Anderson County Review — December 18, 2025

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CodeRED:
Dead
County pressing to find new
emergency notification service
after hackers attack old system
BY DANE HICKS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. A ransomware
attack in early November against the
company that owns Anderson Countys
CodeRED emergency notification system has resulted in the complete shutdown of that software on a national
level, and pushed Anderson County officials into emergency mode to find a
replacement system.
Anderson
County
Emergency
Preparedness director Sarah Burkhart
told county commissioners Monday the
CodeRED system that notified county
residents of weather and security emergencies was now offline with no presumption of when it might be repaired.
CodeRED is working getting their
system on right now but theres no
known date on when that will happen,
Burkhart told commissioners. Right
now, if we need to send a message out,
we can do that through the state, she
said. But thats got to go from me to
The Anderson Counth High School Chamber Choir performs I
Saw Three Ships during Monday nights Christmas Concert presentation. Front row from left: Morgan Gooding, Owen Thompson
and Kris Holloway. Second row: Bella Boisclair, Ruth Jones,
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 12-18-2025 / DANE HICKS
Shep Carver, Owen Hawkins. Back row: Brooklyn Strobel, Nora
Thompson and Justice Brummel. The choir is directed by Natasha
Goetz.
County P&Z finalizes solar regs, will submit to commission
Plan exempts rooftop
solar, caps industrial
acreage at 4,000 total
BY DANE HICKS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
GARNETT
Anderson
County planning and zoning
commissioners Monday night
approved a comprehensive set
of solar energy regulations
which give approval to private
and small business use while
capping the size of industrial
installations.
County
commissioners
instituted two one year moratoriums on industrial solar applications while planning and
zoning staff researched a regulatory outline Aimed primarily at industrial solar projects
in the county. The new regs,
which have yet to be approved
by county commissioners,
details a comprehensive set of
regulations governing large,
ground-mounted solar energy
projects, establishing strict
limits on where such facilities
may be built, how large they
can be, and how they must
be operated, maintained, and
eventually removed.
County zoning director Tom
Young said the proposed document, outlined in Section 25 of
the County Zoning Regulations,
is designed to balance renewable energy development with
the countys stated goals of protecting agricultural land, preserving rural character, and
safeguarding public health and
safety.
Under the proposal, rooftop solar installations would
remain exempt from the new
rules. The regulations apply
only to ground-mounted solar
energy conversion systems
(SECS) used primarily for commercial or utility-scale electricity production.
Commercial solar projects
of up to 160 acres would be
allowed only through a special
use permit in agricultural and
industrial zoning districts.
Utility-scale projects exceeding
160 acres would be restricted to
industrial zoning districts and
would also require a special
use permit.
Certain types of solar technology, including concentrated
solar thermal systems, would
be prohibited in most zoning
districts.
A major feature of the proposal is a 4,000-acre cap on the
total amount of land countywide that may be permitted
for solar projects. All acreage
within an approved permit
area would count toward the
cap, not just the land occupied
by solar panels. Once the cap
is reached, no additional solar
projects could be approved
unless existing projects are
fully decommissioned or abandoned.
To limit the conversion of
productive farmland, large
projects covering 160 acres or
more would be restricted to
no more than 50 percent prime
agricultural land, excluding
required setbacks and buffer
areas. County officials say this
provision aligns with the countys comprehensive plan and
long-term agricultural priorities.
The ordinance establishes
significant setbacks between
solar facilities, neighboring
properties, residences, and
other solar projects. Depending
SEE CODERED ON PAGE 16
Opponents launch
petition to save Greeley
Elementary School
Author says value of
instruction, community should
outweigh cost considerations
BY DANE HICKS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
GREELEY Opponents of a USD 365
proposal to close Greeley elementary
school have started a petition drive on a
national online political website, hoping
in the end to sway school board members away from the plan which would
shatter the school with the beginning of
next school year.
The district has scheduled a public
hearing on the proposal at 7:15 p.m. Jan.
8 at the district offices at Ray Meyer
Gym in Garnett.
Janelle May posted the description of
the petition at Change.org.
Greeley Elementary School has been
an integral part of our community for
generations, serving as more than just
a place of education, May wrote on the
SEE REGS ON PAGE 16
SEE SCHOOL ON PAGE 8
Kobach demands AI companies operating in Kansas
declare their security intentions, provide for kids safety
BY MICHAEL RYAN
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 12-18-2025 / DANE HICKS
Garnett city work crews plant the Burr Oak Liberty Tree at Lake Garnett
Park Tuesday. The tree was donated by former resident Dan Benjamin
in preparation for the Garnetts America 250 Celebration coming this
summer when the nation celebrates its 250th birthday. A short dedication
ceremony is scheduled at 11 a.m Monday, Dec. 22, at the site near the
park batting cages. The public is invited to attend and be part of a historical photo of the event.
THE HEARTLANDER
TOPEKA In what his office
calls a blistering open letter,
the Kansas attorney general is
warning artificial intelligence
companies to implement a significant course correction or be
held accountable for harm to
minors.
Kansas is prepared to
enforce civil and criminal liability against companies that
prioritize profits and speed
over safeguards for children,
parents, and consumers, reads
a Monday text from AG Kris
Kobach.
A press release announcing
the letter says its prompted by
disturbing and inappropriate
outcomes caused by Big Techs
AI companion chatbots.
Indeed, Missouri Sen. Josh
Hawley, among others, has
raised alarm over chatbots
AI programs that emulate
human communication with
users being inappropriately flirtatious with minors and
even fostering youth suicide.
In one example cited by
Reuters, Meta standards say
when a hypothetical high
schooler asks What are we
going to do tonight, my love?
the company says an appropriate chatbot response is: Ill
show you. I take your hand,
guiding you to the bed. Our
bodies entwined, I cherish
every moment, every touch,
every kiss. My love, I whisper, Ill love you forever.
Metas standards conclude,
It is acceptable to engage a
child in conversations that
are romantic or sensual.
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12-18-2025 / AI rendering
SEE KOBACH ON PAGE 16
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RECORD
NEWS IN
BRIEF
PET REGISTRATION
DEADLINE MARCH 1
The City of Garnett wants to
remind citizens to register
their dogs/cats with the City
of Garnett before March 1,
2026. A late registration fee
will be assessed to any registration on or after March 1,
2026, for twice the amount
of the annual registration
fee.
GARNETT SENIOR CENTER
NEW YEARS BRUNCH
Celebrate the New Year
with a brunch at the Garnett
Senior Center on Thursday,
January 1st at 10 a.m.
Biscuits & gravy will be provided. Please bring a side
dish to share.
AMERICAN LEGION BINGO
HOLIDAY CHANGES
There will be no Bingo at
American Legion Post 48
Garnett on December 23rd
and December 30th. Bingo
will resume on Tuesday,
January 6, 2026 at 6:30pm.
VFW SETS CORNHOLE
TOURNEYS THURSDAYS
Every Thursday there will
be a cornhole tournament
at the Garnett VFW, 1507 S.
Elm St. It is a family friendly event open to everyone.
Registration begins at 6
p.m., tournament begins at
6:30 p.m. Entry fee is $15.
UNPLANNED PREGNANCY
Advice & Aid Pregnancy
Center in Overland Park
helps women and their
families make an educated decision about an
unplanned pregnancy by
providing evidence-based,
medical information about
parenting, adoption and
abortion. Call (913) 9620200 for information or visit
www.adviceandaid.com.
CORRECTION
Last weeks Record section
in the Review omitted one of the
Traffic Citation headings, so those
citations were listed under the sheriffs department arrests section.
These individuals were cited for
traffic violations but were not arrested. Our apologies for the error.
ANDERSON COUNTY
COMMISSION
DECEMBER 8, 2025
Chairman Leslie McGhee
called the meeting of the
Anderson County Commission to
order at 9:00 AM on December
8, 2025 at the Anderson County
Commission Room. Attendance:
Leslie McGhee, Present: Michael
Blaufuss, Present: Anthony
Mersman, Present. The Pledge of
Allegiance was recited. Minutes
from the previous meeting were
approved as presented.
County Clerk
Julie Wettstein, County Clerk,
met with the commission. She
will be receiving bids for a preventative maintenance agreement for the heating and cooling
systems in the courthouse and
annex buildings. She will also be
receiving bids for the repair of
the copper guttering around the
courthouse. A report was given to
the commissioners reflecting total
expenditures per department year
to date.
Tri-Ko
Commissioner Blaufuss moved
and Commissioner Mersman seconded to appoint Jennifer Myers
to the Tri-ko board of directors to
fill the vacancy effective January
1, 2026 through December 2028.
All voted yes.
Abatements & Adds
Abatements B26-115 through
B26-120 and adds A26-105
through A26-106 were approved
as presented.
Adjourn
Meeting adjourned at 12:00
PM due to no further business.
ANDERSON COUNTY
LAND TRANSFERS FILED
Travis Nicholls and Megan
Nicholls to Peter M Preisinger
and Kylie Preisinger: All that part
of sw4 ne4 & nw4 se4 18-21-20
lying east of US Hwy 169.
Donna J Scott to Brandon
McDaniel: A tract of land in nw4
28-21-19 described as follows:
Beg at swcor nw4 said section
28, thence north 005129 east
2642.86 feet to nwcor said nw4;
thence north 893813 east
1995.08 feet to pt being 667.60
feet west of necor said nw4;
thence south 004857 west
2228.62 feet, along an existing
fence, thence north 893122
west 616.71 feet; thence south
002838 west 418.00 feet to
south line of said nw4; thence
north 893122 west 1382.75
feet to pob; said tract contains
115.27 acres, more or less.
Sam C Gallaher and Genna
Gallaher to Tristin Michael Estep
and Andrea Estep: Lot 8 in block
23 in the City of Garnett.
Waterfall Investment Group
LLC to Frank Graham Trustee,
Mary Graham Trustee and Frank
& Mary Graham Living Trust
Dated 3-31-2016: Com at secor
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sw4 16-20-18, thence north 330,
thence west 660, thence south
330, thence westliving trust dated
660, thence north 990 to center
of elm creek, thence southeast
1814 following center of Elm
Creek bed, continuing into sw4
se4 said section 16, thence south
638, thence west 350 to corner
adjoining swcor se4 with secor
sw4 said section 16, the pob.
Ellen Mast and Norman F Mast
to Frank J Tastove Co-Trustee,
Irene D Tastove Co-Trustee and
Frank J & Irene D Tastove Trust
Dated 12-29-2011: N2 sw4 14-2118 & e2 se4 15-21-18.
Glen R Herschberger and
Patricia E Herschberger to Frank
J Tastove Co-Trustee, Irene D
Tastove Co-Trustee and Frank
J & Irene D Tastove Trust Dated
12-29-2011: N2 sw4 14-21-18 &
e2 se4 15-21-18.
John P Dauner Ranch to Jill
Dauner: E2 sw4 lying east of
county gravel road in 32-19-19.
Patrick Sands and Leesa
Sands to Collin Elsea: W2 lot 2 &
all lot 3 blk 73 City of Garnett.
Kathy Jo Saint to Nathan R
Steward and Tiffany D Steward:
Lots 1, 2, 3 blk 7 Baileys Orchard
Park Addition (rev 1978) to City of
Garnett; & south 14 lot 4 & south
14 of west 27 lot 5 blk 7 Baileys
Orchard Park Addition (rev 1978)
to City of Garnett.
ANDERSON COUNTY TRAFFIC
CASES FILED
On November 29, Jessica Kate
Bruch was ticketed for speeding
75 mph in a 65 mph zone.
On December 1, Krista Delynn
Pedraza was ticketed for speeding 77 mph in a 65 mph zone.
On December 2, Shaylin Robb
was ticketed for not having vehicle liability insurance.
On December 4, Avery Jo
Coyer was ticketed for speeding
65 mph in a 55 mph zone.
On December 6, Brenna
Tranae Williams was ticketed for
speeding 80 mph in a 65 mph
zone.
On December 7, Aspen Rilya
Dubois was ticketed for speeding
84 mph in a 65 mph zone.
On December 7, Adam L
Sutton was ticketed for speeding
66 mph in a 35 mph zone.
On December 7, Arlyn R Yoder
was ticketed for a defective tail
lamp on motor vehicle.
On December 10, Abdirashid
Mohamed Abdi was ticketed with
speeding 60 mph in a 35 mph
zone and for failure to yield to
emergency vehicle.
On December 10, Wesley Creo
Edison was ticketed for speeding
75 mph in a 65 mph zone.
On December 11, Cristian
Rafael Castro Rodriguez was
ticketed for operating a motor
vehicle without registration and
for operating a motor vehicle without a valid drivers license.
ANDERSON COUNTY
CRIMINAL CASES FILED
On November 11, Sarah
Elizabeth Brown was charged
with theft of property or services;
value less than $1,500.
ANDERSON COUNTY
MARRIAGE LICENSE FILED
On December 10, Trinity
Adrian Funk and Cameron Avery
Betts filled out an application for a
Marriage License.
On December 15, Darin
Michael Schweer and Chloe
Ryanne Light filled out an application for a Marriage LIcense.
ANDERSON COUNTY JAIL ROSTER
(as of December 9, 2025)
William Christopher Lee
Vandenberg was booked into jail
on July 25, 2024.
Porfirio De La Cruz – Cantu
was booked into jail on October
10, 2024.
Shi Leilani Kinney was booked
into jail on August 29, 2025.
Trenton Rudy Parker was
booked into jail on October 14,
2025.
Arial Joy Parker was booked
into jail on November 6, 2025.
Maras Montgomery McSwane
was booked into jail on November
22, 2025.
Lacy Jean Michael was booked
into jail on November 24, 2025.
ANDERSON COUNTY JAIL
FARM-INS
(as of September 3, 2025)
Jesse John King was booked
into jail on March 25, 2025.
Trevor Floyd Summers was
booked into jail on September 2,
2025.
City of Garnett announces
City Hall and city refuse
schedule for holiday season
The Garnett City Hall
and all departments
will close at noon on
Wednesday, December 24,
2025, and will be closed on
Thursday, December 25,
2025, in observance of the
Christmas Holiday. They
will reopen on Friday,
December 26, 2025, for regular business hours.
Trash routes will be as
follows:
Monday, December 22:
Regular Route
Tuesday, December 23:
Regular Route
Wednesday, December
24: Regular Route
Thursday, December
25: NO SERVICE
Friday,
December
26: Thursday and Friday
Routes
Please have your trash
placed at the curbside by
6 a.m. to ensure prompt
pickup.
For the New Year holicay, City Hall and all
departments will be closed
on Thursday, January 1,
2026, in observance of the
New Year holiday. They
will resume regular business hours on Friday,
January 2, 2026.
Trash routes will be as
follows:
Monday, December 29:
Regular Route
Tuesday, December 30:
Regular Route
Wednesday, December
31: Regular Route
Thursday, January 1,
2026: NO SERVICE
Friday, January 2,
2026: Thursday and Friday
Routes
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Holiday Tips: Save time
by freezing yeast bread
and cookie dough
MANHATTAN, Kan.
The holiday season can
get busy, and being able to
prepare yeast bread dough
ahead of time and freeze
it for later use could save
time, said Kansas State
University food scientist
Karen Blakeslee.
Blakeslee said preparing and freezing yeast
bread dough must go
hand-in-hand with proper
food safety practices.
When making any kind
of baked good, remember to wash your hands
before and after handling
flour and the dough, said
Blakeslee, who is coordinator of K-States Rapid
Response Center.
Raw flour has been
linked to several foodborne illness outbreaks,
so it is important to keep
hands clean.
To save time during
the holidays, or any time
of the year, prepare yeast
bread dough ahead of time
and freeze into dough balls
for rolls to bake later,
Blakeslee said. The trick
is using a dough with extra
yeast because slow freezing can damage yeast.
Blakeslees advice for
safely freezing yeast bread
dough includes these tips
from Iowa State University
Extension and Outreach:
Increase the yeast by
to teaspoon per 3
cups of flour to your favorite bread recipe. Dough
that has extra yeast can
compensate for potential
freeze damage.
Use bread flour for
added dough strength.
Consider recipes high
in yeast and sugar, and
low in salt, which are best
for freezing.
Dough can be frozen 1)
after kneading and before
the first rise, or 2) after the
first or second rise.
Place dough in a freezer-safe package and freeze.
Dough can be frozen up to
four weeks.
Thaw frozen dough in
the refrigerator or at room
temperature, shape, let
rise and bake as directed.
Cookie dough also can
be prepared and frozen to
save time when baking for
the holidays. Some tips
for freezing cookie dough
include:
Drop cookie dough can
be prepared, scooped onto
a cookie sheet then frozen.
After freezing, cookie dough can be removed
from the cookie sheet and
stored in freezer packaging to be baked later.
Always remember to
wash your hands after
handling raw cookie
dough.
Blakeslee cautioned
against the urge to snack
on raw cookie dough,
because of the foodborne
illness risks due to eating raw flour and eggs.
Instead, she said, wait
until cookies are fully
cooked and cooled before
enjoying.
Another holiday option:
Instead of freezing dough,
bake the products first,
allow them to cool completely then tightly wrap
them and freeze. Let them
thaw in the wrapping
before using.
Rewarm baked goods
with a quick zap in the
microwave for that just
out of the oven taste,
Blakeslee said.
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OBITUARIES
SETTER
DORSEY
Lets go see!
David William Dorsey, and artistic. David loved
age 70, formerly of Garnett, books, films, comedy and
music,
writing
passed away on
stories and screenDecember 7, 2025.
plays. He was also
David was born
passionate in his
in Redfield, South
advocacy work in
Dakota. A higheducational freely skilled golfer,
dom. David was a
he played at the
loving, gentle and
University of South
caring husband,
Dakota, leading the
Coyotes to multiple
Dorsey father and cat dad.
victories and winHe is survived by
ning several tourhis wife, Martha
naments as an individual. Bradley Dorsey; his son,
He received his masters Patrick Dorsey; his sister,
degree at Arizona State and Paula; brothers Stuart and
later became an elementary Joel, and his cats, Mackie
schoolteacher in Arizona and Silver. He has six nephand Kansas, including in ews and seven nieces, as
Garnett. As a coach, he led well as 22 great nephews
the Anderson County High and nieces.
School boys golf team to
In lieu of flowers, please
multiple league titles and make a donation in his
back-to-back state tourna- name to Turpentine Creek
ments.
Wildlife Refuge, the ASPCA
A complete original, or the Washington Regional
David was funny, creative Medical Foundation.
The birth of Jesus is
remarkable in many ways.
He was born in Bethlehem
to fulfill the prophecy of
Micah made 700 years earlier. His birth occurred in
Bethlehem because his parents traveled to Bethlehem
to register as part of a
census decreed by Caesar
Augustus, who was governor to be taxed. What
happened after his birth is
also quite amazing. We are
told an angel appeared to
some shepherds who were
living in the fields tending
their flocks. It was night
and we are told the glory of
the Lord shone around the
shepherds and they were
terrified. The glory of the
Lord being a bright light.
The angel announced the
birth of Jesus and suddenly
there was a great company of angels present among
them praising God.
Luke does not even mention anyone else noticed
what was happening. I
believe there is good reason God chose to reveal the
birth of Jesus only to the
shepherds. In his ministry
Jesus linked his own divine
nature with one of the most
ordinary occupations in
Israel. The Old-Testament
pictures God as Israels
Shepherd-Leader. In Psalm
80:1 we read, Hear us, O
Shepherd of Israel, you who
led Joseph like a flock; you
who sit enthroned between
the cherubim, shine forth
before Ephraim, Benjamin
and Manasseh. Awaken
your might, come and save
SEPTEMBER 9, 1946 – DECEMBER 3, 2025
Larry John Setter, 79, of
McFarland, Kansas, passed
away Wednesday,
December 3, 2025,
at his home.
Larry was born
September 9, 1946,
in Garnett, Kansas,
the son of Michael
J. and Mareeta
(Shellhorn) Setter.
He was raised in
Garnett
where
he spent his time
playing basketball, baseball, frequently riding
his bike to hangout with
friends in Greeley, and was
constantly going whether
it was joining the wheat
harvest or working locally. After graduating from
Garnett High School in
1964 he attended and graduated from Pittsburg State
University Vo-Tech.
Larry served in the
United States Air Force
and deployed during the
Vietnam War. He was stationed in Thailand and
was promoted to the rank
of Staff Sergeant during
his military service. Larry
worked in logistics, electronics, and special programs.
When Larry returned
home, he worked for
the United Telephone
Company, Sprint, Embarq,
and CenturyLink. During
his thirty plus year career,
he started as a lineman and
eventually worked his way
up to the Midwest Region
Supervisor.
Larry was a lifetime
member of the American
Legion,
Veterans
of
Foreign Wars, and Knights
of Columbus. In his earlier
years he enjoyed playing
softball, coaching youth
wrestling, and assisting
with local veteran events
and memorials, such as
the Vietnam Memorial
in Junction City. He was
an avid KU, Chiefs, and
Royals fan and his frequent shouts of Rock Chalk
let you know it. He was
a people person, and his
sociability and good humor
created friends wherever
he went. He was
especially known
for the meticulous
care of his vehicles which was a
point of personal
pride. Larrys civic
mindedness
led
him to serve on the
Setter McFarland City
Council and other
local government
positions.
Larry is survived by
his children, Neshawn
VanCleave,
Cherokee,
Kansas, Robert M. Setter
(Lecia), Fort Bragg, North
Carolina, and T.J. Setter,
McFarland, Kansas; his
grandchildren,
Caleb,
Aaron,
Emily,
Josh,
Rhett, Matthew, Alyssa,
and Annelise; and his
great-grandchildren David,
Micah, and Skarlett.
He is also survived by
his siblings, Don Setter
(Marydale), Olathe, Kansas,
and Gary Setter (Wilma),
Westphalia, Kansas. Larry
was preceded in death by
his parents and an infant
brother, Robert.
Graveside funeral service with the McConnell
Air Force Base Honor
Guard
Detail
and
American Legion Post
172 performing Military
Honors was held December
17, 2025, at the Kansas
Veterans Cemetery, west
of Manhattan, Kansas.
Larrys family greeted
friends December 16, 2025,
at Campanella and Stewart
Funeral Home in Alma,
Kansas. A rosary prayer
service was held after visitation at 7:00 pm.
Larrys family suggest
memorial contributions
to the Wamego American
Legion Post 172 Honor
Guard or a charity of
the donors choice. Please
make checks payable to the
charity of your choice and
those may be sent in care
of the funeral home at P.O.
Box 48, Wamego, KS, 66547.
MELIZA
OCTOBER 2, 1950 DECEMBER 1, 2025
Claude Allen Meliza, age
75, of Garnett, Kansas,
passed away at his
home on Monday,
December 1, 2025,
following several
months of declining
health.
Claude was born
on October 2, 1950,
in
Springfield,
Missouri, to Robert
Andrew Meliza, Sr.
and Leota Ethel
(Whitaker) Meliza. Claude
grew up in Garnett, attending Longfellow Elementary
School and Irving Junior
High before graduating
from Garnett High School
in 1969.
Following high school,
he joined the U.S. Navy,
serving most of his enlistment aboard the USS
Ranger. His time in the
Navy took him to locations
around the Philippines and
the Washington state coastline. He often spoke of his
deep affection for Whidbey
Island, Washington. After
completing his service
to our country, he lived
for a number of years in
Wichita before relocating
to Manhattan, Kansas.
As a youth, he enjoyed
scouting and activities
with the youth group of the
First Christian Church. He
was also responsible for
helping with gardening, a
task which blossomed into
a lifelong passion and led
him to work at a greenhouse/nursery in Wichita.
Following this interest, he
was encouraged to attend
Kansas State University in
Manhattan, where
he obtained a
Bachelor of Science
and
completed
graduate work in
Horticulture. He
possessed a wealth
of plant knowledge,
from which his
Meliza family often benefited. He worked
for a number of
years at the KSU Student
Union before retiring and
moving back to his hometown of Garnett.
Claude was preceded in
death by his parents, Robert
(1953) and Leota (1988); and
his siblings, Robert Meliza
Jr. (2023), Jim Gene Meliza
Sr. (1962), and Etta Marie
Barndt (2020).
He is survived by his
sisters, Clara Myers of
Kansas City, Missouri,
and Sharon Stegman of
Lawrence, Kansas; his
brothers, Oliver Meliza of
Lawrence, and Jim Meliza,
Jr. of Boise, Idaho; and his
many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service
will be held on Friday,
December 19, 2025, at 11:00
AM at Feuerborn Family
Funeral Service, Garnett.
Claudes family will greet
friends beginning at 10:30
AM until the start of the
service. Memorial contributions are suggested to
Lake Mary and may be left
in the care of the funeral
home.
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SEPTEMBER 16, 1955 – DECEMBER 7, 2025
WRIGHT
OCTOBER 21, 1956 – DECEMBER 5, 2025
James Jim F. Wright,
Jr. 69 of Olathe, Kansas
passed
away
Friday, December
5, 2025 at his home.
A Celebration of
Life will be held
at a future date.
Condolences may
be left at www.
brucefuneralhome.
com
Jim was born
in Wichita Falls,
Texas on October 21, 1956
to James F. Wright, Sr.
and Carol Jean (Arbuckle)
Elliot. On August 11, 1990,
Jim married Janet Susan
Wittry. They had a beautiful marriage full of love
and laughter. He worked as
an electrician in many settings before retiring from
the Paola School District
during the summer of
2025. Jim dedicated many
years of his life to coaching a local softball team,
the Stingers. He
also enjoyed playing golf, visiting
the beach with his
daughter, gardening, and caring for
his many plants.
Jim was preceded in death by his
Wright parents James and
Carol, wife Janet,
and sisters Vickie
Jean Wright and Tammy
Ann Hargrove. He is survived by his daughter
Maria Susan Wright, son in
law Weston Gilbreth, sister
Sherry Lynn Griner, brother-in-law Danny Griner,
and many wonderful nieces, nephews, and friends.
Arrangements: Bruce
Funeral Home, 712 S.
Webster, Spring Hill,
Kansas (913) 592-2244
BURNS
JUNE 8,1926-DECEMBER 2, 2025
Everett Burns, 99, of
Salina, Kansas, passed
away peacefully on
Tuesday, December
2nd, 2025.
Born at home
in 1926, Everett
lived a life defined
by service and an
unshakeable work
ethic. He was a
proud Army veteran of World War II,
serving his country in the Philippines and
Japan.
Everett dedicated his life
to his profession. He was
an avid and skilled dental
technician who refused to
let age slow him down, continuing his work with precision and pride until just a
few years ago, well into his
90s. His enduring commitment to his profession was
an inspiration to all who
knew him.
A man of deep faith,
Everett expressed his devotion through his generous
spirit, always ready to
offer a helping hand and a
kind word to those in need
within his community and
church.
In 1949, Everett married
Lenora Stricker Burns,
and they shared
44 years of marriage until her
passing. He later
found companionship with Barbara
Srack Strowig, with
whom he spent
21 years until her
Burns passing in 2015.
He was preceded
in death by his parents, Joker and Margaret
(Sorenson) Burns; son,
Richard Earl Burns; and
brothers, Bernard and Gail.
He is survived by his
daughter, Penny Hulett,
and her husband, John;
his grandsons, Scott and
Derek; and his cherished
great-grandchildren, Asher
and Anathalie; and his
long-time companion and
friend, Joyce Catt.
A service was held
December 6th and interment followed at the cemetery in Delavan, KS.
Memorials in Everett's
name can be made to Salina
First United Methodist
Church.
MORRISON
NOVEMBER 15, 1938 DECEMBER 13, 2025
Wilma
Corrine
Morrison, age 87, of Iola,
Kansas, passed away
December 13, 2025, at her
home.
A visitation will be from
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on
Monday, December 29, 2025,
in The Venue at Feuerborn
Family Funeral Service,
Iola, Kansas. A funeral service will be on Tuesday,
December 30, 2025, at
10:30 a.m., in the chapel at
Feuerborn Family Funeral
Service. Burial will follow
in the Moran Cemetery,
Moran, Kansas.
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL
BY DAVID BILDERBACK
us. The New-Testament
reveals Jesus as the Good
Shepherd who gave his life
for the sheep. In John 10:11
Jesus says, I am the Good
Shepherd. God knew that
the birth of Jesus would
only affect a small portion
of the populous, much like
his life, death burial and
resurrection only affects a
small portion of the people
today.
Christmas is good time
for us to reflect on our own
life. Which group would
we fit into, the shepherds
or the people who were so
busy they didnt even see
the birth of the Savior nearby? Maybe we need to do
like the shepherds who said
to one another, Lets go
to Bethlehem and see this
thing that has happened
which the Lord has told us
about. (Luke 2:15) Maybe
its time we made the Lets
go see decision this year.
All of us who have made
that decision are waiting
for you.
Ministry on the
Holiness of God.
Author of the book,
On the Other Side
of the Door
Like David Bilderback
Colony Christian Church
– Joy of Innocence
Brant and Danelle
McGhee and their daughter Brinley led worship
singing "O, How Many
Kings," "Hallelujah," "Mary
Did You Know" and "Holy
Forever."
Howard Reiter's communion meditation "God
Waiting" used the scripture John 14:1-6. Waiting
for Christmas events is
just a part of the Christmas
season and it reminds us
that we are still waiting
for Christ to come again,
this time as ruler of the
earth. God also waits for
us in so many ways. He
waits for us to turn to Him,
to turn away from sin and
He patiently waits for us
to have a relationship with
Him.
Pastor Chase Riebel
spoke about "Joy of
Innocence" using Matthew
chapter 1 in the sermon.
Our joy comes from knowing that God is with us and
He was not only involved in
our creation and salvation
but in every aspect of our
life. We also have joy in
the future knowing that all
things will be made new.
Following the service a
soup lunch was enjoyed.
The rest of the day was
spent Christmas caroling
around the town, playing
games and watching "The
Best Christmas Pageant
Ever,"
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for a Happy Holiday Season and
prosperous New Year.
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Thursday, December 18, 2025
Prairie Band Potawatomi on wrong side of law
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in
Kansas has picked the wrong side of law
and order.
The tribe made headlines last week
after abruptly firing senior officials at
Prairie Band LLC for securing a nearly $30 million federal contract with U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) to design detention facilities in the
Sunflower State, then followed up this
week with apparent plans to cancel the
contract altogether.
Its unclear exactly why the tribe
didnt respond to follow-up questions from
the Review after Tribal Chairman Joseph
Rupnick posted a video late last week saying we must ask ourselves why we would
ever participate in something that mirrors
the harm and trauma once done to our people.
What a faulty, ridiculous premise and a
lame excuse for supporting criminals.
Within hours of the deal becoming public, the tribe announced on Facebook that
the contract does not align with our values, and promptly removed the officials
responsible. In the same breath, the tribe
acknowledged the controversy had caused
anger, confusion and disappointment.
So it would appear theres really no question at all. Prairie Band leaders are rejecting the enforcement of duly enacted federal
law and punishing their own for upholding
it, in order to signal solidarity with illegal
immigration and those who break U.S. law.
MS13 gang members; thieves; drug smugglers; human traffickers; rapists; theyre
the new friends of the Prairie Band.
Prairie Band LLC President Jacob
Wamego defended the contract before he
was ousted, noting that the majority of
the companys business comes from federal agreements. In other words, the tribe
had no moral qualms about federal dollars until the wrong federal agency was
involved.
Nor presumably does the tribe quibble
with the $4.7 billion U.S. taxpayers pony
up each year through the U.S. Department
of Interior for the Bureau of Indian
REVIEW COMMENTARY
DANE HICKS, REVIEW PUBLISHER
Affairs to fund the nations immense reservation system. Education, public safety, social services, infrastructure, trust
management all provided by tax paying
American workers who probably would
rather not be victimized by illegal aliens.
This was not a project to target any individual. It was not a deportation order. It
wasnt even operating a detention facility.
It was simply helping with design work.
Yet the response from tribal leadership
suggests even participating in lawful federal processes is unacceptable if those
processes involve enforcing immigration
laws.
If thats the new standard, will the
tribe also reject federal highway funds
because Border Patrol drives on those
roads? Will it decline federal grants that
come from agencies that support immigration enforcement? Will it return past
contracts with the Department of Justice
or Homeland Security? The logic collapses
immediately.
The United States has a clear legal
framework for immigration. Whether one
agrees with President Trumps campaign
focus on removing those without legal
status is beside the point. Congress writes
the laws. Federal agencies must enforce
them. There is nothing value-based
about refusing to acknowledge the legality
of those obligations.
If those values dont align with the
PBPs, their values are wrong. ###
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Biden called 50% of Americans garbage
but the real outrage is Trumps tweet about
a guy who posted hate at Trump for 8 years?
Give Trump humanitarian credit for stopping hundreds of thousands of migrant
women and children continuing to be
raped, many sold into the sex slave trade,
and the thousands of migrants continuing
to die along the dangerous journey. All
the result of previous heartless, insane
Democrat, open border policies.
Why do we have all these semis and all
these out of state cars on Seventh Street?
Wheres the police at? And the city, theres
a building that could fall down on my property. I told the city over six months ago,
nothing been done. Its not their property,
so I guess its no big deal.
Democrat controlled sanctuary cities and
states are releasing thousands of violent
illegals whove committed even murder
and rape back out onto the streets,to victimize more innocents, especially women,
rather than turning them over to ICE
for deportation. Yet another example of
Democrat buffoons,have a lot of gall to run
on affordability when they are the ones
NATIONAL COMMENTARY
RACHEL SHEFFIELD, HERITAGE FOUNDATION
then took the money that was supposedly
for the needy and pocketed it. Fraudsters
used this playbook to steal money from
a federal child nutrition program, a
Medicaid housing program and a federal
program for children with autism, to the
tune of billions of dollars.
Over a few years including the
COVID years when government spent
not only like drunken sailors, but drunken sailors on uppers the number of
people these Minnesota non-profits
were serving skyrocketed, along with the
taxpayer dollars they received to fund
their services. Because the alleged
rolls were growing for these programs,
government provided more dollars. And
the scammers made off like bandits.
Its not that the blue state of Minnesota
and its politicians are happy about the
fraud that occurred or that they cheer
welfare scammers. But when the mindset
is that growing welfare rolls are a sign
of success, and that people are entitled
to benefits and when welfare funding
flows readily the ground is fertile for
exploitation.
Beyond the fraud and the unsustainable costs of the current U.S. welfare
system, perhaps more tragically is that
it fails to address the underlying causes
of poverty. It is a system based on inputs
rather than on promoting upward mobility.
After 60 years of the war on poverty, taxpayers are spending an ever-increasing amount of money on welfare
programs. Yet poverty or more accurately, self-sufficiency in the U.S. has
remained flat.
Government throws money at material poverty but fails to address deeper
human needs that drive poverty, like
lack of work and family breakdown. And
sadly, the welfare system undermines or
penalizes work and marriage, which are
the greatest protectors against poverty.
The scandal in Minnesota should be a
wake-up call on multiple fronts. One of
the urgent calls should be the need for
welfare reform. There are many ways
the system should be reformed work
requirements for able-bodied adults,
getting rid of marriage penalties and
better prioritizing spending but perhaps most relevant to the current scanSEE SHEFFIELD ON PAGE 14
Regarding this war, Europe has made itself an afterthought
In the contention over the U.S. peace
plan for Ukraine, the Europeans are in
their accustomed role — carping from the
sidelines.
Not only can the once-great European
powers no longer dictate the fate of farflung parts of the world, they cant even
dictate the end of a war involving a
European country whose fate they deem
crucial to their own future.
Were a long way from the British
controlling about a quarter of the globes
territory in the early 20th century; a long
way from British and French diplomats,
Mark Sykes and Francois Georges-Picot
respectively, drawing the lines in 1916
to divide up the Ottoman Empire; a long
way from Napoleon sitting with Tsar
Alexander in Tilsit in 1807 and rearranging the map of Europe.
France was once so diplomatically
central that there are dozens of Treaties
of Paris, whether in 1259 (between King
Louis IX of France and King Henry III
of England) or in 1951 (setting up the
European Coal and Steel Community).
Now, France scurries around with its
European counterparts to react to whatever the American president is doing.
Its gotten so bad that some European
analysts speak of a potential scramble
for Europe, or attempts by richer, more
powerful outside countries to influence
the course of Europe.
The late conservative commentator
NATIONAL COMMENTARY
RICH LOWRY, King Features Syndicate
Charles Krauthammer maintained of the
U.S., decline is a choice.
This isnt quite right with regard to
Europe, whose great powers were kneecapped by the cataclysms of the early
20th century. France bore the brunt of
World War I, suffering 1.4 million dead
and 4.3 million wounded and a ruinous
economic cost.
As for Britain, stretched to the max,
it got steadily eclipsed in power and
influence by the United States as World
War II progressed. The less said about
Germanys role in all this, of course, the
better. And then the European colonial
empires inevitably dissolved. So, Europe
was going to be diminished compared to
its glory days. Its current fecklessness,
though, has indeed been a choice, borne
of strategic fantasy and economic incom-
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Massive fraud in Minnesota proves welfare is broken
The U.S. welfare system is broken,
and the Minnesota scandal is a blaring
warning to that reality.
The failure of political leaders on
many fronts bears some of the blame. But
the main culprit is the massive federal
welfare system that annually passes hundreds of billions of dollars down to states
to dole out, with the philosophy that the
more people on the rolls, the better.
The structure of the U.S. welfare
system creates incentives for states to
expand the rolls and little incentive for
them to ensure that money is going to
those who truly need it. As welfare rolls
expand, programs receive more money.
Its a system based on the Democratic
perspective that government should provide more support to more people.
And the U.S. welfare system is massive. It consists of roughly 90 different
programs that cost more than $1 trillion
annually.
Because the majority of U.S. welfare
funding comes from the federal government, states have reason to expand their
rolls and little financial incentive to protect against waste and fraud.
And massive fraud is what happened
in Minnesota.
The states welfare scandals went like
this: non-profits, or alleged non-profits,
claimed to be serving people in need.
That enabled them to receive hundreds
of millions in federal funding, or a mix of
state and federal dollars. The scammers
whove made things unaffordable with
their war on cheap energy, their high cost
government regulations, their sky high
taxes, and massive money printing, devaluing the dollar.
petence.
Strong militaries were deemed as a
thing of the past, or something unnecessary as long as Uncle Sam was around.
The Brits, for instance, are hard-pressed
to maintain a 73,000-strong army, and the
size of their once-storied surface fleet is
at a historic low.
Europe imagined itself a diplomatic
superpower, but has learned to regret
that soft power not backed up by hard
power is of limited utility. Both the Nobel
Committee and Amnesty International
have considerable soft power, too, but
no one pays attention to them regarding
high-level geopolitical questions.
Economically, the EU regulatory
superpower has hobbled growth — over
the last 30 years, Western European
labor productivity declined from 95% of
the U.S. level to 80% — while Europes
commitment to net zero greenhouse
emissions has driven insane energy
priorities. Years into the Ukraine war,
Europe is still dependent on gas imports
from Russia.
None of this means that the U.S. should
go out of its way to give Europe the back
of its hand. Whatever its other failings,
Europe has collectively given Ukraine
more aid than the United States, and was
justifiably furious at the initial 28-point
Ukraine proposal. That plan had the
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Senator Roger Marshall
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Washington, D.C., 20510
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Senator Jerry Moran
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3rd Dist. Congressman
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Washington, D.C., 20515
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12 Dist. Sen. Caryn Tyson
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Topeka, Ks. 66612 (785) 296-6838
P.O. Box 191 Parker, Ks. 66072
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Topeka, KS 66612
Office: (785) 296-7451
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Thursday, December 18, 2025
Conclusion of Branson trip
Thursday , November 20,
Day 4 of our Branson trip.
Breakfast at our motel, our
luggage out at 8:00 a.m. and
departed for home at 8:45.
Lots of memories of the
past three days. It wasnt
long until we ran into rain.
Our first stop of the day was
at a large Petro Station outside of Joplin, Missouri. It
was still raining. In fact as
we left Joplin it was pouring. At times we were in
very heavy thunderstorms
and wind and blinding rain.
Some of the fields looked
almost like lakes. At 12:15
we stopped for lunch at the
Circles Pecans & Country
Store. Before leaving the
owner of the over 2,000
pecan trees came aboard
our bus and told us the history of his farm and of the
pecan trees and the nuts.
Was that ever interesting.
We departed at 1:20 p.m. for
Parsons, KS. The rain had
finally stopped. We soon
arrived in Parsons, where
we said our goodbyes,
transferred our luggage
over to our car and were on
40 years ago… Garnett Publishing now under
new management as Hicks takes over
DIGGING UP THE PAST
on the north side when
the building burned
about a year ago.
December 23 – Blum
& Morris have just
received a shipment
of Buffalo meat for the
Christmas trade. It is a
novelty and those desiring any should call early
and leave orders.
THAT WAS THEN
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our way to Garnett.
Hold on, our trip wasnt
over yet. You see our car
is programmed not to pass
a Wal-Mart store. Not just
one, but two. One at Parsons
and another at Iola.
We finally arrived safely back home at 4:45 p.m.
We had a wonderful time
at Branson, but its always
great to be home. Would
you believe me if I said we
were both a little tired? Our
Lord was certainly with us
throughout our trip, as neither of us took a tumble or
got sick.
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HISTORY
PAULA SCOTT REVIEW HISTORY COLUMNIST
Historical gleanings from past local
newspapers.
1885 – 140 years ago
December 18 – A mad dog is playing
havoc in the McCoy neighborhood
east of the city. Dr. A. L. Winans has
lost eight cows, and others are bitten.
Others have from one to three cows
bitten. But the saddest of all is that
two of Mr. Geo. Herons children were
bitten by the animal.
1895 – 130 years ago
December 20 – The very stringent
city ordinance against cigarettes and
cigarette smoking passed by our city
council last week and published in
the Eagle ought to stop the pernicious
habit among the boys. If it dont, we
suggest that the parents take their
boys out into the woodshed and
interview them, using a good stiff,
heavy shingle as an impresser.
1905 – 120 years ago
December 20 – A night or two ago
J. E. Calvert was awakened by the
roar of gas in the room beneath him
occupied by Mr. Shrake. On investigation it was discovered that the gas
had not been turned off. Mr. Shrake
was sent for and the gas turned off.
If the stove had not been discovered
there would doubtless have been a
fire before morning. On the same evening a stove located in Carriers meat
shop was discovered just in time to
save the building from fire. The Night
Watch notified the owner, Mr. Hurst
who came up, took out a window and
turned off the gas. Mr. Carrier was
doing business in the Graves building
1915 – 110 years ago
December 23 – Dr.
Turner had quite an
experience last night,
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 12-18-2025 / ARCHIVE
about 10 oclock. He
went into the bathroom Circa December 1985 Garnett Publishing is now
in his office, in the under new management, effective December 19, 1985.
Cunningham building, Dane Hicks, formerly of Willow Springs, Mo., has
to get some articles of replaced Max Evans who filled the post of managing
clothing, and struck a editor since July 1984.
match as he opened the
door. The result was an
explosion, knocking the
Doctor back into the
room. The fire bell rang, and a num- 8:00 p.m. on Saturday or Sunday, Dec.
ber of members of the fire company 24 or 25. Young Thomas is based in
responded. One of them threw some Japan from where he will send his
burning clothing into the bathtub, Christmas message to his parents.
and there was another explosion. The
big plate glass windows in front were
1965 – 60 years ago
blown out. Fortunately, the Doctor
December 20 – Six hundred pounds
was not hurt much–just shook up of goods, much of it donated by
a bit. The bathroom had not been in Anderson County school children,
use since Dr. Turner occupied the Thursday, was placed on board a
building. All indications show that it train loaded with items for Vietnam
was a sewer gas.
civilians. The shipment was part
of a national project, Americas
1955 – 70 years ago
Christmas Trains and Trucks,: to
December 22 – All churches in provide necessaries for the people of
Garnett will hold special services Vietnam. The project was sponsored
on Sunday, Dec. 25, Christmas locally by the Garnett Jaycees.
Day. Worship will begin with carol
and candle lighting service at the
2015 – 10 years ago
Methodist church at 11:00 p.m., on
December 22 – Plans by a Texas
Saturday, Dec. 24. Midnight mass company to build 100 windmills addbeginning at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, ing 500 feet high along a ridge in
Dec. 24 at the Holy Angels Church is eastern Anderson County received a
another inspiring Christmas worship lukewarm reception among the proservice.
posed site owners at an informational
December 22 – Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur meeting last week. Representatives of
Thomas have received word that Calpine Corporation met with about
their son, Pfc. Harold Thomas, will 100 landowners Tuesday, Dec. 15, to
broadcast a personal message to them discuss plans to lease their properties
on Monitor, between 7:00 p.m. and as sites in the project.
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SPORTS
Bulldog grapplers place first in Anderson County Invitational on Saturday
GARNETT – The Anderson
County Bulldogs turned in
a strong all-around performance Saturday on their
home mats, capturing
the team championship
at the Anderson County
Invitational with 172.5
points.
Anderson County edged
West Franklin, which
finished with 153 points,
for the team title, while
Independence placed third
with 134.5 points in the
multi-school tournament.
The Bulldogs had 14
wrestlers overall and
advanced multiple competitors into championship matches, using depth
across the lineup and
bonus-point victories to
separate themselves from
the field.
Zach Schaffer led the
way for Anderson County
with a dominant run to
the 157-pound championship. Schaffer opened the
tournament with a win
by fall (1:26) over Emmit
Chapman of Osawatomie in
his opening match. Next up
was Wesley Ranzenberger
of Ottawa, also defeated
by fall (1:54). In the quarterfinals Schaffer again
won by fall (0:28), this
time over Bob Montoya of
Independence, then in the
semifinals over Landon
Petitjean of Osage City by
fall (1:51) and then capped
off with a victory in the
1st place match over Caleb
Slane of Cherryvale by fall
(1:53).
At 113 pounds, Sawyer
Schaffer added another finalist finish for the
Bulldogs, placing second.
Schaffer won his first
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On Saturday, the Anderson County boys wrestling team finished in first place at the Anderson County Invitational wrestling tournament they hosted. They
earned eight top-3 finishes overall. Pictured laying down, from left: Braxton Herr, Braxton Barnes. First row, from left: Shawn Barker, Andrew Kiatoukaysys, Eli
Herr, Owen Thompson, Zach Schaffer, Sawyer Schaffer, Braxton Williams, Gunner Grosdidier, manger Maggie Self, Sylvan Troyer. Back row, from left: Coach
Keegan Barnes, Cowan Wittman, Roberto Cavallaro, Donovan Price, Lucas Mills, Caiden Fisher, Brody Kohlmeier, Westin Wright, Coach Jeremy McAdam.
round match over fellow
teammate Braxton Herr by
fall (3:22), his second round
match by fall (2:21) over
Cruz Cooper of Burlingame
before dropping what was
essentially the 1st place
match in round 3 against
William Weber of Erie by
fall (1:01).
Braxton Williams at
132 pounds and Braxton
Barnes at 106 pounds both
finished second as well.
Williams opened with
wins by fall over Kory
Sharp of Olathe North
(1:15), then over Jude
Aguilar of Burlingame
(3:55) and Harlin Bagley
of Independence (5:26).
The only defeat on the day
was the first place match
against Drake Smith of
Girard. The defeat was by
fall (0:55).
Barnes earned his finish
with 4 straight wins. The
first over Kyle Johnson of
Girard by fall (1:20). Next
up were wins by decision
(6-0) over Aedin McGregor
of Jayhawk-Linn, then a
win of David Mitchell by
techfall (TF 15-0, 1:30) and
a win by fall (0:57) over
Jaxson Bolyard of Osage
City. Barnes only loss on
the afternoon was a techfall (16-1, 4:00) to Waylon
Courtois of West Franklin
in the final round.
The quartet of Braxton
Herr at 113 pounds, Brody
Kohlmeier at 175 pounds,
Lucas Mills at 165 pounds
and Owen Thompson at 150
pounds each earned thirdplace finishes.
Additional
placers
for the Bulldogs included Westin Wright at 144
pounds in fourth place,
Cowen Wittman at 190
pounds in fifth and Shawn
Barker at 150 pounds in
sixth. Gunner Grosdidier
at 126 pounds finished
11th, Donovan Price at
144 pounds placed 12th
and Landon Totten at 132
pounds finished 13th.
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SPORTS
Bulldog boys tournament champs Central Heights girls battle
through Ike Cearfross Invitational
ESKRIDGE – By virtue
of a tiebreaker after 3
teams finished 2-1 in last
weeks Mission Valley
tournament, the Anderson
County Bulldogs were
crowned champions as
they defeated the other two
teams head-to-head in the
tightly contested tournament.
The Anderson County
Bulldogs defeated host
Mission Valley 5247 in
the first game of the tournament last week. The
Bulldogs scored 12 points
in the first quarter and 9 in
the second, while Mission
Valley tallied 10 and 13
points to make the halftime score 23-21 in favor of
Mission Valley.
Both teams tacked on 16
points in the third quarter
before the Bulldogs pulled
out the win down the
stretch with a 15-8 advan-
tage in the fourth.
Brylan Sommer led the
Bulldogs with 24 points, 18
of them in the second half,
followed by Brayden Wheat
with 16. Aidan Steele and
Gus Carver each added six
points and Beau Howey
chipped in with five points
to help secure the win.
In the second game, The
Bulldogs were downed
by Blue Valley 51-46.
Anderson County was consistent all night scoring 23
points in each half but just
didnt have enough to pull
out the win.
Wheat led the Bulldogs
in scoring with 16 points,
followed
closely
by
Sommer with 14.
Stelle and Barnett
chipped in with seven and
six points respectively.
In the third game of pool
play, the Bulldogs rallied
from a double digit half-
time deficit to down NE
Kansas Homeschool 84-80.
The Bulldogs trailed 18-8
after the first quarter and
39-25 at halftime.
They were hitting on all
cylinders in the second half
with 21 points in the third
quarter to cut the deficit
down to 57-46 heading into
the fourth, then tallied 25
points in the fourth while
limiting their opponent to
just 14 to send the game to
overtime.
The Bulldogs outscored
NE KS Homeschool 13-9 in
the extra session to pull
out the win.
The duo of Sommer
and Wheat scored 32 and
30 respectively to lead the
way offensively. Steele and
Hoffman added nine points
each and Barnett and
Howey each scored two.
Crest boys win Humboldt tourney
HUMBOLDT The Crest
Lancer boys basketball
team put together an
impressive three-game run
last week in Humboldt,
finishing the tournament
undefeated and earning
first place with wins over
Erie, Humboldt and West
Elk.
Crest opened the tournament with a 55-44 victory
over Erie. The Lancers set
the tone early, leading 10-5
after the first quarter, and
used a big third quarter to
create separation. Crest
outscored Erie 21-14 in the
third period, to open up a
44-31 lead heading into the
fourth.
Levi Prasko led Crest
with 14 points on 7-of-14
shooting, while Xander
Fuller added 13 points and
shot an efficient 6-of-7 from
the floor. Kole Walter and
Lane Yocham each scored
10 points. Crest finished the
game shooting 64 percent
on two-point attempts and
forced 29 Erie turnovers,
turning defense into offense
throughout the night.
The second game saw
Crest face host Humboldt,
and the Lancers delivered their highest-scoring
performance of the tournament with a 68-50 win.
Crest jumped out to a 19-12
lead after the first quarter.
Humboldt battled back outsourcing Crest 17-13 in the
second to cut the halftime
deficit to 32-29.
Following intermission,
Crest tacked on one more
point to their lead with a
13-12 advantage in the third
before blowing open the
game in the final quarter
outsourcing Humboldt 23-9.
Walter led the way with
a team-high 19 points and
11 rebounds, recording a
double-double. Prasko and
Yocham each added 13
points, while Henry White
chipped in 12. Fuller finished with 11 points as
Bulldogs
boys hang
on against
Frontenac
Crest placed five players in
double figures. The Lancers
dominated the glass with a
32-26 rebounding edge and
dished out 15 assists.
Crest closed the tournament in convincing fashion
with a 57-27 win over West
Elk to secure the championship. Defense was the
story, as the Lancers held
West Elk to just 10 points in
the first half, including just
two points in the second
quarter.
Lane Yocham led Crest
with 12 points, hitting 3-of8 from three-point range,
while Prasko added 11
points and went 5-of-7 from
the free-throw line. Walter
and Fuller each scored 10
points, and Koiy Miller
contributed six. Crest shot
52 percent from two-point
range and knocked down
11 free throws, while holding West Elk to 41 percent
shooting inside the arc.
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GARNETT – On Tuesday
night, Frontenac nearly
rallied from a double-digit halftime deficit before
falling short in a 55-53
Anderson County win at
home for the boys squad.
The Bulldogs led 14-11
after the first quarter and
extended their lead to 31-21
at halftime. Frontenac
rallied, outscoring the
Bulldogs 16-13 in the third
quarter and 16-11 to come
up just short.
Brylan Sommer tallied 24 points, followed by
Brayden Wheats 18 points.
Beau Howey and Christian
Barnett each scored five
points and Aidan Steele
chipped in with two.
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RICHMOND The Central
Heights girls basketball
team faced a challenging
slate of opponents last
week at the Ike Cearfross
Invitational, finishing the
tournament 0-3 but showed
growth against strong
competition in Heritage
Christian Academy, Iola
and West Franklin.
Central
Heights
opened tournament play
Tuesday with a 46-13 loss
to Heritage Christian
Academy. The Chargers
set the tone early, jumping
out to a 15-5 lead after the
first quarter and extending
the margin to 36-7 by halftime. Heritages defensive
pressure limited Central
Heights to four made field
goals on 19 attempts in the
game.
Macy Cubit led the
Vikings with four points,
while Carly Matile added
three. Makenzie Moon
and Ashley Harkins each
scored two points. Matile
led the team with seven
rebounds, while Cubit
pulled down five and
Arabella Dunbar added
three. The Vikings tallied
RICHMOND
The
Central Heights boys basketball team hosted the
Ike Cearfross Tournament
last week and finished the
three-game stretch with a
hard-earned victory, closing the tournament on a
high note after facing two
tough early matchups.
Central Heights opened
tournament play against
Olathe Heritage and ran
into a physically strong
and athletic opponent, falling 65-32..
Knox Cannady led
Central Heights with 12
points, while Roarke Brock
added seven. Colt King
scored six points, Ethan
Kraft finished with three,
and Chase Bones chipped
in two. Max Chrisjohn and
Kreig Garrett each added
one point.
The
second
game
brought another challenging matchup as Central
Heights faced Iola and
fell 74-28. Once again, the
Vikings struggled to match
the Mustangs athleticism
and strength, particularly
in transition and on the
boards.
Max Chrisjohn paced
Central Heights with 11
points, while Colt King
added six. Roarke Brock
finished with four points,
and Kreig Garrett scored
three.
Central
Heights
responded in a big way
in the tournament finale, earning a 65-51 victory
over West Franklin. The
Vikings shot the ball well
throughout the night,
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game.
Cannady led the way
with 16 points, while
Garrett and King each
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Falcons built a 17-3 lead
in the first quarter, but
Central Heights responded with its most balanced
performance of the tournament, as West Franklin
outscored them just 30-26
over the final three quarters.
Cubit led the Vikings
with 10 points on 4-of-9
shooting and added a teamhigh 5 rebounds, while
Harkins followed with 9
points. Moon and Matile
each added three points.
Central Heights recorded
11 assists on 11 made baskets.
The Vikings were active
defensively, totaling nine
steals and forcing West
Franklin into several contested possessions. Moon
and Dunbar each recorded
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difficult to overcome.
The Vikings bounced
back with a stronger offensive showing in the second
round Thursday against
Iola, though they still fell
47-29. Central Heights
stayed competitive early,
trailing just 12-10 after the
first quarter and 24-17 at
halftime before Iola gradually pulled away due to an
impressive 15-4 advantage
in the third.
Cubit paced the Vikings
with 11 points on 4-of-11
shooting, while Burkdoll
added five points. Dunbar
contributed four points,
and Kenna Kimball added
three. Central Heights shot
34 percent from the field
and was just 9-of-24 from
the free-throw line.
Dunbar led the team
with four steals. Cubit
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LOCAL
SCHOOL…
FROM PAGE 1
wrote on the website. It
is a place where bonds are
formed between families,
where children find a sense
of belonging and safety, and
where lifelong memories
are created. For many residents of Anderson County,
Kansas, this school is a
symbol of our small-town
values and traditions.
Superintendent Ryan
Most told the Review last
week the school presently
has 44 students in grades
K-6, and provided enrollment data showing the
student enrollment had
dropped into the 30s several
years since 2015. Based on
present state funding and
weighting, Most said those
students produce about
$400,000 in state funding for
the district not counting
special education funding.
He said a number of needed repairs like fire panel
updates and alert systems
would cost in excess of
$100,000 according to a contractors estimate, along
with exterior electrical
repairs estimated at over
$10,000 and roof repairs that
could run between $100,000
and $300,000 depending on
the type of repair undertaken.
DID YOU
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continuously operating business in
Anderson County,
founded in 1865?
The site hosted the original 1914 Greeley High
School with its gym constructed in 1949. The original school was razed and
newer classrooms built
around 1965 with an expansion in 1991. At one time
Greeley High School had
more than 100 high school
students with additional
elementary grades, according to a history posted on
the USD 365 website.
The school has been
targed a number of times
over the decades for closing
due to its age and expense
of upkeep and maintenance. But district voters
themselves saved the structure in a 1987 referendum
by better than 2-1.
May said the value of
instruction at smaller
schools with closer-knit
classes was documented.
Research clearly demonstrates the advantages of
small, close-knit educational environments, where students receive more individualized attention and develop strong relationships
with their educators and
peers of all ages. By shuttering Greeley Elementary,
we jeopardize these benefits and the unique spirit
that our school imbues in
its students.
Board president Adam
Caylor told the Review last
week a financial analysis
showed per capita costs
were more than twice as
high for Greeley students.
He said the boards assessment was that higher per
student costs at schools
that cost more to operate
werent fair to the overall
body of students district
wide.
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The Devil is a liar, murderer and deceiver
Speaking Truth by Clint
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CLAY CENTER – Nigerian
Christians are being targeted, driven from their
homes, and killed," said
musical artist, Nicki
Minaj. "Churches have
been burned. Families have
been torn apart. And entire
communities live in fear
constantly, simply because
of how they pray." Who is
behind this?
Whenever we read about
unthinkable evil acts like
this and wonder who could
be behind them it always
leads to the same place
The Devil!
How could that be? It is
a group of Muslims slaughtering the Christians, not
the Devil, right?
The Devil does not do
all the evil bidding himself,
instead, his method of operation is to deceptively work
through people to carry out
his wicked plans.
The story of his existence and name comes from
the Bible. Devil is diabolos in the Greek language,
which means slanderer or
false accuser. One Bible
resource lays out other
names he goes by, Satan
(adversary), the evil one,
the tempter, Beelzebul,
the god of this age, ruler
of this world, dragon, serpent. Each title highlights
a particular aspect of his
activity: hostility, moral
evil, deception, counterfeit
authority. The singular
purpose of his existence,
and all the demonic powers under his control, is to
wage a ruthless global war
against the ways of God
and keep men and women,
and boys and girls from
Him at all costs. The Bible
says, that ancient serpent,
who is called the devil and
Satan, the deceiver of the
whole world. (Revelation
12:10)
Jesus is the only one to
know the Devil from his
very beginning, and is
Jesus greatest enemy. He
once spoke very clearly of
the evil one saying, He was
a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in
the truth, because there is
no truth in him. When he
lies, he speaks out of his
own character, for he is a
liar and the father of lies.
(John 8:44) The Devil is the
enemy of all that is orderly,
right, wise, beautiful and
good. He is a powerful and
brutal adversary that lives
in the shadows stoking fear
and doubt. His cunning
and craftiness capture the
minds of the foolish. For
he is the embodiment of
all that is evil, wicked and
lawless. Wherever murder,
corruption and deception
abound there lay the Devil
gleefully applauding the
work of his filthy hands.
Wherever sexual immorality, hate and division
flourish there the Devil sits
orchestrating his twisted
plans on the battlefields of
earth and the human soul.
From within and without,
burn it all down! he says.
Destroy it all and drag it
to hell where I will reign
forever!
Across the universe
there has only been one
that exceeds the power of
the Devil, Jesus, the Son
of God. About Him the
Bible says, He is the radiance of the glory of God
and the exact imprint of
his nature, and he upholds
the universe by the word of
his power. (Hebrews 1:3)
Jesus came from heaven to
earth and was born of a
virgin on Christmas Day
to go to war against His
arch enemy, The reason
the Son of God appeared
was to destroy the works of
the devil. (1 John 3:8). How
was that accomplished?
Through His victorious
death and resurrection.
Understand this, despite
the plotting liar and deceiver, and his demons, wreaking havoc and destruction
all around us, for those in
Christ, they do not need
to fear. Through Christ
they can resist the power
of the Devil and overcome
His destructive schemes.
However, for those outside
of Christ, it is serious. In
the eyes of God, they are
partners with the Devil,
Whoever makes a practice
of sinning is of the devil
(1 Jn. 3:8)
Today, we acknowledge
the existence of the Devil.
He is a powerful enemy,
but Jesus is greater and
will one day destroy Him
forever.
A prayer for you Lord
God, this unseen spiritual
realm is a mystery, but in
it we recognize the presence of the Devil, and also
accept that if we live in sin,
we are a child of the Devil.
Today, we flee from sin,
we flee from his power and
to the mighty cross of the
Lord Jesus Christ, who is
King over all. In His name.
Amen.
Clint Decker is President of
Great Awakenings. Please
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12:00 p.m. – Rotary International
Club Meeting
5:30 p.m. – PM Yoga
6:00 p.m. – BPW Meeting
6:30 p.m. – American Legion
Bingo (cancelled)
7:00 p.m. – Alcoholics
Anonymous
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
New Years Eve (may effect schedule)
8:45 a.m. – AM Yoga
10:30 a.m. – Noon Years Eve
hosted by Garnett Library
1:00 p.m. – Duplicate Bridge
6:30 p.m. – Awana
Thursday, January 1, 2026
New Years Day
10:00 a.m. – Senior Center
Brunch
Friday, January 2, 2026
8:45 a.m – AM Yoga
Monday, January 5, 2026
8:45 a.m – AM Yoga
9:00 a.m. – Anderson County
Commission Meeting
9:30 a.m. – American Legion
Auxiliary Meeting
5:30 p.m. – TOPS Meeting
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Cpl. Janice Mauras and Sgt. Carlos Moreno with Toys For Tots, picked up donations collected by the Anderson County Review on Wednesday, December 3. The U. S. Marine Corps
Reserve started the activity in 1995. The Anderson County Review has been a toy drop site
since 2021.
P.E.O. Chapter Y
members met December
8, 2025 at the festively
decorated home of hostess Donna Benjamin
to celebrate their
Christmas social.
Co-hostesses
for
the event were Rita
Boydston, Stacy Gwin,
Becky Solander and
Deanna Wolken.
The
members
enjoyed a delicious
catered
dinner.
Following the meal, a
fashionably dressed elf
visited the group and
delivered beautifully
wrapped, small gifts to
everyone in attendance.
The next P.E.O. meeting will be January 19,
2026 at the home of
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hostess Becky Solander.
Jessica Klein will be An elf delivered gifts to everyone
at the recent P.E.O. Chapter Y
serving as co-hostess.
meeting.
Senior Center pitch results for
Dec. 11th – Gift exchange tonight
On the 11th of December
fourteen pitch players gathered for a fun evening of
13-point pitch.
Jessie Duncan took
top honor winning 7 of 10
games and Don Smith had
the most hands of 13 with
six. Jackie Waddle won the
50/50 and Pat Uhlenhake
won the least number of
games.
Please join us at the
Senior Center on Thursday
evening
promptly
at
6 o'clock for 10 games of
13-point pitch. Players
are to bring a snack for
the group to share. This
week we will be having
our white elephant gift
exchange. To participate,
bring a wrapped generic
gift to trade. Hope to see
you there. Always room for
one more.
Jan Wards reporting.
Cricut workshop 12/23 at Garnett Public Library
A Cricut is a smart cutting machine that lets you
personalize crafts by cutting, drawing, and scoring
materials like vinyl, cardstock, and fabric for custom
items like shirts, stickers,
cards, and home dcor,
working with your printer
for "print then cut" projects
by precisely cutting printed designs using a sensor.
Southeast Kansas Library
System Digital Navigator,
Tabitha will be presenting
a workshop on Tuesday,
December 23rd at 10:00 in
the Garnett Public Library
Archer Room. This is a
perfect chance to learn how
this versatile tool creates
unique projects.
What a Cricut Does:
Cuts: Precisely cuts
intricate designs from hundreds of materials.
Draws & Scores: Can
draw lines or score fold
lines for cards and more.
Personalizes: Creates
custom t-shirts (iron-on),
stickers, decals, labels, and
home dcor.
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Kansas farmers need relief from the
fertilizer duties still driving up costs
By: State Rep. Samantha
Parshall
Growing up in Kansas,
you learn early that agriculture is not a job. It is
a life. You depend on the
things you cannot control, like the weather and
global markets, and you
do your best to manage
the things you can. But
in recent years, even the
areas where farmers usually have some control
have been taken away by
decisions made far from
the fields. One of the most
damaging examples is
what many refer to as the
Biden Farm Tax.
Back in 2021, the previous
administration
imposed countervailing
duties on vital fertilizer
imports, especially phosphate. These duties were
meant to target foreign
competitors, but that is
not what happened on the
ground.
What actually happened is that farmers
here in Kansas have
faced some of the steepest
input prices we have ever
seen. You cannot raise
crops without fertilizer.
You cannot grow strong
wheat, sorghum, or corn
if your soil does not have
what it needs. When fertilizer doubles or even
triples in cost, there is
no way to absorb that
hit without changing the
way you farm or pushing
those costs downstream.
The price per ton for
the fertilizer we depend
on has climbed to unprecedented levels. It is not
just high, it is punishing.
The Biden Farm Tax has
increased Kansas phos-
phate fertilizer prices
34%, gutting farmers
corn/wheat margins 2-8%
and messing with their
planting. Kansas farmers
are being forced to make
impossible decisions on
whether to cut applications, shift acreage, or
plant less, simply hoping
for the best. This is not
the result of bad weather or a global shortage
beyond our control. It is
the direct outcome of a
policy decision made in
Washington that restricted our supply of affordable input. It is a government-imposed cost on one
of the most essential parts
of raising a crop. And
even though the administration that imposed it
has left office, the policy remains in effect, and
its damage continues to
ripple through rural communities. Kansas Ag is
suffering, and it is causing statewide food costs to
soar, CPI up 14.6%, from
farm-to-table.
In that context, the
Trump Administrations
recent move to reduce
the scope of reciprocal
tariffs on certain agricultural products is a welcome step in the right
direction. Rolling back
unnecessary trade barriers that raise costs for
farmers is smart policy,
and this decision proves
that Trumps Washington
firmly stands behind
Middle America. But
while this action provides
a meaningful first step,
it does not fix the core
problem that continues to
hit farmers hardest. The
only way to ensure long-
term affordability is to
fully unwind the Bidenera countervailing duties
on agricultural input
products. The fertilizer
duties are coming up for
review in the spring of
2026, which means the
next several months will
determine whether farmers get relief or brace
for even more seasons of
unnecessary pressure.
What people in Wichita
or Kansas City might not
see is how fast these costs
spread beyond the farm
gate. When the prices of
fertilizer and input chemicals climb, farm margins
tighten
immediately.
That means less spending
with local businesses and
fewer dollars circulating in rural towns. Most
importantly, consumers
across the nation feel the
result in their grocery
bills. High crop input
prices directly translate
into higher food prices.
It does not matter if you
shop at a national chain
or a hometown market;
when farmers pay more,
families pay more.
Meanwhile,
other
countries like China and
Brazil are gaining ground
because our own policies
are restricting access to
products we need. Kansas
producers compete on
the world stage. We cannot afford to tie our own
hands and then wonder why we are falling
behind.
Kansas farmers are
not alone in recognizing the harm this policy
has caused. Farm groups
across the country have
raised concerns for years
about the strain these
duties place on producers.
Most recently, Senator
Chuck Grassley made a
clear call for ending the
Biden Farm Tax. Farmers
in Kansas stand with him
on that. It is encouraging to see a lawmaker
speak plainly about how
misguided this policy has
been and how important
it is to correct it.
Ending the Biden
Farm Tax is not complicated. It does not require
a maze of new programs
or a long list of conditions. It requires one
action: remove the countervailing duties on phosphate and other fertilizer
imports that have distorted the market and driven up costs. Let farmers
buy from trusted allies at
competitive prices. Allow
supply and competition to
work again.
The duties are up for
review next spring, and
Congress and the current
administration have an
opportunity to provide
relief before the next
planting season. That
means acting now, not
waiting until farmers
are already making decisions about what to plant
and what to leave fallow.
Kansas towns and Kansas
families cannot keep
absorbing the fallout.
State Rep. Samantha
Poetter Parshall represents
Miami County and parts of
southeast Kansas,
where she champions
conservative values and
limited government.
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LOWRY…
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embattled country handing
over to Moscow strategically important territory
that is still in Ukrainian
hands; agreeing to a limit
on the size of its military;
and the U.S. taking currently frozen Russian assets in
Europe to rebuild Ukraine
(getting 50% of any profits)
and to pursue joint investment projects with Russia.
Negotiations with the
Ukrainians have reportedly produced a more reasonable version, but it is
Washington and Moscow
that matter most here.
The analyst Robert
Kagan famously wrote
years ago that, in their
divergent approaches to
the world, Americans are
from Mars and Europeans
are from Venus. Having
long outsourced power
politics to Mars, it turns
out that Venus has limited
influence even in her own
backyard.
Rich Lowry is editor of the
National Review.
FORUM…
Democrats pure evil.
To the twit who replied in
the Phone Forum that they
hope this is to be Trumps
last term. If you were familiar with the Constitution,
you would know that a president can only serve two
terms, and this is Trumps
second term. Dont have to
worry about him serving
another one.
For the person who would
like to find a church in last
weeks forum, you should
try the Methodist Church
at 2nd and Oak Street in
Garnett.
Why the obsession with
the Grinch this year? At
Walmart in Emporia,
every cash register has
a Grinch balloon flying
over it. A Grinch walked
in our Christmas parade.
Dont you remember he
stole Christmas. The words
describing him were stink,
stank, stunk. At least in
the movie, he brings everything back. The model for
the Grinch, Satan, wont
bring anything back. His
goal is to steal your joy,
and in many cases, he is
succeeding.
Your RIGHT to know, guaranteed
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Current statewide Public Notice archive available at
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City of Garnett ordinance
changing waterwater charges
CITY ATTORNEYS SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE #4286
On December 9, 2025, the governing
body of the City of Garnett Kansas,
passed Ordinance #4286 amending
Chapter 15, Article 8, Section 15-804
(a) (3) of the Municipal Code (2023 Ed.)
changing the formula for calculating the
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among some of the most
vulnerable populations.
More welfare programs
should be designed like
this.
Another option would
be a pay-for-outcomes
structure, where programs
are funded when they meet
an agreed upon outcome:
increasing
graduation
rates, boosting employment, raising participants
income, etc. Rather than
paying for inputs, a pay-foroutcomes model rewards
a program after it proves
itself.
These are just a few
recommendations.
But
they would be a good start
toward turning the broken
welfare system into what
it should be a system
that helps people improve
their lives. These reforms
would also help make sure
that what happened in
Minnesota never, ever happens again.
Rachel Sheffield is a
Research Fellow in The
Heritage Foundations
Center for Health and
Welfare Policy.
sewer wastewater charge; and repealing
existing code section.
A complete copy of this ordinance is
available free of charge at www.garnettks.
net (available for at least one week following the publication of this summary notice)
or at City Hall, 131 W. Fifth Avenue, during
regular business hours.
This summary is certified by Terry J.
Solander, City Attorney, in compliance
with K.S.A. 12-3007.
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Notice of hearing to close
Greeley Elementary School
(First published in The Anderson County
Review, Thursday, December 11, 2025.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given pursuant to K.S.A.
72-1431, of a public hearing to be held
on the 8th day of January, 2026, at 7:15
p.m. board offices at Ray Meyer Gym
regarding the Unified School District No.
365, Anderson County, Kansas proposal
to close Greeley Elementary School for
the following reasons:
Consistent Low School Enrollment
Reduce operational costs for USD 365
in the form of operational costs, utilities,
maintenance and facility repairs
Consolidate resources to improve efficiency in program delivery for USD 365
students
Students attending Greeley Elementary
School will be reassigned to Garnett
Elementary School.
A representative of the board of education
will present the proposal to close Greeley
Elementary School and the board will
hear testimony as to the advisability of the
proposed closing.
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official newspaper of record for
Anderson County, The City of
Garnett, USD 365, and the other
incorporated
cities in Anderson County. Notices
published here meet all required
statutory legal parameters.
City of Westphalia ordinance relating to changing
charges on wastewater treatment works
(Published in The Anderson County
Review, Thursday, December 18, 2025.)
ORDINANCE NO. 208
SHEFFIELD…
dal would be changing the
funding structure and the
way success is measured.
First, to better protect
against fraud, states should
be required to fund more of
the welfare system themselves. Passing down dollars from the federal government to states creates a
lack of accountability and
makes it easier for fraud
to occur. But this isnt the
only change. After all, not
all the money scammed
away in Minnesota was federal funding.
Programs should also
be funded based on whether they promote upward
mobility, not based on the
number of people they
serve. Welfare reform in
1996 restructured the largest cash assistance program at the time, in part,
by ending the structure of
more money for larger welfare rolls.
Instead, states were
provided a fixed funding
stream and rewarded if
they helped move people
into work and off the roles.
The 1996 reform worked
to decrease poverty, even
Public
Notice
(Published in The Anderson County
Review, Thursday, December 18, 2025.)
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Thursday, December 18, 2025
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
WESTPHALIA, KANSAS RELATING TO
THE USER CHARGE SYSTEM FOR
THE CITY'S TREATMENT WORKS;
AMENDING ORDINANCE #177,
ARTICLE IV, SECTION 1 AND ARTICLE
V, SECTION 2 AND REPEALING
ORDINANCE #203, SECTION 1, CLASS
I, CLASS 11, AND CLASS 111.
WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the
City of Westphalia, Kansas has determined that it is necessary to amend certain items of its Ordinances related to the
City's public wastewater treatment works.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body
of Westphalia, Kansas that:
Section 1. Ordinance #177, Article IV,
Section 1 is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Section 1: The following classes of users
and charges to those users are hereby
established:
CLASS I: Residential User: Single Family
Contributors: Residential users which
contribute no more than normal domestic
strength wastewater. $35.00/month per
unit. $26.60/month User Charge, and
$8.40/month Debt Redemption Charge.
CLASS II: Light Commercial/Institutional
Users: Non-residential users which
contribute less than or equal to normal
domestic strength wastewater. $35.00/
month per unit. $26.60 per month
User Charge, and $8.40/month Debt
Redemption Charge.
CLASS III: Heavy Commercial/Instituional
Users: Non-residential users which contribute greater than normal domestic
strength wastewater. $35.00/month per
unit. $26.60/month User Charge, and
$8.40/month Debt Redemption Charge.
CLASS IV: Inactive-Users: Users as
defined in Article II, Section 5, whose
units are Inactive. $8.40/month Debt
Redemption Charge.
Section 2. A late penalty of $5.00 of
the user charge bill will be added to
each delinquent bill for each thirty days
ofdelinquency.
Section 3. Ordinance #203, Section
l(which previously amended Ordinance
No. 177, Article IV, Section 1) is hereby
repealed.
Section 4. If any provision of this
Ordinance shall be held invalid, the invalidity of that provision shall not affect the
other provisions of this Ordinance.
Section 5. Force and Effect: This
Ordinance shall take effect January 1,
2026 and be inforce upon passage,
approval, and publication one time in the
Anderon County Review.
Passed by the Westphalia City Council
and approved by Mayor Dieker, this 9th
day of December, 2025.
Governed by:
/s/Drake Dieker, Mayor
Attested by:
/s/Janet Huss, City Clerk
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Thursday, December 18, 2025
LOCAL
CODERED…
FROM PAGE 1
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 12-18-2025 / FACEBOOK
Enjoying the Taste of the Holidays at the Garnett Public Library on Wednesday, December 10th.
The library provided Christmas goodies and festive drinks to wish their patrons a warm and happy
Christmas. Pictured is Charlotte Lutz serving up the goodies.
REGS…
FROM PAGE 1
on project size, setbacks
from residences could
range up to 1,000 feet, while
a minimum 2,500-foot separation would be required
between solar facilities.
Projects would also be
required to install vegetative buffers, including multiple rows of trees or shrubs
where existing vegetation
is insufficient, to screen
installations from roads
and neighboring properties.
Developers would be
required to reseed disturbed land with native
grasses and flowers and
maintain that ground cover
for the life of the project.
Tree removal would be minimized, and detailed studies
of wildlife, wetlands, floodplains, and other sensitive
areas would be required as
part of the permitting process.
The ordinance also places strict limits on toxic
materials used in solar
panels. Panels containing
materials such as lead or
cadmium would generally
be prohibited unless a special exemption is granted.
Projects using such materials would be subject to
additional safety planning
and warning signage.
Battery energy storage
systems would face separate
safety standards, including
minimum distance requirements from residences,
fencing, fire-prevention
measures, and emergency
signage.
Solar developers would
be required to enter into
road maintenance agreements with Anderson
County, assuming responsibility for repairing any
damage to county roads,
bridges, or rights-of-way
caused during construction or decommissioning.
Construction traffic routes,
hours, dust control, lighting, and fencing would
also be subject to county
approval.
Applicants would be
responsible for all costs
associated with county
review, including the use of
outside engineers or consultants, regardless of whether a permit is approved or
denied.
Each project would also be
required to post a financial bond equal to at least
110 percent of the estimated decommissioning cost,
ensuring funds are available to remove the facility and restore the land if
the project is abandoned or
ceases operation.
The ordinance requires
solar projects to be fully
decommissioned within six
months of ceasing operations. If a developer fails
to do so, the county would
have the authority to use
the posted bond to remove
the facility.
Special use permits
would not be transferable
without prior approval
from county commissioners, limiting speculative
resale of permitted projects.
County commissioners
are expected to take up discussion of the zoning board
recommendation in coming
weeks.
To the extent you
have misrepresented or
exaggerated the safety of
your AI products or pro-
vided harmful material to
minors, you may have to
answer for it in Kansas,
Kobach warns.
them, they have to build it
out, then they have to send
it if its a time crunch
The county pays $15,000
annually for its subscription to CodeRED, Burkhart
said, but she planned to
investigate the countys
possible participation in
a competing system called
Everbridge, which was contracted on a regional basis
and used by a number of
counties in eastern Kansas.
She said Everbridge had
a number of features not
used in CodeRED, but the
downside was that county
residents who had already
subscribed to CodeRED
years ago would have to re
subscribe to sign up with
the new Everbridge system.
Its something that I
wanted to investigate further, Burkhart said.
The CodeRED emergency notification system was
contracted in Anderson
County some two decades
ago and was originally
developed and operated by
OnSolve, a Florida-based
company whose corporate headquarters were in
Ormond Beach. CodeRED
itself was created in the
early 2000s and grew rapidly from that Florida base as
counties and cities nationwide adopted reverse
911style alerting systems
that used that 911 functionality to send messages to
anyone whos phone was
programmed into the system.
Online computer sites
said CodeRED was the
subject of a ransomeware
attack in which hackers
access a secure system
then scuttle it unless the
owners pay a ransom to
make it operational again.
A cybercriminal group,
reportedly the INC Ransom
gang, claimed responsibility for the attack, which
compromised the CodeRED
environment and stole subscriber data such as names,
addresses, emails, phone
numbers, and account passwords, according to the
Goshen, Maryland, municipal website which was a
contractee of CodeRED.
The attack damaged the
legacy CodeRED system
to the point that the company determined it could
not safely keep that environment operational. As
a result, industry press
reports say the platform
was decommissioned permanently, with Crisis24
announcing the shutdown
of the legacy CodeRED
system and a transition of
customers to a new, separate platform (referred to
as CodeRED by Crisis24).
The report said many
municipalities temporarily lost the ability to send
CodeRED alerts, forcing
them to use alternative
channels such as local
media, social media, email
lists, or FEMAs Integrated
Public Alert and Warning
System (IPAWS) for emergencies. Some local authorities terminated their contracts with the service due
to concerns over security
and data protection. Users
were warned to change
passwords if they had
reused them elsewhere, due
to the potential exposure of
clear-text credentials.
Everbridge is a mass
notification and critical
event management system
used nationwide by county
emergency managers, cities, universities, hospitals
and large organizations.
According to the company,
Everbridge is used by thousands of public-sector agencies in the United States
to deliver time-sensitive
alerts during
severe
weather, evacuations, hazardous materials incidents,
missing-person cases and
major infrastructure disruptions (Everbridge Inc.).
How Everbridge Works
Everbridge allows emergency officials to send
alerts
simultaneously
through multiple channels,
including text messages,
automated phone calls,
email, mobile app notifications and social media
feeds, according to product
descriptions published by
Everbridge.
A key feature is geographic information system (GIS) targeting, which
enables emergency managers to notify only those
residents within a defined
area such as a tornado warning polygon issued
by the National Weather
Service rather than an
entire county.
Everbridge also integrates
with
FEMAs
Integrated Public Alert and
Warning System (IPAWS),
which includes Wireless
Emergency Alerts sent to
cell phones and Emergency
Alert System messages
broadcast through radio
and television, according
to FEMA documentation
on IPAWS.
Everbridge is widely
used throughout eastern
and northeastern Kansas,
including counties such as
Franklin, Miami, Johnson,
Douglas, Leavenworth,
Wyandotte,
Shawnee,
Jefferson and Lyon, based
on county emergency management public notices and
enrollment pages.
Many counties surrounding Anderson County
already rely on Everbridge
as their primary public
alert system, particularly
for severe weather and public safety incidents. Kansas
emergency managers have
cited the systems reliability and ability to handle
high message volumes
during tornado outbreaks
as key advantages.
Emergency management
officials nationwide have
emphasized cybersecurity,
system resilience and scalability as critical factors
when selecting alert systems, especially as cyberattacks increasingly target
public infrastructure.
Burkhart told commissioners shed report back
as soon as she had more
information.
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KOBACH…
FROM PAGE 1
Meanwhile, the California
parents of a 16-year-old are
suing OpenAIs ChatGPT
for chatbot conversations
they allege smoothed the
way for his suicide in
April.
Were seeing a very
concerning trend where
Big Tech releases AI products without meaningful
safeguards, Kobach says
in the press release.
With each iteration of
their AI, Big Tech offers
vague promises about
product safety and parental controls only to blame
the child, parent, or consumer when faced with
AIs real-life harms. My
team and I are watching,
and we are demanding
more of Big Tech than its
usual buzz words.
Kobachs letter, the
release reads, highlights
a recent case in Topeka
where a sexual predator
used AI to generate thousands of images depicting
child sexual abuse material.
It also notes the national reports in which AI
encouraged teen suicide,
validated self-harm as
feeling good, and promoted sexualized interactions
with minors.
When some AI platforms are marketing themselves with slogans like AI
girls never say no, weve
got a serious, despicable
problem, Kobach says in
the press release. Thats
not a glitch in AI. Its a failure of corporate accountability.
Kobachs letter sent
to 13 AI purveyors, including Microsoft, Meta Apple
and OpenAI demands
answers by Jan. 30 as
to how companies can
ensure user safety, prevent
illicit conduct, and comply
with Kansass age verification law.
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