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The Anthony Republican: Vol. 145 - No. 36 • The Anthony Bulletin: Vol. 125 - No. 36Established October 9, 1879: Oldest continuous business in Anthony • Wednesday, September 4, 2024To advertise your business or event in our “Hot Spot”call the Anthony Republican at 620-842-5129. The Arts Center Announces The Cast & Creative Team Of ‘The Death & Life Of Sneaky Fitch’This Western tale will be a fun evening of entertainment for all of Harper County!ANTHONY KS - The Arts Center announces the cast and creative team of its upcoming adult com-munity theatre produc-tion - ‘The Death & Life of Sneaky Fitch’, by James L. Rosenberg. ‘Sneaky Fitch’ is a Western tale, sure to delight audiences of all ages with singing cowboys, saloon girls, and shootouts! This local production will run for two nights at the Historic Anthony Theatre - October 11th and 12th, 2024 at 7 pm. The creative team includes Director Juliana Whisman, Assistant Director Alison White and Stage Managers Ami DeLacerda and Andi Penwell.To the ambitious little town of Gopher Gulch, Sneaky Fitch is an abrasive disgrace - a no-good, drunk-en, brawling nuisance. When he falls ill, there is a sigh of relief, and when he ap-parently dies there are few tears. But when Sneaky ris-es from his corn, the picture changes, for no one dares confront a man who has come back from the dead. Capitalizing on his “invin-cibility” Sneaky soon takes over as sheriff, mayor, and town banker - not to men-tion facing down Rackham, the fastest gun in the West. In short, where he was for-merly unbearable he is now insufferable. But is Sneaky really immortal? Can he re-ally outrun death? And will things in Gopher Gulch ever be the same?The cast of ‘Sneaky Fitch’ includes: Amanda Hilge-mann, Wren Robinson, and Coleman Teel as the Sing-ers, Bryan Hilgemann as Rackham, Aaron White as Mervyn Vale, Reanna Theis-sen as Mrs. Vale, Emma Tra-han as Maroon, Miguel Ger-ber as Sheriff Jack Oglesby, Tracey Penwell as Doc Burch, Gary Jacobs as Rev. Stanley Blackwood, Robin Ybarra as Mrs. Blackwood, Ted McDermott as Sneaky Fitch, and Kimberly Futhey, Debbie Hunt, and Amy Oli-ver as Townspeople. ‘The Death & Life of Sneaky Fitch’ is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Drama-tists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)Advanced tickets for ‘Sneaky Fitch’ are available on the Arts Center website at www.theartscenterinc.org. Tickets will also be available at the box ofﬁce of the theatre on the day of the show. Adult tickets are $8, children (ages 0-12) are $6.Courtesy PhotoPREPARING FOR THEATRE AUDITIONS: Community members Bruce Wilson (left) and Heather Reames (right) prepare to assist with auditions for ‘The Death & Life of Sneaky Fitch’. They volunteered to read scenes with actors who came to try out for the community theatre production.Vietnam Veteran’s ‘Legacy Ride’ WillTravel Through Anthony On Journey ToRemember Women Airforce Service PilotsCedar Rapids, IA - Iowa veteran and avid cyclist Lar-ry Ritland continues to take on physical challenges while raising awareness of im-portant veteran groups and individuals. Ritland, a Viet-nam Veteran and 42-year member of the American Le-gion, will cycle a route from Iowa to Texas this Septem-ber in honor of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.“Growing up in rural Story County, Iowa, I always had the greatest respect for my older relatives, especial-ly my uncles,” remembers Ritland. “I had ﬁve uncles who saw plenty of action during World War II, one didn’t come home. So, ev-ery Memorial Day my Dad would make us stop what we were doing on the farm, load up the family car, and travel the dusty gravel roads two and a half miles into little Roland, Iowa, for the an-nual Memorial Day Parade. It made me so proud to see my uncles in their military uniforms marching with at least 100 other local vet-erans, all men, down Main Street,” Ritland explains. “At that age it never occurred to me that women had any im-pact on World War II.”Nearly four years ago, when the mail arrived, there was one piece of mail that caught Ritland’s attention. It was a promotional piece that mentioned a museum in Texas called the National WASP World War II Mu-seum.“That piece of mail went into a brief history of a pro-gram called the Women Air-force Service Pilots (WASP), a group of women who ﬂew military aircraft in the states during World War II. Their service allowed more male pilots to be available to ﬂy combat missions over-seas. While I thought I knew a lot about WWII history, I had never heard about the WASP program and had no idea a museum was created to remember their legacy”, Ritland continues.Ritland and his wife vis-ited the WASP Museum in November of 2022, where he ﬁrst learned about the 38 women who died. “During the WASP Program nearly 25,000 women applied, only 1,102 would receive their wings,” Ritland said. They were the only World War II unit that ﬂew every type of military aircraft - from bombers like the B-24 Lib-erator to the latest WWII ﬁghters like the P-51 Mus-tang - delivered 12,650 air-craft, ﬂying over 60 million miles.”Unfortunately, 38 wom-en died while serving their country in the WASP pro-gram. “Two were from Iowa and I had never heard of them,” said Ritland. Because the government continued to classify the women as ci-vilians the military would not pay for their expenses when one of the women was killed doing their job. Their fellow WASP would often have to take up a collection to return the body home.“This is what really mo-Courtesy PhotoLEGACY RIDE: Iowa veteran and avid cyclist Larry Ritland, a Vietnam Veteran and 42-year member of the American Legion, will cycle a route from Iowa to Texas this September in honor of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.County Commissioners Discuss RoadAnd Bridge Closures, Approve Abatement Decreasing The Value Of A PropertyOfﬁcial Meeting MinutesRegular MeetingSubmitted By HarperCounty Clerk’s OfﬁceAugust 13, 2024The Harper County Board of County Commis-sioners met in regular ses-sion, with Chairman Struble calling the meeting to order with Commissioner Wald-schmidt and Commissioner Vornauf. Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk, Josh Teel, IT, and Shonda Larson, Assis-tant to the Board were also present. Commissioner Wald-schmidt moved to approve the 8/2/2024 payroll beneﬁts in the amount of $59,307.07; the motion passed unani-mously.Commissioner Wald-schimdt moved to approve the 8/5/2024 meeting min-utes; the motion passed unanimously.Commissioner Vor-nauf moved to approve the 8/12/2024 accounts pay-able batch in the amount of $121,504.00; the motion passed unanimously. Mike Bennet and Janet Slankard with Public Works gave a Department Update. A landowner has agreed to allow us to store culverts on his land in exchange for rocking his daughter’s drive-way, the County Counselor will draft the contract and submit it to the Board for re-view next week. There was discussion on the potential purchase of two trucks for the road crew, the Board re-quested more information before making a decision. Kansas Open Enrollment for bridge grants will begin in April of 2025, the group discussed potential bridges and roads to permanently close. The board approved the County Clerk to look into starting the process of closing the mile stretch of road which includes the Cor-win Bridge. And inordinate spending request was submitted in the amount of $7,110.00, to CAT, for the purchase of a thumb for the special bridge backhoe, which will help with the process of cleaning out under bridges. Commis-sioner Vornauf made a mo-tion to approve the request; the motion passed unani-mously. The group reviewed progress maps, and the most recent Hoidale estimate for the purchase of fuel tanks, also discussed pouring ce-ment pads for new tanks. The outstanding amounts due on current equipment loans/leases were reviewed with the Commissioners. At 9:05 a.m., Commis-sioner Struble moved to en-RIDE Continued on next pageCOUNTY Continued on Page 3

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Page 2 the Anthony Republican • September 4, 2024By Shirley ZirkleHuman Relations ChairHarper County Area Re-tired School Personnel is gearing up for the upcoming year. The group meets ev-ery other month during the school year on the second Monday, usually from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. All retired school person-nel from any Kansas school are welcome to join this HCARSP Ready For 2024-2025group. During the year we have interesting programs, deliver cookies to each school in the county, sometimes share our own stories, pres-ent a scholarship to a college student from Harper County majoring in Education, and enjoy each other’s company. This year’s schedule:September 9 @ Anthony Friendship Meals.November 11 @ Patterson Martha Vail DAR Celebrates Constitution WeekSeptember 17 through 23 commemorates the signing of the Constitution of the United States of America. You might even have heard the phrase, "That's uncon-stitutional" or "That's my constitutional right!" Many times, Americans believe that sayings and phrases are in our Constitution, but they really aren’t. Let us celebrate Constitution Week September 17-23 by resolv-ing to be better-informed and responsible citizens. Read the Constitution! This announcement was provided by the Martha Vail Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.tivated me to do something to remember these women,” continued Ritland. “I have three daughters and ﬁve granddaughters. Their fu-tures have no doubt been brighter, with more oppor-tunities because of the sac-riﬁces these incredible, pio-neering women made.”Ritland’s contribution to the legacy of two fallen Iowans who served in the WASP program, will be to “ride my bicycle, beginning Health Center Conference Room.January 13 @ Harper Friendship Meals.March 10 @ Chaparral.May 12 @ Anthony Bank of the Plains .Come join us and see what HCARSP is all about!RIDE Continued from previous pageat the grave of Gleanna Rob-erts (1919 - 1944), Welsh Cemetery, Sharon Center, Iowa, to the grave of Bev-erly Jean Moses (1922 - 1944), Oakwood Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Iowa. Even though it has been 80 years ago since they were laid to rest, I want to honor these two women and continue the legacy of all the Women Airforce Service Pilots who served our country.”Ritland said he plans to leave Welsh Cemetery on his bicycle, Tuesday morn-ing, September 3rd, 2024, spend the night in Montezu-ma, Iowa, and arrive at the grave of Beverly Jean Moses by late afternoon, the follow-ing day.The next day Ritland will continue his WASP Legacy Ride through southwest Iowa, across the southeast corner of Nebraska, south-west through Kansas and Oklahoma, arriving at the National WASP World War II Museum at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas on Sat-urday, September 28th.Ritland's itinerary has him traveling from King-man, Kansas to Anthony, Kansas on Tuesday, Septem-ber 17th, the 15th day of his journey. After spending the night in Anthony, Ritland will head south to Okla-homa, where his route will take him through the tiny town of Wakita, Oklahoma, where WASP Paula Loop is buried. (Side note: If you are a fan of the original “Twist-er” movie, starring Bill Pax-ton and Helen Hunt, many of the scenes were ﬁlmed in Wakita. The Twister Mu-seum is located in Wakita as well.)Paula, born August 25, 1916 is one of the 38 women who died while serving with the WASP program in World War II. Loop was originally from Oklahoma, where she learned to ﬂy. She entered the Air Force training in Houston in December of 1942, graduating in May of the following year and begin-ning her time as a WASP. On July 7, 1944 she was alone, piloting a BT-13 enroute from Enid, Oklahoma to Se-attle when she crashed near Medford, Oregon. On that fateful day, Loop had left Sacramento on a delivery to Seattle. After stopping in Medford to re-fuel, her plane crashed in the Richter Mountain area shortly after taking off. The aircraft hit multiple tall trees and its left wing was sheared off. The fuel tank erupted into a ball of ﬁre that left the rest of the pieces unsalvageable. An exact cause of the crash was not determined, but high downslope winds are believed to be a factor. Loop was 27 years old. In 2003, the engine and fuselage were recovered and taken for dis-play at the Oregon Aviation Historical Society & Mu-seum in Cottage Grove. Tin-ker Air Force Base in Okla-homa City has a building named after Loop. In 1977, all WASPS were ofﬁcially granted veteran status, and in 2009 they were granted the congressional gold med-al. Embeded into Paula’s granite tombstone are her precious silver wings, with these words: “Into The Mosi-ac Of Victory, This Priceless Piece Was Set”.After his stop in Wakita, Ritland will head to Chero-kee, Oklahoma to stay the night before continuing on. Ritland plans to complete the ride in 26 days, allowing for a rest day every ﬁve days. “Each morning, I will do 19 push-ups and 19 more each evening as a symbolic salute to honor the 38 women who died serving our country. I hope to do the push-ups at a school, city hall, library, or police station in the over-night towns and ask people to join me in the commemo-ration,” said Ritland.On his legacy journey Rit-land says he will be funding the trip entirely on his own. He is not asking for any do-nations or sponsors. “While I bicycle from Iowa to Texas, engaging with people about the Women Airforce Service Pilots along the way, my only wish is that patriotic Ameri-cans will want to learn more about these amazing women by going to the WASP web-site at www.waspmuseum.org. Better yet, take a road trip through west Texas and visit the museum. It is easy to reach, just off of I-20, an hour west of Abilene, Texas.”You can follow Ritland on his WASP Legacy Ride by going to www.facebook.com/theoldcyclingveteran. Rit-land has previously led his-torical rides on the Alaskan Highway, coast to coast in 2019 to celebrate the Ameri-can Legion’s 100th birth-day, a remembrance ride to salute the Buffalo Soldiers, participated in a ride from Selma to Montgomery, Ala-bama to remember the Civil Rights movement, and most recently a 99-mile ride to pay tribute to the 99 sailors lost onboard the USS Scor-pion in 1968.National WASP World War II Museum, PO Box 456, 210 Avenger Field Road, Sweetwater, TX 79556 I-20 Exit #240 - 325 235 0099 - www.waspmuseum.orgGOT NEWS OR PICS TO SHARE?~ Send It To Us At ~anthonyrepublican@att.net

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the Anthony Republican • September 4, 2024 Page 3Advertise your business or eventwith the AnthonyRepublican!Email or call today for rates:anthonyrepublican@att.net620-842-5129ter executive session. The justiﬁcation for closing the meeting is to discuss per-sonnel matters of nonelected personnel. The open meet-ing will resume at 9:10 a.m. in this room. The motion was approved unanimous-ly. Ami DeLacerda & Mike Bennett remained in the room. Commissioner Wald-schmidt moved to extend the meeting for 5 minutes; the motion was approved unanimously. At 9:15 a.m., Commissioner Waldschmidt moved to extend 5 minutes, the motion was approved unanimously. The regular meeting resumed at 9:20 a.m. with no binding action taken.Kari O’Riley, Community Development, gave a depart-ment update and submitted a travel request, which was approved. Discussion was held on current interest in the county incentive pro-grams, and the processes COUNTY Continued from Page 1involved with administering those. She also reviewed re-cent and projected activities with the Board. Mike Bennett with Pub-lic Works returned to the meeting to discuss the pur-chase of a truck for the road crews. Josh Teel, IT/Building & Grounds, gave a brief de-partment update. At 9:50 a.m., Commis-sioner Struble moved to enter executive session. The justiﬁcation for clos-ing the meeting is to dis-cuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. The open meeting will resume at 10:00 a.m. in this room. The motion was approved unani-mously. Ami DeLacerda & Josh Teel remained in the room. The regular meeting resumed at 10:00 a.m. with no binding action taken.Commissioner Struble moved to take a 5 minute recess at 10:03 a.m., the mo-tion passed unanimously. The regular meeting re-sumed at 10:07 am.Richard Raleigh, County Counselor entered the meet-ing. At 10:07 a.m. Commis-sioner Struble moved to en-ter executive session for 10 minutes. The justiﬁcation for closing the meeting is to discuss matters protected by Attorney-Client Privilege. Ami DeLacerda and Rich-ard Raleigh remained in the meeting. At 10:21, the regu-lar meeting resumed with no binding action taken.Shonda Larson, Finance Director/Board Assistant, gave a department update. She presented a transfer of $8,000, for servers paid out of capital equipment, which should have been paid out of IT. She also presented the July 2024 transfers in the amount of $15,030.38. Commissioner Waldschmidt moved to approve the trans-fer; the motion passed unan-imously. The group also reviewed Financial State-ments and 2025 budget.Ami DeLacerda, County Clerk/Director of HR, gave a department update. Person-nel Status Forms were re-viewed and approved for em-ployment terminations and longevity increases. Beneﬁt Open Enrollment meetings are scheduled for 8/29, the county will request reim-bursement from the Kansas Department of Revenue for the production and postage of RNR notices. There was also discussion about the August Primary Election process and turnout, and the election canvass, which will take place Monday, Au-gust 19 at 10:15, during the next regular meeting. Commissioner Wald-schmidt moved to approve an abatement decreasing the value of a property, per small claims judgement; the motion passed unanimously. At 10:51 a.m., Commis-sioner Struble moved to enter executive session. The justiﬁcation for clos-ing the meeting is to dis-cuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. The open meeting will resume at 11:10 a.m. in this room. The motion was approved unani-mously. Ami DeLacerda remained in the room. The regular meeting resumed at 11:10 a.m. with no binding action taken.Josh Teel, IT/Building & Grounds, returned to the meeting to discuss the po-tential addition of a Part Time or Full Time position in his department. The Board will consider the re-quest this week, and discuss again at the next meeting.At 11:15 a.m., Commis-sioner Struble moved to enter executive session. The justiﬁcation for clos-ing the meeting is to dis-cuss personnel matters of nonelected personnel. The open meeting will resume at 11:20 a.m. in this room. The motion was approved unanimously. Ami DeLacer-da and Josh Teel remained in the room. At 11:20 a.m., Commissioner Waldschmidt moved to extend the meet-ing for 10 minutes; the mo-tion passed unanimously. The regular meeting re-sumed at 11:30 a.m. with no binding action taken.As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:40 a.m. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. in the Commissioner Room at the Harper County Courthouse. Approvd: Darrin Struble, ChairmanAttest: Ami DeLacerda, County ClerkCatching Up With The HD#6 Hospital BoardHD#6 Hospital Board Regular MeetingOfﬁcial MinutesMay 23, 2024PresentBoard of Directors - Jan Lanie, Amy Walker, Kara Bello, Stan Wedman, and Tim Penner. PHC - Sarah Teaff, CEO; Lori Allen, COO; Sandra Owen, CFO; Paige Wise, Executive Assistant; Amber Speer, Infection Con-trol & Quality. Guests - none. Call To OrderLanie called the meeting to order at 5:18 pm. Public CommentsNoneApproval Of MinutesMinutes of the April 25, 2024, regular board meet-ing was presented for ap-proval. Motion to approve by Penner; seconded Lanie by to approve minutes as presented. Motion carried unanimously.Department Reports, Policy Review &ApprovalQuality Report - Am-ber Speer: Speer went over the ﬁrst quarter of 2024 for Quality Improvement re-porting. She also went over infection prevention/control for 2023. Medical Staff AndCredentialing ReportThere was no creden-tialing to be approved this month by the board. Operations ReportCOO: 340B revenue was up this past month. There were some fees that were not processed due to the cyber attack on Change Healthcare, our previous claims service. There was a bill passed recently in Kan-sas that restricted drug companies to price gouge 340B pricing. AMS, our reference lab, was affected by the cyber-attack on Assentation in Wichita. There are going to be some delays with labs due to this. We are working to get labs switched to Ark City while they are down so we can be caught up on test-ing labs. CEO: An update on the hospitalist position open-ing that was put out. There are some interviews coming up in a couple of weeks for these 2 positions. PHC is starting with hiring 2 mid-level’s for this position and go from there. JB, the therapy Director is resigning. His last day will be 5.24.24. We will be looking for a physical thera-pist and potentially a man-ager as well. A reminder that there will be a dialysis open house on May 31st.The ﬁrst pa-HOSPITAL Continued on next page

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Page 4 the Anthony Republican • September 4, 2024HARPER COUNTYDISTRICT COURT REPORTIndividuals listed below are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.PAID TRAFFIC CITATIONS7/20: Nathen A. Davis: 1) Speeding - 74/65. $153.00. 24-TR-145.7/30: Marissa L. Gehring: 1) Speeding - 42/30; $165.00. 24-TR-165.7/31: Eric Avalos: 1) Speeding - 83/65; $201.00. 24-TR-167.8/1: Joseph E. OBrien: 1) Speeding - 75/65; $153.00. 24-TR-171.8/1: Jack F. Stephenson: 1) Speeding - 81/65; $189.00. 24-TR-172.8/13: Kevin A. Sarver: 1) Speeding - 78/65; $171.00. 24-TR-186.CRIMINAL CASE FILINGSState of Kansas vs. Benjamin T. Swartz: 1) Possession of psilocybin mushrooms. 2) Possession of marijuana. 3) Possession of drug paraphernalia. 24-CR-66.State of Kansas vs. Jamie N. McCalla: 1) Possession of psilocybin mushrooms. 2) Possession of marijuana. 3) Possession of drug paraphernalia. 24-CR-67.COUNTY COURT DOCKETJUDGE SCOTT E. McPHERSONTuesday, September 3, 20241:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Jennifer C. Hobbs, probation violation; 18-CR-78.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Kyle R. Rose, motion; 23-CR-77.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Christian J. Randleman, preliminary hearing; 24-CR-5.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Matthew D. Clark, motion; 24-CR-43.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Meagan D. Guile, status conference; 24-CR-50.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. James L. Rouse, status conference; 24-CR-53.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Christopher D. Otis, preliminary hearing; 24-CR-56.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Rana J. McGrew, status conference; 24-TR-28.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Ivan Gallardo, status conference; 24-TR-111.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Joel A. Turrubiates, rst appearance; 24-TR-158Thursday, September 5, 20249:00 a.m. State of Kansas vs. Byron L. Richards IV, bench trial; 24-CR-25.9:00 a.m. Velocity Investments LLC vs. Teresa Brixey, answer hearing; 24-LM-78.1:30 p.m. State of Kansas vs. Jessica Padilla, preliminary hearing; 24-CR-11.HARPER COUNTY JAILARRESTS & BOOKINGSCamron W. Tambunga, 28: Arrested: 8-26-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Probation violation.Hollie A. Kelle, 34: Arrested: 8-29-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: APD. Charges: 1) Failure to appear. 2) Interference with law enforcement ofcer - obstruct/resist/oppose warrant service. 3) Criminal trespass - remain in deance of order by owner.Terry D. Tolbert, 38: Arrested: 8-29-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HCSO. Charges: 1) Failure to appear.Jairo H. Lopez-Cortez, 20: Arrested: 8-30-24; Released: N/A. Arrested By: HPD. Charges: 1) Disorderly conduct. 2) Criminal threat.HARPER COUNTY DEEDSBOOK D108#1431 - Statutory Warranty Deed: Jeff Jelinek to Jeff R. Jelinek, Trustee of the Jeff R. Jelinek Living Trust, Parcel 1: the W/2 of the SE/4 of Sect. 21, Twp. 34 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M.; and the NE/4 of Sect. 21, Twp. 34 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M.; and the NW/4 of Sect. 21, Twp. 34 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M., including a tract in the NE corner of the NW/4; Parcel 2: the N/2 of the N/2 of the NE/4 of Sect. 5, Twp. 32 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M.; Parcel 3: the N/2 of the NW/4 of Sect. 34, Twp. 34 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M.; Parcel 5: the NE/4 of Sect. 17, Twp. 34 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M., and the N/2 of the SE/4 of Sect. 17, Twp. 34 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M.; Parcel 6: the W/2 of Sect. 12, Twp. 34 S, Range 5 W of the 6th P.M.; Parcel 7: a tract in the SE corner of Blk. 49 in the City of Bluff City; and all of Blk. 52, and a tract in the NE corner of Blk. 52, in the CIty of Bluff City; and Lots 13-24 in Blk. 69 in the City of Bluff City; all in Harper County, Kansas.#1432 - Trustee’s Deed: Martha Hadsall, Trustee of the Kenneth L. Hadsall Living Trust, to Martha Hadsall, Trustee of the Martha Hadsall Living Trust, a tract in the NE corner of the E/2 of Blk. 7 in Rasure’s Addition to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1433 - Trustee’s Deed: Better G. Scribner, Trustee of teh Scribner Revocable Trust, to Liqin Wang, the N/62.5’ of the S/112.5’ of the W/2 of Blk. 4 E in Highland Addition to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.#1434 - Warranty Deed: Michael R. Gammill and Susan J. Gammill to Colby W. Green, a tract of land in the SW/4 of Sect. 16, Twp. 32 S, Range 8 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1435 - Quit Claim Deed: Jane Gardner to Arnold D. Melbuer Jr., Lot 5 in Blk. 6 of Martin’s Addition (aka 503 E. 8th) in the City of Harper, Harper County, Kansas.#1436 - Quit Clai Deed: Emily R. Goetz to Dustin W. Goetz, a tract in the NE/4 of Sect. 10, Twp. 31 S, Range 9 W of the 6th P.M., Harper County, Kansas.#1437 - Transfer-On-Death Deed: Ronald W. Eden and Shirley J. Eden transfer on death to Heather R. Downey, Lot 26 E in Spring Creek Addition to the City of Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.tient is still looking forward to being seen June 3rd. Lisa, our dialysis director, is also looking into the option of home dialysis.Touched on Behavioral Health at PHC. Teaff re-minded the board that PHC is apart of Sunﬂower Health Network to get some help with the program. PHC is in the process of incorporat-ing behavioral health into the clinic more so there is support from our physicians and BH employees. Teaff discussed Annual Wellness Visits with the board. AWVs are Medi-care wellness visits for pa-tients once a year. They are a hands off visit with their provider to go over their overall wellness and plans for the year concerning the patients wellness. Financial StatementsOwen reported on the April 2024 Financials. April’s activity in cash accounts was reviewed that included payments received and ex-penses paid out. Payments received from insurance and patients were $1,824,728.37. Additional revenue included reimbursement from Harp-er County Health Founda-tion for dialysis equipment of $111,763 and Provider Assessment Payments of $1,500. April included two payrolls paid out. Days Cash on Hand are 181 days. Pa-tient Accounts Receivable decreased with a total AR balance of $2,869,145.00 and AR Days at 30.47. The backlog of claim processing and payments due to the Change Healthcare cyber-attack that occurred in Feb-ruary was received in April and seems to be resolved. Gross Patient Revenue for April was $1,950,403; a YTD increase of $125,492 com-pared to April 2023. Outpa-tient revenue continues to have a strong YTD increase of 10.87% or $484,945 over April 2023. Total Operating Expenses were $2,258,747; a monthly increase of $225,592.00. A Net Loss of $209,734.00 was reported for the month of April with a YTD Loss of $477,179.The 2023 Medicare Cost Report has been ﬁled and a payable of $766,557 is due. Factors that contributed to the payable include the in-crease in Outpatient servic-es related to Medicare Part B services where the costs associated with those servic-es remained ﬂat. Payment rates associated with the Rural Health Clinics were also too high during the year, causing overpayment. In addition, Medicare paid HOSPITAL Continued from previous pageHOSPITAL Continued on next page

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the Anthony Republican • September 4, 2024 Page 5Obituary...David W. Denton1955 ~ 2024David Wayne Denton, 69, went to Heaven on August 25, 2024. Born on July 28, 1955, in Anthony, KS to Robert and Jeannetta Den-ton, he grew up in Anthony and at-tended Chapparal High School. He married the love of his life, Carter Anne Haakinson, on September 16, 1973, in Anthony, KS. The commitment they had to each other was a great example for many. For 28 years they made their home in Kingsher, OK, where they raised their two daughters, Kimberly and Kacey. David and Carter built and operated several local businesses in the area including Daylight Do-nuts and Double D’s. They were active members of the community where many of his friends knew him as “Donut”. David enjoyed xing things, golng, and working with his tools. He spent hours on projects around his house, at his daughter’s houses and helping many friends. David was a man that could al-ways make you laugh and found much happiness in laughter. In 2007, David and Carter moved to Oklahoma City to be close to Kim and Kacey. The last few years he found joy in his two grandchildren that called him Papa. He was pre-ceded in death by his wife Carter, his father Robert and his sister Jo Ellen. He is survived by his daugh-ter Kimberly and husband Michael Gillespie of Yukon, daughter Kac-ey and husband Trip Armour and grandchildren Margaret Anne and Robert Lynn “Court” of Edmond, his mother Jeannetta Denton of Enid, his sisters Jane Whisman and Judy Edwards and brother Edward (Pam) Denton along with many lov-ing family and friends. Services will be held at 11am on Friday, August 30th at Buchanan Funeral Services in Oklahoma City. In lieu of owers, memorials may be made to Life-Share Foundation at LifeShareOK-Foundation.org or mailed to 4705 NW Expressway, Oklahoma City, OK 73132.Obituary...Donald Lee Cooper1933 ~ 2024Donald Lee Cooper, age 90, of Dwight, Kansas formerly of Man-hattan, Kansas, passed away Au-gust 26, 2024, in Dwight.He was born on September 16, 1933, on the family farm in Osh-kosh, Garden County, Nebraska, the son of Jesse Floyd and Nellie Fern (Atkinson) Cooper. Don was the youngest of eight siblings: Rob-ert Henry Cooper, Violet “Sis” Mc-Cabe, Virgil Cooper, Alice DeWitt, Clara Mae McConkey, Roseanna Nass, George Edward Cooper, and Donald Lee Cooper.Don grew up on the family farm and attended local schools. He graduated from Garden County High School in Oshkosh with the class of 1951. In August of 1951 he attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. In 1953 he was drafted into the U.S. Army and served his basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas. He served in the 16th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Armored Division in Baumholder, German, as the Com-munication Chief.After his honorable discharge from the Army, he attended Kan-sas State University and earned his bachelor’s degree in Technical Agronomy in May of 1958. Follow-ing his graduation, he accepted a position with SCS in Wichita as a soil conservationist. In 1961 he was assigned to the Anthony, Kan-sas eld ofce. He was later re-assigned to ofces in Columbus, Kansas, and again to Anthony, as the Resource Conservation and Development Coordinator in Min-neapolis, Kansas. In March 1979 he became the District Conserva-tionist in Geary and Riley County ofce in Manhattan. He retired on December 31, 1988.Don was a member of NARFE (National Association of Retired Employees), the College Avenue United Methodist Church in Man-hattan. He was incredibly involved in OCTA (Oregon California Trail Association).On July 29, 1956, in Osborne, Kansas at the Osborne United Methodist Church he was united in marriage to Jewell Merriam Britt. They were blessed with two chil-dren: Bradley Brett, who was born on December 4, 1959, in Wichita and Pamela Dawn, who was born on March 27, 1963, in Anthony. Jewell preceded him in death in 1964, while the family was living in Columbus, Kansas.On August 23, 1965, in Colum-bus, he was married to Mary Jane O’Banion Moore at the First United Methodist Church. He adopted Mary Jane’s children: Mary Virginia “Ginger,” who was seven and Rich-ard Jackson, who was four. Mary Jane passed away in 1986 and his daughter Ginger passed away in 2022.Don is survived by his sons, Brad Cooper (Sonia) of Inman, Kansas and Richard Cooper (An-drea) of Baxter Springs, Kansas and his daughter Pam Switzer (Scott) of Dwight, Kansas; also his grandchildren: Matthew Wiebe, Adam Wiebe (Andrea), Emily Spit-tles (Dustin), Crystal Lamb (Keith), Holly Cooper, Sky Cooper, Lane Cooper, Kyla Kane, Kristy Tanner (Brad) and 3 great-grandkids, 1 great-great grandson.The family will greet friends dur-ing a visitation form 6:00 until 7:30 p.m. Friday August 30, 2024, at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Fu-neral Home in Manhattan.A private burial will be later at the Osborne Cemetery in Osborne, Kansas.The family suggests memorial contributions in memory of Don to the College Avenue United Meth-odist Church in Manhattan. Contri-butions may be left in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Fu-neral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas 66502.Online condolences may be left for the family through the funeral home website at www.ymlfuneral-home.comHOSPITAL Continued from previous page$222,500 for Part B Retro Interim Payments for ser-vices dates of January 1-Au-gusut 31, 2023, that is being paid back. Changes in Medi-care rates are expected with an increase in Acute and Swingbed but a decrease in the RHC per visit rate and the Outpatient percentage for year 2024. A payable was expected with the 2023 Medicare Cost Report based on the interim cost report that was done as of October 31, 2023.Accounts payable for April were $1,818,157.50. Motion by Fallis seconded by Wedman to approve ac-counts payable. Motion car-ried unanimously.Harper County Health Foundation (HCHF)Foundation came and served ice cream for Patter-son for hospital week last week. The annual Golf tour-nament is going to be Au-gust 17th. Unﬁnished BusinessCerner: The Cerner con-tract will end at the end of the year. Leadership is dis-cussing Cerner and some other options going forward. PHC is looking to switch to Great Plain Health Alli-ance. It will still be a Cerner product, but through GPHA. They are more responsive and get better support from their company. Leadership is looking to the future and is concluding that in the long run going with GPHA will be the best option for the facil-ity. Teaff asked for the board to approve her the author-ity to sign a new contract without the boards vote at a board meeting if needs to be done between meetings. Motion made by Wedman; seconded by Penner. Motion carried unanimously. Executive SessionNone. AdjournmentThere was no further business, and the meeting was adjourned to 6:40pm. Motion made by Lanie; sec-onded by Walker. Motion carried unanimously.Approved by the BoardKara Bello, SecretaryBy Jennifer WolffTEFAP Food Commodi-ties will be distributed Thursday September 26th at the county courthouse 201 N. Jennings from 8:30 am – Noon. Commodities are distributed every odd numbered month through-out the year. Income guide-lines apply but amounts were updated in July so check with the Aging Ofﬁce to see if you qualify 620-842-5104. Local food banks can also assist with your nutri-tion needs. In Anthony, Oba-diah’s Pantry distributes the 1st Monday & Thursday of the month. The Attica Food Bank is open the 1st & 3rd Dept. On Aging: TEFAP Food Commodities Sept. 26thWednesday of the month. Harpers’ Food Bank is open for food pick up the 1st Tues-day of the month. The Public Transporta-tion Service assists ALL Harper Co residents of any age to stay indepen-dent with transportation to work, medical appoint-ments, shopping, errands, Patterson Health Center & locations less than 70 miles. Hours of operation: 8:30am– 4:30 pm, Monday – Friday. Every Harper Co resident can ride with public transit regardless of age or mobility. AGING Continued on Page 8

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G-2874AN ORDINANCE CALLING FOR AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024, FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING ON A PROPOSITION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF ANTHONY, KANSAS, TO SELL TWELVE (12) ACRES +/- OF CITY OWNED PARKLAND AT ANTHONY LAKE, HARPER COUNTY, KANSAS.WHEREAS, the City of Anthony completed a Housing Assessment in 2023 which identiﬁ ed the need for more quality 3+ bedroom mid-priced housing as the top priority goal; andWHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Anthony has established incentive programs to encourage private investment of new development to meet the objectives of the Housing Assessment and provide solutions to local business recruitment and retention needs; andWHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Anthony has received a proposal to construct additional residential housing on twelve (12) +/- acres of undeveloped parkland at Anthony Lake as show in Exhibit A; andWHEREAS, K.S.A. 12-1301 et seq., as amended, authorizes cities to sell parkland after publishing notice of such proposal for two consecutive weeks in the ofﬁ cial city paper, notice of which did ofﬁ cially publish in the Anthony Republican on July 10, 2024, and July 17, 2024; andWHEREAS, K.S.A. 12-1301 et seq. further directs that if a protest petition is ﬁ led in the ofﬁ ce of the City Clerk within 30 days from the date of the last publication of such notice, no such sale shall be made until the Governing Body shall be instructed so to do by a majority of all votes cast on the proposition at a regular or special election, such qualifying protest petition was received by the Anthony City Clerk on August 12, 2024; andWHEREAS, the Governing Body has determined it is in the best interests of the City to consider opportunities of development that meet established housing goals and positively impact the long-term economic sustainability for the community; and WHEREAS, the Governing Body has further determined it is in the best interests of the City to call for an election for authorization to sell said parkland for economic development purposes.BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ANTHONY, KANSAS:SECTION ONE: An election is hereby called to be held in the manner prescribed by law on the 5th day of November 2024 for the purpose of submitting to the qualiﬁ ed electors of the City of Anthony, Kansas, a special question regarding the sale of parkland at Anthony Lake as set out in Section Two hereof, in accordance with K.S.A. 10-120 et seq., and all other provisions of law. SECTION TWO: At the election, the following special question shall be submitted: Should the City of Anthony sell 12 +/- acres of city-owned parkland at Anthony Lake?SECTION THREE: If approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon, the Governing Body of the City of Anthony shall proceed with the process of allowing the negotiation and sale of undeveloped parkland at Anthony Lake as determined in the best interests of the city. SECTION FOUR: The election is requested to be conducted as a part of the November General Election by the Harper County Election Ofﬁ cer in accordance with notice published in accordance with K.S.A. 12-1301 et seq., and K.S.A. 10-120, et seq., as required by law.SECTION FIVE: Upon adoption of this Ordinance, the City Clerk is hereby directed to deliver a certiﬁ ed copy of this Ordinance to the Harper County Election Ofﬁ cer. Notice of the election shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in accordance with K.S.A. 10-120 et seq. SECTION SEVEN: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its publication in the Anthony Republican, the ofﬁ cial City newspaper, as provided by law.Passed, approved, and adopted this 20th day of August 2024.ATTEST: Gregory Cleveland, Mayor Cyndra Kastens, City Clerk/Administrator Exhibit A – Approximately 12+/- Acres located in the City of Anthony, just north of West Deer Creek Trail located in the NW1/4 of 11-33-7 Harper County, KS.PUBLIC NOTICE(First Published in The Anthony Republican, Wednesday, August 28, 2024) 2tCITY OF ANTHONYORDINANCE NO. G-2874AN ORDINANCE CALLING FOR AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024, FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING ON A PROPOSITION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF ANTHONY, KANSAS, TO SELL TWELVE (12) ACRES +/- OF CITY OWNED PARKLAND AT ANTHONY LAKE, HARPER COUNTY, KANSAS.WHEREAS, the City of Anthony completed a Housing Assessment in 2023 which identiﬁ ed the need for more quality 3+ bedroom mid-priced housing as the top priority goal; andWHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Anthony has established incentive programs to encourage private investment of new development to meet the objectives of the Housing Assessment and provide solutions to local business recruitment and retention needs; andWHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Anthony has received a proposal to construct additional residential housing on twelve (12) +/- acres of undeveloped parkland at Anthony Lake as show in Exhibit A; andWHEREAS, K.S.A. 12-1301 et seq., as amended, authorizes cities to sell parkland after publishing notice of such proposal for two consecutive weeks in the ofﬁ cial city paper, notice of which did ofﬁ cially publish in the Anthony Republican on July 10, 2024, and July 17, 2024; andWHEREAS, K.S.A. 12-1301 et seq. further directs that if a protest petition is ﬁ led in the ofﬁ ce of the City Clerk within 30 days from the date of the last publication of such notice, no such sale shall be made until the Governing Body shall be instructed so to do by a majority of all votes cast on the proposition at a regular or special election, such qualifying protest petition was received by the Anthony City Clerk on August 12, 2024; andWHEREAS, the Governing Body has determined it is in the best interests of the City to consider opportunities of development that meet established housing goals and positively impact the long-term economic sustainability for the community; and WHEREAS, the Governing Body has further determined it is in the best interests of the City to call for an election for authorization to sell said parkland for economic development purposes.BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ANTHONY, KANSAS:SECTION ONE: An election is hereby called to be held in the manner prescribed by law on the 5th day of November 2024 for the purpose of submitting to the qualiﬁ ed electors of the City of Anthony, Kansas, a special question regarding the sale of parkland at Anthony Lake as set out in Section Two hereof, in accordance with K.S.A. 10-120 et seq., and all other provisions of law. SECTION TWO: At the election, the following special question shall be submitted: Should the City of Anthony sell 12 +/- acres of city-owned parkland at Anthony Lake?SECTION THREE: If approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon, the Governing Body of the City of Anthony shall proceed with the process of allowing the negotiation and sale of undeveloped parkland at Anthony Lake as determined in the best interests of the city. SECTION FOUR: The election is requested to be conducted as a part of the November General Election by the Harper County Election Ofﬁ cer in accordance with notice published in accordance with K.S.A. 12-1301 et seq., and K.S.A. 10-120, et seq., as required by law.SECTION FIVE: Upon adoption of this Ordinance, the City Clerk is hereby directed to deliver a certiﬁ ed copy of this Ordinance to the Harper County Election Ofﬁ cer. Notice of the election shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in accordance with K.S.A. 10-120 et seq. SECTION SEVEN: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its publication in the Anthony Republican, the ofﬁ cial City newspaper, as provided by law.Passed, approved, and adopted this 20th day of August 2024.ATTEST: Gregory Cleveland, Mayor Cyndra Kastens, City Clerk/Administrator Exhibit A – Approximately 12+/- Acres located in the City of Anthony, just north of West Deer Creek Trail located in the NW1/4 of 11-33-7 Harper County, KS.GOT NEWS???Send It To Us Atanthonyrepublican@att.net60 YEARS AGO - 1964New Pirate cheerlead-ers at Anthony High School were Vickie Warner, senior; Judy Miller, junior; Carol Warner, junior; and Jane Foster, senior. The girls re-placed Dana Dial, Connie Carr, Lola Duran, and Pat Roach, cheerleaders the prior year.Chosen last spring to head their respective class-es at Anthony High School were: Mike Wyatt, senior class president; Bill Carr, junior class president; Da-vid Warbinton, sophomore class president. Student Council president was Kent Patterson. 50 YEARS AGO - 1974 The Town and Country Room of the Citizens Na-tional Bank was the scene for a surprise baby shower for Dana Mortimer. Host-esses for the evening were Jane Gates, Nancy Osborn, Jane Lynn, Roxanne Cath-erwood and Susan Thomas. Those attending were Eva Mortimer, Irene Nicholas, Cheryl Bergman, Mildred Bogdanovecz, Helen Morris, Ferrell LaPlant, Darlene Laing, Bucilla Blair, Wyn-ona Mandevill, Hazel Carr, Donna Berrey, Bertha Fox, Mary Pﬁefer, Cindy Gasper, Denise Rhea, Jackie Powell, Judy Silcott and Ruth Pat-terson.Several young people from the First Church of God had attended church camp at Camp Fellowship near Lake Afton. They were Manda Smith, Christina Jennings, Lisa Smith, Lind-sey Smith, Linda Evans and Anna Livings.The winner of the Harp-er County 4-H Queen con-test was determined on a penny-a-vote basis. Con-testants for queen were Sharon Wedman, Connie FILES Continued on next page620-842-5129 • 121 E. 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Page 8 the Anthony Republican • September 4, 2024Equal access is provided to the public. Although we are available to make trips M-F out of county, rides need to be scheduled 24 hours in ad-vance & the bus returns for Harper Co by 3pm. We are currently looking for a full time or part time driver so please call ahead 620-842-Cather, Debbie Bassford, Sheri Vogt and Beth Salser. Sharon Wedman, a member of the Hilltopper 4-H Club was crowned queen. 40 YEARS AGO - 1984 A baby shower was held at the Citizens National Bank hospitality room for Rick and Valerie Podschun and new son, Adam Daniel. Hosstesses were Myra Turn-er, Beth Jensen and Susan Blanchat.The Shocker Striders 4x800 meter relay team ran ﬁve-seconds slower than their best time at the AAU Junior Olympics National Track Meet in Jacksonville, Florida, but nevertheless, the time was good enough to earn ﬁrst place. The time was 8:00 ﬂat. Jon Joslin, Ar-gonia, and a senior at Chap-arral, ran the anchor leg on that relay team.Ken and Marsha Caroth-ers of Anthony, announced the birth of a son, Kregg Ryan Carothers on August 19, 1984 at the Anthony Hospital weighing 8 lbs. 1-3/4 ozs. Kregg has a broth-er, Kyle Ray, four years old. 30 YEARS AGO - 1994About 5,500 people paid their way into Anthony Downs and wagered rough-ly $170,000 at the six-day horse and greyhound pari-mutual race.One group of Little Sun-ﬂower League All-Stars defeated another group at Argonia. The North Stars, made up of players from Clearwater, Conway Springs and Argonia, beat the South Stars of Harper, Anthony and Caldwell. Members of the South All-Stars were Erin Shepard, Sharla Dunn and Tabitha Cullop of An-thony; Erica Stevens, Alison Latta, Amanda Jayroe and Kara Dunkelberger, Harper; Traci Lungren, Julie Craft, Brenna Struble, Erica Scott, Caldwell. Star coaches were Rick Shepard, Connie Co-penhaver and Bonnie Dunn, all of Anthony. The Eagle, the highest award in Boy Scouts, was bestowed on Trent Cleve-land at the United Method-ist Church in Harper. Trent, 14, was a member of Troop #853 in Harper, under the leadership of Bill McGuire.20 YEARS AGO - 2004After ten long years, Chase Coady was a very well traveled and educated young man. Coady gradu-ated from Chaparral High School in the class of 1994 and started his college ca-reer at Washburn Univer-sity, then on to Coffeyville Community College, then to Oklahoma State University, then to Emporia State Uni-versity and ﬁnally to Wich-ita State University, where the faculty of Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences awarded him the degree of bachelor of general studies. Anthony Fair Association President Daniel Bird was presented with a proclama-tion from the City of An-thony by Mayor John Schott recognizing the successful Centennial Celebration at Anthony Downs this year.Randi Catlin, a 2004 graduate of Attica High School, was crowned 2004 Attica Rodeo Queen. Cat-lin was presented her sash by rodeo announcer Cindy Boden.10 YEARS AGO - 2014 Mary Ewertz, owner of Mary Ewertz Salon, was voted “Favorite Anthony Business" during the Antho-ny Chamber of Commerce’s Independents Week Retail Promotion. Cindy Hamill of Anthony was the winner of the $100 in Anthony Bucks.Surrounded by the chaos of papers from the multiple hats he wears as photogra-pher, newspaper editor and ﬁre chief, Ken Leu found a pleasing sort of similarity to his recently granted honor of Fair Grand Marshal.The winner of the Harper County Fair Button design contest was Grace Brannon. She was presented with $50 FILES Continued from previous pagefor the winning design. Au-drey Bebermeyer won the $50 prize for the design that was picked for the Fair Book cover.5 YEARS AGO - 2019Showing at the historic Anthony Theatre was Paul Newman in “Cool Hand Luke.”Upon the opening of Pat-terson Health Center, ﬁve patients were transported from the Harper and An-thony Hospital campuses to Patterson on July 22, 2019. Receiving Dean’s Scho-lastic Honors from Pitts-burg State University from Anthony, was Jaden Helms, Elementary Education K-6, SR.Lesley Warner, who had been involved with the Ar-gonia Hilltoppers 4-H Club since 2001, was the winner for both, the Harper County Button design and the Fair Book design.AGING Continued from Page 55104 for ride reservations & rates. 1st come, 1st served. Advance reservations are rec-ommended.Out of County Transit Schedule: Mon 9/9: WichitaTues 9/10: WichitaWed 9/11: Wichita Thurs 9/12: WichitaFri 9/13: Wichita All routes are subject to change without notice. Photo By: Ross Downing/Anthony RepublicanWHERE BUGS COME ALIVE: The Stick Bug sculpture wel-comes visitors to the AT Sculpture Garden located at 115 E. Spring. Stop by and see the other bugs hanging around!CHS VOLLEYBALL - MAKAYLA SWARTZPhoto By: Don HoltPhoto By: Don HoltCHS VOLLEYBALL - MAKIYA MAKAPhoto By: Don HoltPhoto By: Don HoltCourtesy PhotosLIVE COMEDY AT THEATRE: Jon Stringer (left) headlined the clean comedy show over the holiday weekend, and he in-vited Lynde Langdon of Wichita (right) to open for him. Jon and his wife Joanna bought the Grace Episcopal Church several years ago and are excited to call Anthony home. (Photo credit: Joanna Stringer) The renovated marquee at the Historic Anthony Theatre was lit up on Saturday night, August 31st, highlighting a rst time for Harper County — a stand-up comedy show! The community turned out in great numbers and had an awesome time lled with laughs! (Photo credit: Kari O’Riley)