1st. There is another in-terview for a second APRN on the calendar. We have a 180-day termination day policy in our contract with our telemedicine group, so there will be some overlap with this group and the APRN’s we are bringing in house. There is a new Sonogra-pher on staff. She has just graduated from undergrad. While she is in the process of getting her test done to be certified she is shadowing to get more comfortable with sonography and the facility. Behavioral Health has had a third-party consul-tant come in and survey the program to help improve and make any changes that need to be made to the de-partment. Bello brought up Horizons, in Anthony, to talk HOSPITAL Continued on next page
the Anthony Republican • September 18, 2024 Page 7620-842-5129 • 121 E. Main, Anthonywww.anthonyrepublicannews.comTHE ANTHONY REPUBLICAN620-842-5129 • 121 E. Main, Anthonywww.anthonyrepublicannews.comTHE ANTHONY REPUBLICANObituary...Joyce S. Newlin1941 ~ 2024Joyce Sandra Newlin was born May 26, 1941 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with her twin brother Jon Livengood. Their parents, Robert and Mary Frances (Neville) Livengood brought them home to Manchester, Oklahoma on Fri-day the 13th of June, so they al-ways considered this date to be lucky. Joyce grew up on the family homestead southeast of Manches-ter and graduated from Manches-ter High School in 1959. She then attended NEO in Miami Oklahoma and nished her teaching degree at Emporia Teachers College (Em-poria State University).On April 7, 1963, Joyce was united in marriage with James Newlin. They made their home on a Ranch near Clearwater, Kan-sas, where they spent 50 years raising Herefords and quarter horses. They were blessed with one son, Jamie, and one daughter, Staci. Joyce was a very good ath-lete (softball and basketball). She played AAU basketball with the Fly-ing Queens for a few years. She was an avid water skier and loved her and Jim’s sailboat. She then turned her love for athletics to her kids and grandkids. Joyce very sel-dom missed an event her grand-kids were involved in. She and Jim drove to Thibodaux, Louisiana to watch volleyball and Tulsa to watch cheer and every junior high and high school activity her grand-children participated in. In 2011, Joyce and Jim re-tired and moved to the Livengood homestead. It was here on Sep-tember 4, 2024 that Joyce passed away at the age of 83. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Jon and his wife Maggie; sister-in-law, Lawanna Newlin; brother-in-law, Bob Newlin; son-in-law, Kurt Layton; and niece, Cindy Livengood.Joyce will be deeply missed by her husband, Jim; her children: Jamie Newlin and wife, Renee and Staci Berntsen and husband, Chad; 9 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren: Amanda Becker and husband, Josh and children, Blakely, Emryn, and Hallie, Alexis Jackle and husband Jarred, Trey-son Layton and daughter Bella, Kyle Newlin and wife, Tristan and children, Tripp and Kash, Kody Newlin and wife, Kinzie, Kyndall Layton; Kole Newlin and wife, Saige and son, Jameson; Krew Newlin, and Zayne Berntsen; oth-er relatives and a host of friends.Memorials service was held at 13:00 on Friday the 13th of Sep-tember 2024 at Prairie Rose Fu-neral Home in Anthony with Pastor Kent Olds ofciating. Kris Layton sang “Holes in the Floor of Heav-en.” Special tributes were given by Gretchen Eberly and Jamie New-lin. Honorary urn bearers were Treyson Layton, Kyle Newlin, Kody Newling, Kole Newlin, Krew New-lin, and Zayne Berntsen. Memorials in memory of Joyce may be made to Hospice Circle of Love, Enid, OK or to the Harper County Health Foundation for the Dialysis Unit, and can be sent in care of Prairie Rose Funeral Home, 602 E. Main St., Anthony, KS 67003.Obituary...Joyce Walker1930 ~ 2024Joyce Walker, age 94 of Okla-homa City, formerly of Anthony Kansas, passed away on Septem-ber 15, 2024. Joyce Elaine Walker was born on March 6, 1930 to Dick Walker and Velma Walker (Petry) in Anthony Kansas. She grew up in the area and attended school there, graduating with the Road-runner Class of 1949. After high school she moved to Colorado Springs to attend nursing school, but came home before nishing to marry a farmer named William Henry Walker. They shared 64 wonderful years of marriage to-gether. Joyce was a devoted farm-er’s wife, she helped run the wheat farm for many years (despite her own wheat allergy) and she contin-ued to keep the book for the busi-ness until just recently. She was ercely independent with a tre-mendous work ethic. After Joyce and William stepped away from the farm, they traveled together any chance they got and spent most winters in Weslaco, Texas. Joyce moved to Oklahoma seven years ago to be near family here and thought of Legends Assisted Living as home. She enjoyed painting, ceramics, needle point, and crocheting. Joyce was always ready with sage advice, like rec-ommending oatmeal raisin cookies (because they’re healthier) to her family and friends. Much like her favorite cookie, she sweetened the lives of those she loved, and she will be dearly missed. Joyce was preceded in death by her parents Dick & Ruby Walker, and Velma & Edward “Pop” Hayes. Her husband, William Henry Walk-er. Her children David Walker, Mike Walker, and Patti Hilberg, and her brother-in-law Charlie Seifert. She is survived by her sib-lings Phillip Hayes and wife Toni of Cheyenne Wyoming, and Phyl-lis Seifert of Osborne, Kansas. Her grandchildren, Chad Walker & Tonya of Newcastle, OK, Anna Word of Lubbock, TX, Laura Hil-berg & Sophie of Northampton, MA, Karen Hilberg of Chicago, IL, and Christopher Hilberg of Chica-go, IL. Her great grandkids, Mor-gan & Collin, Courtney & Daytona, Tim, Grant, Gracelyn, and Ellis. Great-great granddaughter Ellie, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Funeral services are sched-uled for 1:00 pm Wednesday Sep-tember 18, 2024 at First Baptist Church Newcastle, with burial to follow at 1:00 pm Thursday Sep-tember 19, 2024 at Forest Park Cemetery in Anthony, Kansas. In lieu of owers, please con-sider donating to the First Baptist Church Newcastle Building Fund with the link below, thank you. https://fbcnewcastle.churchcenter.com/giving about partnerships within the community. Leadership and IT have decided to sign a renewal contract with Cerner. We are waiting to still get the ad-justments to the contract to get it finalized. Staff would like to plan a county fair themed week at the hospital after the Harper County Fair. It will be held August 12- 16. Once there is more details Sarah will let the board know. At the Harper County Fair, we will have our inflatable heart up for the public to see. Financial StatementsOwen reported on the June 2024 Financials. June’s activity in cash accounts was reviewed, that included payments received and ex-penses paid out. Revenue in-cluded the 3rd Quarter DSH payment, Sunflower Foun-dation Grant and tax rev-enue from Harper and King-man counties. Payments received from insurance and patients were $1,160,075.38. June included two payrolls paid but three recorded on the profit and loss state-ment due to accrual basis. Days Cash on Hand remain strong at 170 days. Patient Accounts Receivable in-creased with a total AR bal-ance of $3,106,331.00 and AR Days at 32.67. Gross Patient Revenue for June was $2,000,267, achieving the Board’s monthly goal of $2 Million. Inpatient/Acute Care saw an increase in rev-enue in June with 63 patient days. The Emergency Room was busy with total visits of 260, the highest visits in a month so far in 2024. Allowances for the month increased, which includes contractual adjustments, de-nials, bad debt, etc. at a total of $334,007.00. Total Oper-ating Revenue was down for the month but has a YTD in-crease of $601,944 or 5.65% over June 2023. Total Oper-ating Expenses decreased for the month with a total of $2,184,676; YTD shows an overall decrease in expenses of 4.37% or $543,736. Total Nonoperating Revenues in-cluded $22,298.00 of grant funds that included the Pat-terson Family Foundation, Sunflower Foundation and Kansas Health Foundation. A Net Loss of $335,895.00 was reported for the month of June with a YTD Loss of $771,757.00.Accounts payable for June was $1,667,868.57. Motion by Fallis seconded by Wedman to approve ac-counts payable. Motion car-ried unanimously.Authorized signers for bank accounts need updated due to changes in staff and board members. Authorized signers on all HD6 bank accounts with Bank of the Plains, Bank of Commerce and Kanza Bank are Sar-ah Teaff, Tim Penner, Amy Walker, Lori Allen, Crissa Fowley and Tonya Hekel. Motion by Walker; seconded by Bello to approve the au-thorized signers.Harper County Health Foundation (HCHF)Golf tournament on Au-gust 17th. Looking for vol-unteers to work that day. October 19th Pickleball tournament in Harper. Disk golf tournament in Attica. Will have a booth at the county fair with the girls’ basketball team. Will also be in the parade. There will be a memorial bench for Hal Greve outside of the Dialysis department. Unfinished Business Strategic Plan: Sarah asked for the board’s ap-proval on the 2024 stra-tegic plan document. Was discussed what the boards priorities are for the hospi-tal and what should be fo-cused on. Sarah would like to make some modifications to financial aspects to the components to the plan after approval. Sarah will mod-ify and bring it back to the board as the main objectives that need to be approved to implement over the next three years. New Business2025 Tax Budget: Owen presented the 2025 Tax Budget options for discus-sion. Valuations for 2025 de-creased. With the decrease in valuation, one mill earns less dollars therefore tak-ing more mills to earn same amount of tax dollars. The HOSPITAL Continued from previous pageHOSPITAL Continued on next page
Page 8 the Anthony Republican • September 18, 2024(First Published in the Anthony Republican, Wednesday, September 18, 2024) 3t BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATIONCOMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSASNOTICE OF FILINGAPPLICATIONRE: Mike Kelso Oil, Inc. – Application for a permit to authorize the injection and disposal of coproduced saltwater into the RICHARD 3206 #1 SWD WELL, located in HARPER COUNTY, KANSAS.TO: All Oil and Gas Producers, Operators, Unleased Mineral Interest Owners, Landowners, and all persons whomever concerned. You, and each of you, are hereby notifi ed that Mike Kelso Oil, Inc. has fi led an Application to commence the injection and disposal of coproduced saltwater into the Arbuckle Formation at the Richard 3206 #1 SWD Well, located in the SE SW SE SE of Section 25, Township 32 South, Range 07 West, Harper County, Kansas, with a maximum operating pressure of 250.0 psig at the surface and a maximum injec-tion rate of 8,000 barrels of water per day. Any persons who object to or protest this application shall be required to fi le their objections or protest with the Conservation Divi-sion of the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas within thirty (30) days from the date of this publication. These protests shall be fi led pursuant to Commission regulations and must state specifi c reasons why granting the application may cause waste, violate correla-tive rights or pollute the natural resources of the State of Kansas. All persons interested or concerned shall take notice of the fore-going and shall govern themselves accordingly.Mike D. KelsoMike Kelso Oil, Inc.P.O. Box 467Chase, Kansas 67524620-938-2943LEGAL NOTICELEGAL NOTICE(First Published in The Anthony Republican, Wednesday, September 18, 2024) 3t IN THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT OF HARPER COUNTY, KANSASIN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF )Brenton Michael Shepler ) ) Case No. HP2024CV17TO CHANGE HIS/HER NAME TO: )Brenton Michael McCright )PURSUANT TO K.S.A CHAPTER 60NOTICE OF HEARING - PUBLICATIONTHE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notifi ed that Brenton Michael Shepler, fi led a Petition in the above court on the 13th day of September, 2024, requesting a judgment and order changing his/her name from Brenton Michael She-pler to Brenton Michael McCright. The Petition will be heard in Harper County District Court, 201 N. Jennings Ave, Anthony, Kansas, on the 7th day of October, 2024, at 1:45 p.m. If you have any objection to the requested name change, you are required to fi le a responsive pleading on or before October 1st, 2024 in this court or appear at the hearing and object to the requested name change. If you fail to act, judgment and order will be entered upon the Petition as requested by Petitioner. Brenton Michael Shepler - Petitioner, Pro SeAnthony, KS 67003Revenue Neutral Rate for Year 2025 was calculated at 22.613 which generates the same property tax revenue in dollars as levied in year 2024 using the current year’s total assess valuation. Four options were provided and discussed for the 2025 Tax Budget. The Board intends to remain revenue neutral for Year 2025 but will still hold a RNR Hearing to pro-tect the Hospital’s budget from unintended revenue decreases if property valu-ations decrease. A Revenue Neutral Rate Hearing will occur before the Tax Budget Hearing on August 22, 2024.Executive SessionNone.AdjournmentThere was no further business, and the meeting was adjourned to 7:15pm. Motion made by Penner; sec-onded by Wedman. Motion carried unanimously.Approved by the BoardKara Bello, Secretary& locations less than 70 miles. Hours of operation: 8:30am– 4:30 pm, Mon-day – Friday. Every Harper Co resident can ride with public transit regardless of age or mobility. Equal ac-cess is provided to the pub-lic. Although we are avail-able 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. We are currently looking for a full time or part time driver so please call ahead 620-842-5104 for ride reservations & rates. 1st come, 1st served. Advance reservations are recommended.Out of County Transit Schedule: Mon 9/23: WichitaTues 9/24: Out of County AvailableWed 9/25: Wichita Thurs 9/26: WichitaFri 9/27: Wichita All routes are subject to change without notice. HOSPITAL Continued from previous pageAGING Continued from Page 3RUBBER STAMPS BANNERS • SIGNSVINYL STICKERSLD’s Printing • 620-842-512960 YEARS AGO - 1964Mr. and Mrs. Pat Hall, formerly of this vicinity, now of Zenda, announced the birth of their son on August 12 at the Anthony Hospital. He weighed 6 lbs. 8 oz. and had been named Shawn Pat-rick.Six high school students from Harper County were delegates to the annual Red Cross youth camp held at Lake Afton in August. They were Jana Schnackenberg and Carmen Wilson of An-thony; Emily Bruey and Sherril Hamill of Bluff City; Sherry Reinolds and Jody Zuerher of Attica.Craig Cushenbery, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cush-enbery celebrated his fifth birthday by inviting several of his friends to a party. In-vited guests were Val and Mitch Holmes, Diana and Sheryl Williams, Brad and Kasey Carmichael, Roger Messner, Stu Meador, Lisa Bayless, Debra Crow, Peter Runyan, Gwen Fleenor and Shannon Nix.50 YEARS AGO - 1974A miscellaneous bridal shower was given in honor of Cheryl Bollman, bride-elect of Kent Swartz in the Central Baptist Church fel-lowship hall. Hostesses for the occasion were Cindy and Cathy Bollman, Vicki Smith and Jane Denton.Miss Mary Eslinger, bride-elect of Dennis Fran-cis, was honored with bridal shower by the ladies of the Assembly of God Church. Assisting Mary at the gift table were Miss Debbie Ne-tahla of Bluff City and Miss Carol Anderson of Alva, Okla. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Clyde Brown, Mrs. Herb Duwe, Mrs. Charles Elliott and Mrs. Arthur Duwe. Attending Kansas State University at Manhattan were Chet Barber, Tony Du-ran, Duane Pulliam, Patty Bruey, Terry Cupps and Kevin Weiberg. Among those at Kansas University, Law-rence were Jamie Wyckoff, Jeff Rhea, Mike Galloway, and Ed Masner. Brent Smith was attending Washburn University at Topeka; Sheri Piersall was enrolled at Kansas Newman, Wichita; Stephanie Smith was going to Hutchinson Community Jr. College in Hutchinson and Betty Dillon and Susan Briggs were attending But-ler Community College at El Dorado. Julie Williams and Amy Redfern were both freshmen at Oklahoma State University, Sillwater, Okla. 40 YEARS AGO - 1984Jerry and Linda Francis of Anthony, announced the birth of their daughter, Mi-chelle Lynn, born on August 17, 1984 at the Anthony Hospital. The young miss weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. and mea-sured 20-1/2 inches long.Kyle and Sarah Wick-ware opened a furniture restoration shop which in-cluded repairs for antique toys and watch repair. The business was known as “Col-lector’s Corner” and was located in the east end of the Albright building across from the post office.Jennifer Cox hosted a swimming party and barbe-cue to celebrate the last days of summer and the first days of school. Invited guests included all of the girls in the fourth grade classes at Washington School: Nancy Harmon, Jacki Hargett, Emily Knorp-Brown, Lori Redgate, Angie Raburn, Sally Dieker, Leslie Osborn and Stephanie Grasser. Also, Stephanie Shelton, Jennifer Madsen, Jennifer Johnson, Jody Gates, Jeanine Crites, Jeannie Parsons, Mandy Thomas, Brande Wilcox, Jessica Whaley, Gretchen Marner, Monica Turner, Brenda Dillingham, Cathy Eaton, Nikki Mortimer and Bee Townley.30 YEARS AGO - 1994Chaparral High school graduate, Linndy Frieden, had accepted a coaching and teaching position at Atwood High School in Atwood, Kan. He would be boys basketball coach and assistant football coach and teaching social science classes. Harvest Baby winner was Tanner Winegeart, born July 18 to Terry and Sha Marie Winegeart, Harper. Tanner won a contest spon-sored by Harper County Farm Bureau with gifts and prizes donated by area mer-chants. The winner was the first baby born to a family residing in the county after the first load of dry wheat is cut in the county.The evening began with the lighting of the torch as the members and their fami-lies look on at Xi Zeta’s ren-dition of the Olympics which took place at the Anthony swimming pool. The families attending were the Arnolds, Blevins, Cathers, Clements, Farmers, Hamiltons, Nolte, Pricketts, Schmidts and the Starks. 20 YEARS AGO - 2004The trio of Karen Cather, Diana Schmidt and Amy Wells wanted to bring more out of town business to An-thony, so they began storm-ing one afternoon and the concept of “Diva Day Away” was conceived. A “Diva Day Away” included a choice of brunch or lunch, a light-hearted “diva quiz” and a goody bag filled with items donated by the merchants.Jody (Gates) Hannah re-ceived her degree in science in physician assistant stud-ies from South University in Savannah, Ga. She was currently working as a phy-sician assistant at Memorial Health in Savanah.10 YEARS AGO - 2014 Though a familiar face in the community after a tenure of many years as vice principal and activities director at Chaparral High School, Ken Henson was stepping into a new role this year, that of Anthony El-ementary and Junior High principal. New teachers in the USD 361 School District included: Ashley Renaldi, Anthony Elementary first grade; Aaron Sobba, high school vocational agricul-ture; Amanda Markel high school language arts; Alyssa Lada, high school band; and Michelle Struble, back in the classroom at Anthony Elementary after taking a two and a half year hiatus. She would be teaching third grade.5 YEARS AGO - 2019Students from Anthony at Fort Hays State Univer-sity receiving degrees were: Shawn Daniel Nulik, a bach-elor of science in health and human performance; Mi-chael Joseph Stainbrook, a master of professional stud-ies (cyber security).There were a few brand-new faces in the buildings of USD 361 this year and sev-eral familiar faces popping up in new places. Justin McCartney, a Harper native had taken on a new respon-sibility. He had coached cross country and track the past five years and would be the new Ag teacher and FILES Continued on Page 10
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Page 10 the Anthony Republican • September 18, 2024Photo By: Juliana WhismanNEW MURAL NORTH OF ANTHONY: The Arts Center is really excited to unveil this new mural that now welcomes drivers entering Anthony from the North on Kansas Highway 2. This piece of public art feels like a miracle to see come to fruition. It has been in the making for three years, and it has been truly a community-wide effort!! The idea came from Amy Walker after she and Joel Walker acquired the property with this metal round top. The artwork is by Gavin Snider, providing a sister art piece to his mural downtown on the side of Jmac Flowers building. The funding came from the Kansas Department of Commerce, through their Ofce of Rural Prosperity Rural Mural Program, and the Wayne Dennis Fund in Anthony. The City of Anthony, Kansas Commissioners were enthusiastic about supporting the project, and City Administrator Cyndra Kastens and City Superintendent Randy Moore worked hard to secure the Kansas Department of Transportation, along with the variance from the Harper County Board of Zoning Appeals. A shoutout to Kelly at KDOT who was so patient in helping us understand the process and specics of this project. And nally thank you to Chuck and his team at Luminous Neon Art & Sign Systems out of Hutchinson for printing and installing this huge piece of art. It has been a journey, and the Arts Center is so grateful for each and every person who stepped in to make this beautiful piece a reality! Photos By: Ross Downing/Anthony RepublicanCREATING BUGS: Pictured (L-R): Don Atha welds on a new bug sculpture in the ‘Where Bugs Come Alive Studio’ at the AT Sculpture Garden where the public is invited to come “hug a bug”. The Sunower Bug has been planted across from the Historical Museum of Anthony. The Sunower sculpture’s head is a cultivator disk, the legs are miscellaneous scrap capped with saw blades, and the stalk is a water main pipe. Radio Head Bug is groovin’ to the music in the AT Sculpture Garden. Radio Head is made from an old copper heater [head], water main pipe [body], iron vent cover, washers, and miscellaneous scrap dials [radio], and plumbing pipes [arms]. The Skeeter Bug has a friend buzzing around town. This one is located at the AT Sculpture Garden at 115 E. Spring. Can you locate the other Skeeter? Clue: Where does Bart Simpson live? Many more bug sculptures can be found all around Anthony.Photo By: Gena RickerFUN IN THE MUD: The 4th Annual Muddy Water Obstacle Course was held this past weekend at the Anthony Lake. Left photo: The Men’s 2 Mile winners were (L-R) Paul Muckenthaler, Thomas Plush, Eric Gates and Hunter Becker. Pictured in the center photo is Kevin Ricker making his way over the wall. Luke Thornton coaches his son over the wall in the right photo.FFA sponsor; Jordan Riggs, another familiar face joined the Chaparral math depart-ment teaching geometry and consumer math; Lau-FILES Continued from Page 8ren Walker was new Eng-lish/social studies teacher at Anthony Elementary; So-nya Battin, vocal music at Chaparral high/junior high school; Jordan Moshier, P.E. and weight lifting at Chap-arral high and junior high.