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The Anthony Republican: Vol. 144 - No. 38 • The Anthony Bulletin: Vol. 124 - No. 38Established October 9, 1879: Oldest continuous business in Anthony • Wednesday, September 20, 2023To advertise your business or event in our “Hot Spot”call the Anthony Republican at 620-842-5129. Courtesy PhotoREHEARSAL FOR ‘FOOLS’ PRODUCTION: Local actors rehearse on a scene in rehears-al for the upcoming community theatre production of ‘Fools’, by Neil Simon. The show will be on the Historic Anthony Theatre stage on Friday and Saturday, September 22nd and 23rd. Pictured (L-R): Andi Penwell, Tracey Penwell, AJ Ybarra, and Robin Ybarra.“Fools!” Production Promises Plenty Of Laughs This WeekendBy Hannah AlldrittThe Arts Center brings to life Neil Simon’s comedic fable “Fools!” this Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Historic Anthony Theatre. Under the direction of Ali-son White, the story follows a young teacher, played by AJ Ybarra, who travels to a small Ukrainian town to tu-tor one of the residents only to discover that the entire vil-lage is under a 200 year-old curse…of stupidity. Ybarra is a newcomer to the stage, but not the role, “My favorite part about Leon is that he is an excellent teacher (something I know a bit about!) but ends up ﬁnding love in some unex-pected places.”In another bit of art-im-itating-life, the family who hires Leon, includes Tracey Penwell as Doctor Nikolai Zu-britsky, his actual wife Andi Penwell as his wife, Lenya Zubritsky, and Robin Ybarra as their daughter Sophia. Several of the cast members starred in last year’s produc-tion of “Mousetrap” but share that this show has its own set of challenges. “Doing a com-edy is very different from a drama!” shares Robin Ybarra, “Figuring out the timing of jokes has been interesting and trying not to break char-acter because you are laugh-ing!”“Fools!” boasts a diverse cast of quirky villagers, like Snetsky the shepard (Ted McDermott) “a fun dude that just enjoys life,” says Mc-Dermott, “I can relate,” and Yenchna the vendor, played by Reanna Theisen, who sells “everything from fresh ﬁsh to cream right from the udder!” Other villagers in-clude Miskin the postwoman played by Amy Oliver, “My favorite part of my character is that she really wants to be important but keeps fall-ing short,” she shares. Aaron White as the butcher, Gary Jacobs as the magistrate and Bryan Hilgemann as Gregor Yousevitch round out the tal-ented cast.The production team of director Alison White, pro-ducer Juliana Whisman and stage manager Ami DeLacer-da have had their hands full with a much more complex show. “Last year’s ‘Mouse-trap’ took place in one room,” explains DeLacerda, “but ‘Fools!’ has multiple settings which is fun to pull off!”All of the cast members wanted to thank the produc-tion team and The Arts Center for supporting and promoting Photo By: Don HoltCHS FALL HOMECOMING KING & QUEEN: The Chapar-ral High School Fall Homecoming royalty were named during the football game last Friday. Pictured is Homecoming King Tyce Pfaff, Queen Darla Hennessee and Kindergarten at-tendants Hagen McCartney and Kyal McCartney.FOOLS Continued on next pageSchool Board Approves Raises For Staff And Admin SalariesUnofﬁcial Minutes from the USD #361 Board of Education MeetingSeptember 11, 2023Roll Call / Pledge ofAllegianceBoard Members Present: Dusty Albright, Jan Misak, Jarrett Schmidt, Juliana Whisman, Bret Walker, Sa-mantha Troyer. Absent: Greg Bauer. Others Present: Josh Swartz, Barbara Muse, Clay Wilcox, Cody Liebelt, Curt Miller, Chris Headrick, Ju-lie Jahay, Eric Latta, Scott Hughbanks, Jen Clark, Tu-anua Swartz, Josh Patterson, Chad Jacobs, Eryn Guy, Rose Ann Teel, John Stainbrook, Katelyn Reames, Conner Hostetler, Lindsay Zimmer-man, Brittany Randleman.Adoption of Proposed Agenda and AdditionsMotion by Albright, sec-ond by Misak: I move to adopt the proposed agenda. Motion passed 6-0. Consent Agenda1) Approve minutes from the August 14, 2023 Regular Meeting, August 21, 2023 Special Meeting , and August 28, 2023 Special Meeting2) Approve Treasurer’s Report, Budget Report, and Current Vouchers.Motion by Troyer, second by Whisman: I move to ap-prove the consent agenda. Motion passed 6-0. Principal & Director UpdatesBuildings & Grounds De-partment: Ofﬁce and meet-ing room at the bus barn are painted. We had a ride on vacuum for Chaparral demonstrated and looking to move forward on purchase. Working on playing catch up with the grounds at Chap-arral, moving forward. Hot water booster has been in-stalled in the kitchen, await-ing the remaining kitchen equipment. Waiting on quotes from iNA concerning adding one additional key-pad for Harper and one for CHS along with a new front door camera/entry button in the ofﬁce. Electrical will be moving forward at the bus barn as soon as the electri-cian can begin work. Will be looking at some tractors to replace our 950 as at this point is non operable. Wait-ing on poles for the cable fence to put up at Chaparral to keep from parking cars on the grass.Technology Department: Over the past 30-days, the technology team was focus-ing on getting classrooms teacher-ready. In addition, discussions are taking place related to plans for the up-coming school year and the transition in leadership for SCHOOL Continued on next page

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Page 2 the Anthony Republican • September 20, 2023the department. Helped with online enrollment. Helped prepare for the county fair. Reviewed Skyward user security and user permis-sions. Over the next 30-days, the department will be focusing on completing classrooms, new teacher ori-entation, ﬁnal touches and updates on Chromebooks and iPads. Transportation: Got the new bus #17 equipped and it was out on routes for the ﬁrst day of school. Still looking to hire a mechanic, haven’t had any applications for the last month. Been very busy since SCHOOL Continued from previous pageschool has started and keep-ing everyone going on their routes and activity trips. Have already watched sev-eral videos of bus behaviors and given out some suspen-sions. Will be getting some new driver training done in the next few weeks. Looking at about Thanksgiving for the new #23 to be delivered. Will be getting the surplus vehicles ready for auction as time permits. The 15th will be a busy day as we will be transporting CHS students to Anthony for the Home-coming parade. I’m in the process of getting bids for some new support vehicles that are needed as well.Food Service Department: The ﬁrst couple weeks have been a challenge but we are working through them. Our walk in cooler in the kitchen went down right after re-ceiving a truck so we had to move tons of product out. Luckily it happened while we were here so we did not lose any product and it was able to be ﬁxed the next eve-ning. Coaches have asked us to provide meals for football players again and home vol-leyball games so we are very busy with those. The home-coming lunch is on the 15th and we are looking forward to a special lunch for every-one. In the next month I will be focusing on getting ready for an upcoming audit and I will also start planning for National School Lunch Week. The theme this year is “Level Up” with school lunch and it will be the week of Oc-tober 9th-13th. Chaparral Jr/Sr High School Principal: Our school year is off to a great start. Enrollment is up this year with 362 students 7-12. In addition to graduating a smaller class, we’ve had a bigger 7th grade class come in, and 19 new or returning students enroll. Our staff is working diligently to get our beginning of the year screen-ers completed so we can begin tracking student aca-demic progress and growth. Homecoming is September 15, so we are entering Home-coming prep mode. Flex Update: Students are ad-justing to the new ﬂex and lunch schedule. Students sign up for ﬂex with their AP teachers. Teachers are to review their students' choices to help them select ﬂex times that are appropri-ate for them. Students have had a wide variety of ﬂex of-ferings the ﬁrst two weeks: extended class time, study help and support, class and club meetings, math tutor-ing, JH Art, quiet reading time, yoga, Intro to eSports, JH STEM, OSHAA Certiﬁ-cation, FFA event prep, ACT math prep, Lego Challenge, and card games. Schedul-ing ﬂex times around lunch has allowed us to have three lunch periods, one JH and two HS lunches. This has helped decrease overcrowd-ing in the lunchroom, and gives students more time to eat. In the coming month, we are planning ahead for Parent Teacher conferences the ﬁrst week in October. Chaparral Jr/Sr High AP/AD: We host 17 home events this month out of the 22 possible dates. To say our staff has put in lots of work would be an understate-ment. Thank you to everyone setting up and cleaning up our facilities, Also thanks to our event workers. Home-coming on the 15th looks to be a good game and the ceremony prior to the game will be well attended. Volley-ball at Kingman on Tuesday will display 7-12 talents and count towards the Cowboy Challenge. Cross Country at home Thursday 7-12 at Chaparral will have good numbers for a very com-petitive event. Saturday our home Volleyball tournament will be worth coming out to or make a trip to Pratt to see our tennis girls.AES Principal: AES is off to a great start this year!! We ended our ﬁrst day of school with a fun pep rally to intro-duce our entire faculty/staff. We had competitions to help bring some excitement to our year. Our students started the Fastbridge Fall Screen-ing window on 9-5-23. We will complete the screening on 9-15-23. HES Principal: We are off and running with the new school year. Teachers and Students are settling into their routines. Our new teachers are doing a great job building relationships within the building and with their students. Mentors are doing a great job guiding those new teachers. SPARK started September 5th and is going well. We have 69 stu-dents enrolled. We started a student of the week award. We are calling it the RUN-NER (Respectful, Under-standing, Never gives up, Neat, Encouraging, Respon-sible) award. One teacher per grade level selects 1 stu-dent each week. I call that student to the ofﬁce to then call their parents with them to let them know they won. Then we take a picture and put the picture on Facebook. Culture & Climate De-SCHOOL Continued on next pagethe arts in Harper County, “You don’t have to travel to Wichita and pay higher tick-et prices,” says Andi Penwell, “I feel so blessed to have The Arts Center here…it has provided so much fun, laugh-ter and excitement for my whole family.” This weekend, let the cast of “Fools!” pro-vide that for your family too.Show run time is one hour and 30 minutes with a 15 minute intermission. Tickets can be purchased in advance at theartscenterinc.org, via The Arts Center’s Facebook page link or at the box ofﬁce before the show. 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the Anthony Republican • September 20, 2023 Page 3partment: A great 3 days of Meet and Greet and plan-ning was had by all during our back to school orienta-tion for all USD 361 staff during Aug 21-23. Revisited the Star Recognition groups along with introducing new strategic areas of emphasis. Great things are planned for the 2023-23 school year starting with an open house at all buildings which oc-curred on Aug 22. We had a great presentation and work time with our Capturing Kids Hearts Recharge con-sultant on Aug 23. The ele-mentary staff met during the 8:00 session and the second-ary staff at the 10:30 session to revisit the relationship strategies we use. The an-SCHOOL Continued from previous pagenual Afﬁliate Performance Report (APR) report has been submitted for the Par-ents As Teacher Afﬁliation program with good reviews.Training Updates1) Board Goal Follow Up (Discussion): The group dis-cussed board goals. 2) Strategic Plan Update (Report): Mr. Swartz re-viewed focus strategies for strategic plan initiatives. Culture & Climate1) CHS Commons Area Furniture Project (Action Item): Motion by Albright, second by Misak: I move to approve the CHS Commons Area Furniture project with School Speciality not to ex-ceed $93,315. Motion passed 6-0. 2) HALO & Camera Proj-ect at Chaparral Jr/Sr High (Action Item): Motion by Al-bright, second by Walker: I move to approve the HALO and camera project with INA Alert not to exceed $46,602. Motion passed 6-0. 3) Weapons & Expulsion Advocacy (Discussion): The group brainstormed advo-cacy strategies related to weapons in schools. 4) Policy Updates (1st Read): Motion by Misak, second by Troyer: I move to approve the KASB Recom-mended policies KN Com-plaints. Motion passed 6-0. Resources1) 23-24 Budget (Action): Motion by Albright, second by Schmidt: I move to ap-prove the 2023-2024 budget. Motion passed 6-0. a) Resolution to Adopt LOB %: Motion by Mi-sak, second by Schmidt: I move to approve Resolution 09112023A. Motion passed 6-0. A needs assessment was provided to and evaluated by the group during the bud-get considerations. It was used to monitor the data and progress of building needs. 2) Facility Management Software (Action Item): Motion by Misak, second by Schmist: I move to pur-chase FMX facility manage-ment software not to exceed $11,532. Motion passed 6-0. 3) 2023-2024 Wrestling Location (Discussion): A dis-cussion was held regarding space for wrestling practice. 4) Football Field Irriga-tion Project (Discussion): The group discussed water usage on the football ﬁeld. 5) Minuteman Ride on Vacuum (Action Item): Mo-tion by Whisman, second by Schmidt: I move to approve the purchase of a Minute-man Ride on Vacuum from Brady Industries not to ex-ceed $13,200. Motion passed 6-0. 6) Policy Updates (Action Item): AG Closing School Buildings. KK Disposal of District Property. Motion by Albright, second by Misak: I move to approve the KASB Recommended policies AG Closing School Buildings and KK Disposal of District Property. Motion passed 6-0. Student Achievement1) Executive Session for Student Issue (Action Item): Motion by Albright, second by Schmidt: I move to go into executive session to discuss conﬁdential student infor-mation pursuant to tghithe exception relating to actions adversely or favorably affect-ing a student under KOMA to include additional person-nel as needed, and the open meeting will resume at 8:30. Motion passed 6-0. Others present in executive session: Mr. Swartz: 8:25-8:30 pm.2) SCKSEC Update (Re-port): Misak gave an update from the latest SCKSEC board meeting. 3) Policy Updates (Action Item): GAAF Seclusion Re-straint; IFCC Overnight Ac-commodations; JGFGA Ad-ministration of Emergency Opioid Antagonists; JH Stu-dent Activities.Motion by Albright, sec-ond by Walker: I move to approve the KASB Recom-mended policies GAAF Se-clusion Restraint, IFCC Overnight Accomodations, JGFGA Administration of Emergency Opioid Antago-nists and JH Student Activi-ties. Motion passed 6-0. Staff Retention &Recruitment1) Policy Updates (Ac-tion Item): GAOA Drug-Free Workplace; GARID Military Leave; GBQA Reduction in Teaching Staff.Motion by Albright, sec-ond by Whisman: I move to approve the KASB Rec-ommended policies GAOA Drug-Free Workplace, GARID Military Leave & GBQA Reduction in Teach-ing Staff. Motion passed 6-0. 2) Superintendent Evalu-ation Pilot (Discussion): The group discussed a process for the Superintendent evalua-tion. 3) Executive Session for Non-Elected Personnel (Ac-tion Item): Motion by Al-bright, second by Schmidt: I move to go into executive session to discuss an individ-ual employee’s performance pursuant to non-elected personnel exception under KOMA to include additional personnel as needed, and the open meeting will resume at 9:00 pm. Motion passed 6-0. Others present in executive session: Mr. Swartz: 8:45-9:00 pm.Motion by Misak, second by Walker: I move to extend the executive session 15 more minutes to resume at 9:15 pm. Motion passed 6-0. Others present in executive session: Mr. Swartz: 9:00-9:15 pm. Motion by Albright, sec-ond by Schmidt: I move to extend the executive session 20 more minutes to resume at 9:35 pm. Motion passed 6-0. Others present in ex-ecutive session: Mr. Swartz: 9:15-9:35 pm.Misak left the executive session at 9:29 pm. Motion by Misak, second by Walker: I move to approve the personnel changes as presented. Motion passed 6-0. Hires: Randy Lemon, Softball assistant coach. Randy Lemon, Junior High Basketball assistant coach. Sean Reeves, High School Basketball assistant coach. Devyn Hoy, Bus Driver. Jus-tin Francis, Bus Driver.Renewals: Spring Supple-mentals - HS Track Head: JC Zahradnik; Assistants: Justin McCartney. JH Track Head: Mike Reed; Assistants: Brad Giesen, Macy Ste-phens, Brande Vogele. Boys Tennis Head: Shawn Nulik; Assistant: Denver Hartson. Golf Head: Jeff Green. Base-ball Head: Tyler Clubine; As-sistant: Joel Gerber. Softball Head: Clay Wilcox; Assis-tants: Andrew Kirkpatrick, Maggie Mathes.SCHOOL Continued on next page

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Page 4 the Anthony Republican • September 20, 2023HARPER COUNTYDISTRICT COURT REPORTIndividuals listed below are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.PAID TRAFFIC CITATIONS8/9: Brandon O. Williams: 1) Speeding - 85/65; $207.00. 23-TR-271.9/11: Elvis K. Davis: 1) Speed-ing - 65/55; $153.00. 23-TR-237.DOMESTIC CASE FILINGSJeff Jelinek vs. Jeanne M. Jelinek, domestic foreign judg-ment (out of county); 23-DM-46.Cindy L. Shellhammer vs. Gary L. Shellhammer, divorce; 23-DM-47.LIMITED CASE FILINGSPratt Regional Medical Center Corporation vs. Miranda E. Brum-ley, debt collection; 23-LM-48.Hospital District No. 6 of Harper County vs. Lucas J. Bell, debt col-lection; 23-LM-59.Hospital District No. 6 of Harper County vs. Betty Coffey, debt col-lection; 23-LM-66.Hospital District No. 6 of Harper County vs. Ami De La Cerda, debt collection; 23-LM-67.Hospital District No. 6 of Harper County vs. Colton Harroald, debt collection; 23-LM-70.CRIMINAL CASE FILINGSState of Kansas vs. Nicholas J. Arnett: 1) Domestic battery. 23-CR-90.State of Kansas vs. Michael R. Gates: 1) Attempted murder in the 2nd degree. 2) Attempted aggra-vated battery. 3) Possession of methamphetamine. 4) Aggravated assault. 5) Criminal threat. 6) Do-mestic battery. 23-CR-102.State of Kansas vs. William L. Foss II: 1) Criminal damage to property - value <$1,000. 23-CR-103.State of Kansas vs. Franklin Sowter: 1) Domestic battery. 23-CR-106.COUNTY COURT DOCKETJUDGE SCOTT E. McPHERSONMonday, September 18, 20231:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Walt J. Shrum, status conference; 21-CR-72.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Nicholas J. Arnett, status confer-ence; 23-CR-90.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. James D. Wanduh, status con-ference; 23-TR-170.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Miguel A. Mayorga Guerra, status conference; 23-TR-208.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Michael D. Roby, status confer-ence; Abel A. Calderon, rst ap-pearance; 23-TR-228.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Travis L. Wohlschlegel, status conference; 23-TR-234.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Raymond D. Lamb, status confer-ence; 23-TR-279.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Derrick D. Coleman Jr., status conference; 23-TR-280.2:00 p.m. State of Kansas vs. David E. Studebaker, status con-ference; 23-CR-30, 23-CR-105.2:00 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Christopher Y. Domon, status con-ference; 23-CR-79, 23-CR-92.2:00 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Jessica L. Brown, status confer-ence; 23-CR-85.2:00 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Isaiah M. Bramwell, status confer-ence; 23-CR-86.Tuesday, September 19, 20231:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Xavier A. Salas, status confer-ence; 17-TR-342.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Hollie A. Kelle, status conference; 23-CR-15.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Nehemiah Jenkins, status confer-ence; 23-CR-19.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Tyler D. Carrell, status confer-ence; 23-CR-42.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Stormy D. Rother, status confer-ence; 23-CR-61.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Kristopher L. Kienzie, status con-ference; 23-CR-67.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Kirby L. Moore, status conference; 23-CR-69.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Matthew D. Clark, status confer-ence; 23-CR-88.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Chawna L. Hoskinson, status con-ference; 23-TR-104.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Angel A. Torres, status confer-ence; 23-TR-161.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Nathan C. Owens, status confer-ence; 23-TR-179.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Marcus A. Campbell, status con-fernce; 23-CR-17.Thursday, September 21, 20239:00 a.m. Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Amy Rhodes, status conference; 23-LM-23.HARPER COUNTY JAILARRESTS & BOOKINGSNicholas J. Arnett, 34: Arrested: 9-11-23; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Criminal threat. 2) Domestic battery.Reesee R. Tambunga, 22: Ar-rested: 9-12-23; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Serving 60 days.Joshua J. Raper, 43: Arrested: 9-12-23; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Posses-sion of narcotics. 2) Possession of drug paraphernalia. 3) Possession of marijuana.Toby C. Eshelman, 27: Arrested: 9-14-23; Released: 9-14-23. Ar-rested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Probation violation.Tanya R. Ortega, 33: Arrested: 9-16-23; Released: N/A. Arrested By: APD. Charges: 1) Criminal trespass. 2) Failure to appear.Shelby T. Engling, 27: Arrested: 9-16-23; Released: N/A. Arrested By: OA. Charges: 1) Interference w/ law enforcement ofcer. 2) Do-mestic battery. 3) Endangering a child. 4) Battery. 5) Battery on a law enforcement ofcer. 6) As-sault.William L. Foss Jr., 39: Arrest-ed: 9-17-23; Released: 9-17-23. Arrested By: APD. Charges: 1) Criminal damage to property - val-ue <$1,000.BY NEIL SIMON7 PM AT THE HISTORIC ANTHONY THEATRE“Fools” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com$6 for children (ages 4-12)$8 for adults (13+)PRESENTED BY THE ARTS CENTERSEPTEMBER 22 & 23, 2023ND RDSEPTEMBER 22 & 23, 20237 PM AT THE HISTORIC ANTHONY THEATRE$6 for children (under 13)$8 for adults (13+)“Fools” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.comPRESENTED BY THE ARTS CENTERAdvanced ticketing available at:https://our.show/the-arts-center-inc/foolsBY NEIL SIMONBY NEIL SIMONBY NEIL SIMONMotion by Misak, sec-ond by Whisman: I move to increase the classiﬁed staff salary 2.25% to the base with a step of 1.65% increase, so that their over-all increase is 3.9%. Also to approve the admin staff salaries for Cody Liebelt ($78,704), Chad Jacobs ($58,000), Josh Swartz ($107,093), Eryn Guy ($82,416), Vance Williams ($84,125) for 2023-2024. Motion passed 6-0. Misak left the meeting at 9:40 pm due to a conﬂict of interest. Motion by Whisman, second by Schmidt: I move to approve the hire of Josh Patterson as Technology Di-rector. Motion passed 5-0. Misak re-joined the meeting at 9:41 pm. 4) Executive session for negotiations (Action Item): Motion by Albright, second by Misak: I move to go into executive session to discuss staff salary and beneﬁts pursuant to the exception for employer-employee ne-gotiations under KOMA to include additional per-sonnel as needed, and the open meeting will resume at 10:00 pm. Motion passed 6-0. Others present in ex-ecutive session: Mr. Swartz: SCHOOL Continued from previous page9:40-10:00 pm.Motion by Albright, sec-ond by Schmidt: I move to extend the executive ses-sion until 10:10 pm. Motion passed 6-0. Others present in executive session: Mr. Swartz: 10:00-10:10 pm.Motion by Whisman, second by Misak: I move to ratify the Tentative Agree-ment concerning Health In-surance between USD 361 and HP CO NEA. Motion passed 6-0. Information RequestsBoard Meeting Wrap-UpOctober 9th - Regular Meeting. October 30th- 5th Monday @ Harper Elemen-tary.AdjournmentThe meeting was ad-journed at 10:12 pm. Dusty Albright, Presi-dentBarbara Muse, Deputy Board Clerk

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the Anthony Republican • September 20, 2023 Page 5(First Published in The Anthony Republican, Wednesday, September 20, 2023) 3t IN THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICTDISTRICT COURT OF HARPER COUNTY, KANSASIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ) ) JACK L. HUENERGARDT, Deceased. ) Case No. HP 2023 PR 32 )(Petition Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59)NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORSTHE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notiﬁ ed that on September 15, 2023, a Petition was ﬁ led in this Court by Terry Sterling and Mary Sterling, the Co-Executors named in the Declination and Designation of Individual to Serve as Successor Executor in the “Last Will and Testament of Jack L. Huen-ergardt,” deceased, dated October 3, 2005, praying the will and First, Second and Third Codicil ﬁ led with the Petition be admitted to probate and record; Petitioners be appointed as Co-Executors, without bond; and Petitioners be granted Letters Testamentary. You are required to ﬁ le your written defenses thereto on or before October 12, 2023 at 9:15 o’clock a.m. in the District Court, Anthony, Harper County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. All creditors are notiﬁ ed to exhibit their demands against the estate within four months from the date of ﬁ rst publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236. If demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be for-ever barred. Terry Sterling and Mary Sterling, Petitioners Matthew W. Ricke, #20995ATTORNEY AT LAW, LLC349 North Main, P. O. Box 113Kingman, KS 67068(620) 532-3103Attorney for PetitionersLEGAL NOTICELocal Manufacturers To Host MFG Day Event On October 6th For Harper County StudentsBy Britt HedlundHarper Co. Transition to Career ProgramHarper County Manu-facturers will host Harper County students for a MFG Day event on October 6th as part of a national effort to showcase the reality of modern manufacturing careers and connect with America’s future workforce - students.Celco, Harper Industries, Cox Machine, Attica Preci-sion Machining, and Elco Manufacturing will opentheir doors for tours to students to experience ﬁrst-hand the high-tech and innovative work environ-ments that await those who pursue careers in modern manufacturing.On October 6th from 8:45 to 11:30 a.m. they will have plant tours. After there will be a lunch at the Westview Lodge, Harper from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.There is an increasing demand for highly skilled professionals in the manu-facturing sector who can design, program and oper-ate technology. By 2030, manufacturers will need to ﬁll 4 million jobs. Orga-nized by The Manufactur-ing Institute—the educa-tion and workforce partner of the National Association of Manufacturers—MFG Day is designed to intro-duce young people and oth-ers in the community to the thriving manufacturing industry to change percep-tions of manufacturing and highlight the high-tech and innovative companies that are solving tomorrow’s chal-lenges today. More informa-tion is available at www.mfgday.com.DEATH NOTICEDavid Carmichael passed away Monday, September 11, 2023 at age 67. No services will be held at this time. A memorial may be planned for a later date.Harper Co. Dept. On Aging: TEFAP Food Commodities 9/28By Jennifer WolffTEFAP Food commodi-ties will be available Thurs-day Sept 28th at the Harp-er County Courthouse 201 N. Jennings 8:30 – Noon. Food is distributed on a 1st come, 1st served basis. This program is available to all Harper County resi-dents who meet the income guidelines. New income guidelines became effective in July. This month’s box will have a mix of frozen protein, fresh fruit, nuts & canned goods. As a dis-tribution point, we do not have any control over items & quantity. The state DCF ofﬁce coordinates foods & amount available for each site. Distributions are ev-ery ODD month in 2023. Just park out front & we will bring a food box to you. With increasing food costs, if you are struggling to pro-vide food for your house-hold, please check with the Aging ofﬁce in the Court-house & ﬁll out a paper or online application for SNAP – the Supplemental Nutri-tion Assistance Program of Kansas. Additionally, for Harper Co residents 60+, Senior Meal programs are available in Anthony, Attica & Harper Monday – Friday. Contact Jennifer for infor-mation 620-842-5104.The Public Transporta-tion Service assists ALL Harper Co residents of any age to stay indepen-dent with transportation to work, medical appoint-ments, shopping, errands, Patterson Health Center & locations less than 70 miles. Hours of operation: 8:30am– 4:30 pm, Monday – Friday. Every Harper Co resident can ride with pub-lic transit regardless of age or mobility. Equal access is provided to the public. Al-though we are available to make trips M-F out of coun-ty, rides need to be sched-uled 24 hours in advance & the bus returns for Harper Co by 3pm. CALL 620-842-5104 for ride reservations & rates. 1st come, 1st served.Out of County Transit Schedule: Mon 9/25: Wichita 8:20 departTues 9/26: Out of County AvailableWed 9/27: Wichita 8:20 departThurs 9/28: Out of coun-ty availableFri 9/29: Wichita 8:20 de-partAll routes are subject to change without notice. GOT NEWSTO SHARE?SEND IT TO anthonyrepublican@att.net

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Page 6 the Anthony Republican • September 20, 2023Source: maxpreps.comThe Chaparral Road-runners football team was ripped 42-7 in Friday’s homecoming game with the visiting Conway Springs Cardinals.The Roadrunners now sport a 0-3 record for the Chaparral Routed By Conway Springsseason. They take the ﬁeld next when they travel to Garden Plain for a Central Plains challenge on Friday, September 22. Chaparral will meet a Owls team com-ing off a 21-7 win over Medi-cine Lodge. The Owls record now stands at 2-1.Source: maxpreps.comOn Tuesday, Septem-ber 12th, the CHS varsity volleyball team played in a tournament in Conway Springs. The Kingman Ea-gles topped the host Chap-arral Roadrunners volley-ball team by a score of 3-0 in Tuesday’s test by scores of 32-30, 25-20 and 25-18.The CHS volleyball team played in a tournament in Moundridge on Thursday, September 14th. In Thurs-day’s battle, the host Goess-el Bluebirds volleyball team scored a tight 2-1 triumph over the Chaparral Road-runners. Chaparral won the ﬁrst game 25-13, but then lost the 2nd game 25-18 The Cardinals (1-2) will now prepare for their chal-lenge against Medicine Lodge. The Indians come into the Central Plains chal-lenge with a 2-1 record. In their last challenge, Medi-cine Lodge was ripped by Garden Plain 21-7.Chaparral Volleyball Updateand the third game 25-21. The Chaparral varsity vol-leyball team lost Thursday’s match against Moundridge by a score of 2-1. The Road-runners won the ﬁrst game again by a score of 25-20, but then fell in the 2nd game 25-13 and in the 3rd game 25-12.On Saturday, Septem-ber 16th the CHS varsity volleyball team hosted a tournament at home. The Independent Panthers vol-leyball team scored 2 points and limited the host Chap-arral Roadrunners to 1 in the Panthers victory on Saturday. The Roadrunners beat the Panthers in the ﬁrst game 26-24, but lost the 2nd game 25-13 and the third game 25-21. The Pretty Prairie varsity vol-leyball team lost Saturday’s tournament match against Chaparral by a score of 2-1. The Roadrunners won the ﬁrst game 25-20. The Pan-thers won the 2nd game 25-20. Then CHS took the 3rd game by a score of 25-14.PRINTING • SHIRTSBANNERS • SIGNSLD’s Printing • 620-842-5129GOT NEWS???Send It To Us Atanthonyrepublican@att.net60 YEARS AGO - 1963The Anthony Lassies held their annual picnic at the Anthony Lake. Present were Shirley Floyd, Judy Miller, Peggy Ruff, Mickey Miller, Nancy Reynolds, Mrs. Pete Miller, Mrs. John Ruff, Debby Miller, all of Attica; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hoskinson, Susan Jerry and Tommy, Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Scott, Barbara, Glenda and Pam, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Seipel, Jimmy Lee and Brenda Sue, Becky Cocker, and Tommy Clark all of Anthony. Cheryl Bollman, Glenda Scott, and Diane Parsons were guests of Beth Wilcox at a slumber party. The oc-casion being Beth’s birth-day anniversary. 50 YEARS AGO - 1973Sheryl and Diana Wil-liams, JoLynn Moore, Janet Morisse and Lauri Newton were in Deerﬁeld, Kansas to attend a youth Jesus Rally. Mrs. Sherre High was the new teacher at Wash-ington Annex teaching ﬁfth grade. Mrs. Charlene Brint-nall of Kowa was a new Special Education teacher and Miss Joan Krechner a new teacher of the Special Ed Cooperative.Jery Wenciker had taken over the duties of principal at Harper Grade School. Darrell Thrasher was the new Mathematis teacher at Harper. FILES Continued on next page

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Main, Anthonywww.anthonyrepublicannews.comTHE ANTHONY REPUBLICANNew teachers at Chap-arral included Sam Beam, teaching Social Studies and new basketball coach; Mrs. Laura Clark was resuming her career as Physical Edu-cation for girls instructor; Murl Dowell was teaching Drafting and Woodwork-ing; Jarel Hansen was new football coach, head track coach, assistant basketball coach and teaching in the ﬁeld of Social Studies; Mrs. Gloria Piersall was the new teacher of English and Ger-man; Paul Shue teaching carpentry, a half time as-signment and the ﬁrst time such a course had been of-fered at Chaparral.Those attending the Teen-age Youth Crusade in Borger, Texas from the Anthony Church of Christ were Ken Dowell, Mitch Starks, Jimmy Messner, Elmer Bahr, Rick Shepard, Mark Hodson, Michelle Hodson, Le Ann German, Mr. and Mrs. Merl Dowell. Ida May Mitchell from Bur-lington, Okla. went along with them. 40 YEARS AGO - 1983Experienced Chaparral netters for the 1983 season were: Becky Fox, Angela Query, Lori Ingram, Debbie Wilkinson, Kim Koeppen, Courtney Osborn, Chawna Sharp, Carla Clark, Holly Francis, Diane Hufford, An-gie Domnick, Stephanie Os-born, Carrie Wolff, Crissa Sharp, Sara Cantrell and Melissa Burnet. Coach was Laura Clark.Little Miss Andrea Shepard celebrated her fourth birthday with a party at the East Park. As-sisting her mother, Beverly Shepard was Aunt Bonnie Dunn. Enjoying cupcakes, Kool Aid and playing in the park were Erin Shepard, FILES Continued from previous pageSharla Dunn, Scott and Jody Miller, Tynee Prouse, Autumn Edwards, Misty Cullop, Angela Calderon, Curtis Olds, Wendy Porter and the honoree, Andrea.Marriage License: Dan-iel Lee Lear, 19, Waldron, Kan. and Alicia Jo Fox, 19, Harper, Kan.The Anthony Hornet Cheerleaders were: Lori Jen-sen, Jo Lynn Martin, Stacy Grasser, Diane Hen-derson, Donata Ball and Kristen Warner.30 YEARS AGO - 1993Four Boy Scouts from Troop #853 in Harper made the trip to the 1993 Na-tional Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. The Scouts were Trent Cleve-land, Anthony, Nick Lynch, Attica, Jeff Raida, Harper and Kris Shelite, Attica.Azure Watts and Ted McDermott, both students at Chaparral High School, were selected to participate in the tenth annual Kan-sas Masonic All-State High School Band held at Wichi-ta State University.20 YEARS AGO - 2003Cari Jo Patterson was to shave her head IF her Relay for Life team raised $5,000 in donation for the Ameri-can Cancer Society. She lost part of her hair after her team raised $5,107.47.Harper County Farm Bureau announced the win-ners of the Kiddie Trac-tor Pull during the Harper County Fair. First place winners were: Chance Bergman, Age 4, Harper; Theron Eslinger, age 5, Anthony; Chandler Calde-ron, age 6, Anthony; Austin Thomas, age 7, Anthony; Brandon Zibell, age 8, Cali-fornia; Justin Thomas, age 9, Anthony; Faith Denwalt, age 10, Harper; Ryler Laird, age 11, Keller, Texas; Eric Mathes, age 12, Harper.Jennifer Kunz, daughter of Allan and Vicki Longbine, Anthony, was a contestant on Colgate Country Show-down at the Augusta White Eagle Festival, Gavin Park. Kunz was a special educa-tion teacher at Goddard High School. She was Miss Heartland 1997 and among the top ﬁve ﬁnalists in the 1977 Miss Kansas Pageant. She was runner-up in Bran-son’s “Catch a Rising Star” competition in 1996. 10 YEARS AGO - 2013Bank of Kanas, a divi-sion of Southwest Bancorp, announced the promotion of Shelly Hodges to Financial Services Manager, Banking Ofﬁcer for the Harper and Anthony ofﬁces.The Anthony Elemen-tary students enjoyed an assembly to start their fun-draiser off right. Among those participating were: Nautica Smith, Piper Guy, Jonah Wootonn and Cooper Kastens.5 YEARS AGO - 2018The 2018 Anthony Swim Team members included: Aurora Atkins, Leslie Stru-ble, Chris Yoder, Raiden Atkins, Innslee Albright, Daniel Broussard, April At-kins, Chole Twyman, Mary Evans, Kabrie Chance, Ty Hadsall, Logan Oliph-ant, Isaac Whisman, Kale Greve, Mason Walker, Trace Hadsall, Ross Bradley, Braxtin Francis, Ian Whis-man, Lindon Greve, Lilly Gates, Kaslynn Schurle and Addie Walker.During July, Bryn Cor-mack attended the week-long Envision National Youth Leadership Forum: Business Innovation pro-gram on the campus of Yale, New Haven, Conn. He joined 160 other students from high schools across the nation and from other countries for an intensive look at the business world of entrepreneurship.

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Page 8 the Anthony Republican • September 20, 2023Preserving Joints and Restoring Lives Hours: Monday 2pm - 6pm Tuesday 7am - 12pm 2pm - 6pm Wednesday 9am - 12pm 2pm - 6pm Thursday 7am - 12pm 2pm - 6pm Friday 7am - 12pm Saturday and Sunday closed RestoringLivesmidwestpainreliefcenter.com620-702-7407Follow us on Facebook! Let us help you find RE-LEAF this fall! Don't let joint pain slow you downMidwest Pain Relief Center Photo By: Don HoltDELIVERING THE GAME BALL: The CHS Cross County team ran the foot-ball from Conway Springs to Chaparral and then on to Anthony for the start of the Runners Homecoming Pep Rally. Runners (L-R) Cady Hemphill, Ben Mat-tice and Duke Christner are pictured on their way into Harper. Photo By: Don Holt2023 CHS FALL HOMECOMING CANDIDATES: Pictured are the candidates for the Chaparral High School Fall Homecoming King & Queen. They are (L-R) Lanni Holdt and Joshua Welch, Alexis Shelton and Kyler Smith, Kenzie Haydock and Tyce Praff, Darla Hennessee and Timmy Adams, Page Swingle and Zachery Graves. Winners were announced Friday at the game against Conway Springs.CHS Varsity Volleyball - Kaylee SwartzPhoto By: Don HoltPhoto By: Don HoltChaparral vs. Conway Springs - Keaton BollmanPhoto By: Don HoltPhoto By: Don HoltChaparral Homecoming ParadePhoto By: Ross DowningPhoto By: Ross DowningChaparral Homecoming ParadePhoto By: Ross DowningPhoto By: Ross DowningChaparral Homecoming Parade - Anthony Elem. StudentsPhoto By: Ross DowningPhoto By: Ross DowningChaparral Homecoming ParadePhoto By: Ross DowningPhoto By: Ross DowningGOT NEWS OR PICTURES YOU WANT TO SHARE?Email us at: anthonyrepublican@att.net

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