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City hears proposals,
but no firm decision yet
on pavillion locations
Commissioners expect to
take up disscussion again
next month with more info
BY DANE HICKS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
said installation costs for each possible site hadnt yet been calculated.
City commissioner Jody Cole wondered if there were any other possible
options.
This is what we feel
comfortable with
as far as use, practicality for maintenance. We wouldnt
be opposed to other
suggestions, but I do
think this is a pretty whittled-down
list of all the viable
Mills
options that weve
discussed.
City commissioner Nate Wiehl
suggested the proposals be publicized
to get public input and possibly come
up with additional ideas.
The structures originally were
built in the 1990s to house Overland
Parks Farmers Market, and were
offered for free as the city made room
for a new $34 million public use com-
GARNETT Anderson Countys economic development director presented five possible locations for the three
steel pavilions recently acquired
from Overland Park, though Garnett
City Commissioners havent committed to a firm relocation plan yet.
Jessica Mills presented proposals
including Donna Harris Park at the
northeast corner of 4th Ave. and Oak
Street in Garnett, the south yard of
the Garnett Rec Center as a farmers
market location and for other public
use, and the present skate park in
Lake Garnett Park. Two other locations would site structures at Garnett
Industrial airport one as a public
use building on the facilities front
lawn and another as a revenue proSEE PAVILLIONS ON PAGE 5
ducing hangar facility to be rented to
aircraft owners.
The proposal
also featured renderings of site locations done by students in Jennifer
Sibleys art class at
Anderson County
High School.
Mills presented Baylee Barnes made this rendering of a pavillion proposal
a list of pros and for Donna Harris Park in downtown Garnett in the ACHS
cons with each pro- Art Class. More renderings on page 15.
posed location, but
County, city may share Land Bank
Garnett adopted legal
process in 2022 but so far
hasnt implemented it
BY DANE HICKS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
GARNETT City and county officials this week discussed the idea
of expanding a Land Bank from
Garnett City authority to a countywide entity to set about the acquisition of delinquent properties with the
aim of returning them to productive
and tax paying status.
The city of Garnett formed a
land bank in May of 2022 after it
was discussed for several years and
made a part of the Anderson County
Development Agencys 2020 strategic
plan. A land bank is a legal entity
which allows a local government to
purchase or foreclose on tax delinquent or abandoned property and
keep it off the tax rolls in the interim
with the hope of selling it to a developer who would make some practical
use of it and eventually start paying taxes on it again. Garnetts Land
Bank has not been exercised in any
property projects since its creation.
Anderson County economic
development director Jessica Mills
broached the idea of expanding the
land bank to county commissioners
on Monday and received a warm
reception. City commissioners also
appeared to like the idea when Mills
pitched the idea to city commissioners at their Tuesday night meeting.
My ask of you actually is, I would
love to see that Anderson County
wide not just in Garnett, Mills told
city commissioners. She said county commissioners were interested
in finding options to rectify blighted
properties county wide as well as
Anderson County Junior High 8th grader
Vivian Riblett illustrates the stretchability
of Vivians Slime, the small business
project she presented at Tuesdays
Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge
which won the days competition from a
field of 9 exhibitors. Riblett now moves
forward to compete in the state competition to be held in April. At right, Darius
Yarnell of Gadget Factory explains
his water vapor condensing devise to
Garnett City Manager Travis Wilson.
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
2-27-2025 / DANE HICKS
SEE PROCESS ON PAGE 6
Kansas agency cant explain swings in child abuse stats
Large majority of reports
are unsubstantiated, but
anomalies still raise eyebrows
BY PATRICK RICHARDSON
THE SENTINEL
TOPEKA Every year, tens of thousands of Kansas families are reported to the Department of Children and
Family Services for child abuse. And
every year, the vast majority of those
claims are found to be unsubstantiated.
DCFS, however, is unable to account
for large fluctuations in the number
of yearly claims over the last 10 years
and has declined to answer questions
about those fluctuations and changes
in policy.
In 2014, Child abuse claims in
Kansas there were 33,740 abuse reports
to DCFS, of which 31,700, or about 94%,
DCFS said were unsubstantiated. In
2023, the last year for which numbers
are available, there were a total of
18,123 reports, of which 4% were substantiated and 96% were not.
Thats a significant drop in the number of abuse reports, numbers were
similar in 2022 with a total of 18,983
reports just under 97% of them
unsubstantiated.
However, the 2020 and 2021 numbers
were closer to the historical average of
around 30,000 reports per year. There
were also significant single-year drops
in 2017 and 2019, with numbers spiking
back to historical averages the following year.
The Sentinel asked DCFS to explain
to what the department attributed
these drops.
DCFS Deputy Director of Media
Relations Erin LaRow said that the
standard of evidence and the types of
finding changed.
In July 2016 (SFY 2017), the standard of evidence was changed from
clear and convincing to preponderance, LaRow said. In addition, a new
finding type of affirmed was added,
which created a three-tiered system.
The Sentinel also asked about the
fluctuations and what could be done to
prevent the large number of spurious
claims.
LaRow replied that DCFS accepts
reports in good faith from mandated
reporters and the public. Mandated
reporters can attend trainings presented by our partners at the Kansas
Childrens Service League (KCSL) to
learn more about their responsibilities.
What constitutes good faith and
how mandated reporter training would
reduce the thousands of false claims is
unclear.
By LaRows admission, DCFS also
does not track the number of claims
made against single-parent homes compared to two-parent homes or whether
there were more accusations against
women or men in single-parent homes,
although this information should
be contained in the DCFS workers
reports.
The Sentinel then asked LaRow to
explain the three-tier system and
why the number of parents in a home
and the sex of the person reported for
abuse is not tracked, but has received
no response.
The largest counties in Kansas
track more-or-less with the state averages, with two counties, Sedgwick and
Douglas, showing a decrease albeit
small in the number of unsubstantiated claims between 2014 and 2023.
In Johnson County, 93% of claims
were unsubstantiated in 2014 and 98%
in 2023. Sedgwick County went from
97% unsubstantiated in 2014 to 96%
in 2023. Wyandotte County went from
94% to 95%; Shawnee went from 93%
to 97% unsubstantiated, and Douglas
County went from 96% to 95%.
The good news is, at least for 2022
and 2023, the total number of child
abuse claims is down significantly, and
the vast majority of claims are unsubstantiated. Indeed, state-wide, there
were only about 1,300 substantiated
claims over those two years.
Additionally, in 2023, 100% of abuse
claims in 36 out of 105 counties in
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County attorney asks
for investigation into
office vandalism
GARNETT Anderson County
attorney Steve Wilson told
County Commissioners this
week he has asked the county
sheriff for an
investigation
of vandalism
apparently done to a
desk in the
county attorneys offices
just prior to
his assuming
Wilson
the position
in January.
Wilson told commissioners a handle and key lock had
apparently been broken off
the desk at some point shortly before he was sworn into
office. He said he was unsure if
anything had been taken from
the desk.
It wasnt immediately
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Thursday, February 27, 2025
RECORD
NEWS IN
BRIEF
COUNTY GOP HOSTS
SCHOOL BOARD PRIMER
The
Anderson
County
Republican Partys Feb. 27
meeting will host Kansas School
Board District 9 Representative
Jim Porter to discuss his experience running for the state
school board, along with information on getting involved as
an elected member of your
local school board. The county
GOP meets Thursday, Feb. 27
at 6 p.m. at Garnett Pizza Hut.
If you plan to eat dinner please
come early or order in advance.
COMMUNITY BREAKFAST
The Pottawatomie Township
Ruritans are having a community
breakfast on Saturday, March 8,
from 7 a.m. – 9 a.m. at the Lane
Community Building. Proceeds
to go Honor Flight. Pancakes,
biscuits & gravy, french toast,
scrambled eggs & sausage patties will be served.
GARNETT SQUARE FAIR
Garnett BPW is looking for
workers to help with setup
and take down at Square Fair
on Saturday, May 10th. Great
event that needs workers and
anyone needing Community
Service hours. Please call
Helen at 785-448-8745 to sign
up or any questions.
CORNHOLE TOURNAMENTS
Every Thursday their 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.
ANDERSON COUNTY COMMISSION
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Chairman Leslie McGhee called
the meeting of the Anderson County
Commission to order at 9:00
AM on February 18, 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.
Road & Bridge
Ethan Lickteig, Road & Bridge
Supervisor, met with the commission.
He presented dust control bids from
Scotwood Industries and Home City
Grain. Scotwood Industries bid $1.20/
unit and Home City Grain bid $1.30/
unit. Discussion was held on the product used, application process, and
when they will begin. Commissioner
Blaufuss moved and Commissioner
Mersman seconded to hire Scotwood
Industries to lay the dust control
for $1.20/unit for the 2025 season.
All voted yes. Ethan presented tire
bids for the shop. Bids were from
Commercial Tire, Cedar Valley Tire,
J-D Automotive, and Kansas Land &
Tire. The bids contained an assortment of tire sizes for graders, trailers,
and trucks for the department. A full
bid sheet is available at the Road
& Bridge department. Commissioner
Mersman moved and Commissioner
Blaufuss seconded to purchase all
assorted tires from Cedar Valley
Tire for $38,942.82 to be paid out
of the road & bridge fund. All voted
yes. Discussion was held on purchasing a new tire machine. Ethan
received a bid for a Coats brand but
the Commissioners want to him to get
at least one more bid before making a
decision.
Emergency Management
Discussion was held on the
Emergency Management position.
The Commissioners would like to separate the Rural Fire and Emergency
Management departments but keep
them under the Commissioners.
County Clerk, Julie Wettstein, will
review the job descriptions with
Cruz Gillespie, Interim Emergency
Management Director & Rural Fire
Coordinator, to make sure they are
accurate with individual duties. The
Commissioners will review the job
descriptions at the next meeting then
open up for applications.
ECKAN
Commissioner Mersman moved
and Commissioner McGhee sec-
onded to appoint Michael Blaufuss
to the ECKAN Board of Directors
for Anderson County. All voted yes.
Michael is replacing Dave Pracht on
the board.
Abatements, Adds, & Escapes
Abatements B25-160 through B25170, adds A25-111 through A25-117,
and escapes E25-105 through E25107 were approved as presented.
Adjourn
Meeting adjourned at 12:00 PM
due to no further business.
CREST UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT NO. 479
February 10th, 2025
Board Meeting Minutes
The regular monthly meeting of
the Board of Education of Crest
Unified School District #479 was held
at the Crest Board Office, Colony,
on Monday, February 10th, 2025.
The meeting was called to order at
7:00 p.m. by Board President Travis
Church.
Roll Call
Board Members Present Nathan
Beckmon, Travis Church, Jamie
Henderson, Kevin Nilges, Lance
Ramsey and Laura Schmidt.
Board Members Absent – Seth
Black
Others Present Superintendent
Shane Walter, MS/HS Principal
Travis Hermreck, Board Clerk Lynette
Prasko, Loren Korte and Rosan
Williams.
Approval of Agenda
Board Policy Updates was added
as E. 8. to the Items of Business and
then continue the agenda with the
subsequent items. It was moved by
Mr. Kevin Nilges and seconded by
Mrs. Jamie Henderson to approve the
agenda as amended. Vote: 6-0
Approval of Consent Agenda
It was moved by Mr. Nathan
Beckmon and seconded by Mr. Lance
Ramsey to approve the consent agenda including the minutes of the January
13th regular board meeting, bills in the
amount of $394,217.78, undesignated
$50.00 donation, Enrollment Report
and Budget Expenditure Report. Vote:
6-0
Information Items
ANW Special Education Minutes
The minutes of the January 8th, 2025
ANW Special Education Cooperative
meeting were reviewed.
Superintendent/Principal Report
Mr. Walter reported the districts KESA
accreditation plan was approved by
the state and discussed that the
March 14th in-service will be used for
standards alignment.
Mr. Hermreck reported there will
not be any opportunity for rescheduling games if any additional are
missed.
Items of Business
District/Property
Insurance
Renewal Mr. Walter introduced
Loren Korte and Rosan Williams with
Personal Service Insurance to present
insurance information. It was moved
by Mr. Nathan Beckmon and seconded by Mr. Kevin Nilges to approve
the district property, auto, and liability insurance renewal from Personal
Service Insurance as presented in the
amount of $58,867.33. Vote: 6-0
Facility Improvements Mr. Walter
reviewed the status of the facility
improvements with the board and the
2×3
Yutzy
anticipated matching grant opportunity
from Throckmorton-Riser Foundation
for additional capital improvements.
He also discussed E-Rate funding that
is available for network and cabling
infrastructure upgrades.
2025-2026 District Calendar It
was moved by Mr. Nathan Beckmon
and seconded by Mrs. Jamie
Henderson to adopt the 2025-2026
Crest USD 479 district calendar as
presented. Vote: 6-0
After Prom Mr. Walter reported
the After-Prom parents have asked if
the school could provide a bus if the
After-Prom event includes a trip out of
town and After-Prom covers the driver
expense.
Senior Trip Mr. Walter discussed
the senior trip itinerary to Branson for
March 28th -30th and it was moved by
Mr. Nathan Beckmon and seconded
by Mrs. Laura Schmidt to approve the
senior trip as presented. Vote: 6-0
Snow Days/Make Up Days Snow
days/make up days and required
attendance hours were reviewed by
the board. It was moved by Mrs.
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Jamie Henderson and seconded
by Mr. Nathan Beckmon to approve
changing the March 14th Professional
Development to all day and for no
changes to the student school calendar. Vote: 6-0
Cyber Security Grant Purchase
Mr. Walter presented new servers
that can be purchase using federal Cybersecurity Grant funds. It was
moved by Mr. Nathan Beckmon
and seconded by Mr. Kevin Nilges
to approve the quote from Dell
Technologies for three servers in the
amount of $16,049.54 Vote: 6-0
Board Policy Updates Mr. Walter
reviewed the Cardiac Emergency
Response Planning (EBBG) board
policy with the board.
Resignations It was moved by Mr.
Nathan Beckmon and seconded by
Mr. Kevin Nilges to accept the following resignations:
Beth Zimmerman as Business
Teacher, Sophomore Class Sponsor,
SEE RECORDS ON PAGE 3
Top Dog
of the
Week!
Royce
Ulrich
The Central Heights Viking
finished 3rd (132) at regionals
in wrestling to qualify for State.
Royce rallied to win his final two
matches to punch his ticket.
Top Dog of the Week wins a $10 Sonic gift card and our
special recognition vehicle window decal. Watch for
them on the road, and each week in
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WRESTLING!
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SOPHOMORE
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Ottawa
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Anderson County Abstract
Garnett
(785) 448-2426
Anderson County Review
Garnett
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Arnolds Prairie Greenhouse
LeRoy
(620) 964-2423
AuBurn Pharmacy
Garnett
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Barnes Seed Service, LLC
Garnett
(785) 304-2500
Benjamin Realty
Garnett
(785) 448-2550
Bluestem Farm & Ranch
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(620) 352-5502
Bones Rock Yard
Ottawa
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Brand N Iron
Princeton
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Brummel Farm Service
Garnett
(785) 448-5720
CARSTAR
Ottawa
(785) 242-8916
D&M Mini Barns
Garnett
(785) 504-9625
East Kansas Agri-Energy
Garnett
(785) 448-2888
Farmers State Bank
Garnett
www.fsbkansas.com
Member FDIC – Equal Opportunity Lender.
Flynn Appliance Center
Iola
(620) 365-2538
Garnett Home Center
& Rental
Garnett
(785) 448-7106
Midwest Collision
Paola
(913) 294-4016
Natures Touch
Garnett
(785) 448-7152
Patriots Bank
Garnett
www.patriotsbank.com
Member FDIC – Equal Opportunity Lender.
PrairieLand Partners
Iola
(620) 365-2187
Terry Solander, Atty. at Law
Garnett
(785) 448-6131
Quality Structures
Richmond
800-374-6988
Tom Adams Construction
Garnett
(785) 448-3997
Sandras Quick Stop
Garnett
(785) 448-6602
Valley R Agri-Service, Inc.
Garnett
(785) 448-6533
6th Ave Boutique &
Western Wear
Garnett
(785) 448-2276
Wilson Chiropractic Clinic
Garnett
(785) 448-6151
Sonic Drive-In
Garnett
(785) 448-6393
State Farm Insurance
Ryan Disbrow-Agent, Garnett
(785) 448-1660
Wittman NAPA Auto Parts
Garnett
(785) 448-6611
Yutzy Custom Structures
Garnett
(800) 823-8609
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Thursday, February 27, 2025
GALEY
OCTOBER 31, 1972 FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Craig Galey, age 52, of
Ottawa, Kansas, passed away
at his residence on February
18th, 2025.
Friends shared their con-
dolences with the family
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
at Feuerborn Family Funeral
Service, Garnett, Kansas.
SUTHERLAND
MAY 3, 1943 FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Joe Cortner Sutherland, age
81, of Iola, Kansas, passed away
February 20, 2025, at St. Lukes
Hospital – Plaza, Kansas City,
Missouri.
A visitation will be held
from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on
Friday, March 7, 2025, in The
Venue at Feuerborn Family
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High School Student Council
Co-Sponsor, and FBLA Sponsor
Dakota Sporing as Assistant
Baseball Coach
Vote: 6-0
Personnel Executive Session It
was moved by Mr. Travis Church
and seconded by Mr. Kevin Nilges to
enter into executive session for the
purpose of discussing district staffing. The reason for the session was
the non-elected personnel exemption
under KOMA. The meeting was to
resume in the board room at 8:31 p.m.
Mr. Walter and Mr. Hermreck were
invited to attend. Vote: 6-0
At 8:31 p.m., the open meeting
resumed in the board room and it
was moved by Mr. Kevin Nilges and
seconded by Mr. Nathan Beckmon
to extend the executive session until
8:36 p.m. with Mr. Walter and Mr.
Hermreck in the executive session.
Vote: 6-0
The open meeting reconvened in
the board room at 8:36 p.m. and it was
moved by Mr. Nathan Beckmon and
seconded by Mr. Kevin Nilges to hire:
Chandler Crow as Assistant
Baseball Coach
Dakotah Sporing as Head Softball
Coach
Vote: 6-0
Adjournment
It was moved by Mr. Nathan
Beckmon and seconded by Mr. Lance
Ramsey to adjourn the meeting at
8:41 p.m. Vote: 6-0
ANDERSON COUNTY
TRAFFIC CASES FILED
Denver Lane Welsh has been
charged with speeding 88 mph in a 55
mph zone.
Shannon Earl Reed has been
charged with speeding 75 mph in a 65
mph zone.
Martin Dean Priest, Jr. has been
charged with driving while suspended;
1st conviction.
Tyson LEe Schuler has been
Funeral Service, 1883 US
Highway 54, Iola. A memorial
service will be on Saturday,
March 8, 2025, 10:30 a.m., at
the Iola First Presbyterian
Church. Inurnment will follow
in Highland Cemetery, Iola,
Kansas.
charged with driving while suspended;
3rd or subsequent conviction, no vehicle liability insurance; knowing drive
uninsured vehicle w/prior conviction
and operating a vehicle without registration or w/expired tag.
Edward Boone Williams has been
charged with speeding 76 mph in a 65
mph zone.
Joseph James Guarascio has been
charged with speeding 93 in a 65 mph
zone.
Bridget Elizabeth Dupin has been
charged with speeding 85 mph in a 65
mph zone.
King Seven James Dale has been
charged with speeding 78 mph in a 65
mph zone.
Carissa Lynn May has been
charged with speeding 81 in a 65 mph
zone.
Michael Allan Worthington has
been charged with speeding 76 mph
in a 65 mph zone.
ANDERSON COUNTY
CRIMINAL CASES FILED
Cherokee Lane Casida-Razo has
been charged with possession of
methampetamine, possession of drug
paraphernalia, no proof of motor vehicle liability insurance, minor in possession of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, or tobacco products, improper
turn or approach, improper notice of
turn.
Haley Nicole Ladewig has been
charged with permitting a dangerous
animal to be at large.
Kaleb C Weers has been charged
with possession of methampetamine, possession of marijuana – 2nd
offense, possession of psilocybin
(mushrooms), possession of drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence
of alcohol.
Michael J Wilson has been charged
with violation of protection order.
Colony Christian Church Unity of the church
– Putting down roots
Lexy
Langworthy
led
worship with the songs
"Cornerstone,"
"How
Marvelous, How Wonderful"
and "Goodness of God." She was
accompanied by Ben Prasko on
keyboard and Ethan Prasko on
percussion.
Darren McGhee gave the
communion meditation titled
"The Father Knows." Darren's
grandfather had enough
life experience that he could
always predict what was going
to happen fairly accurately.
So does our Father in Heaven
know what is going to happen.
We can petition Him to search
our hearts and create cleanness within us.
Pastor Chase Riebel's sermon from Ezekiel 17 was titled
"Putting Down Roots." We
must intentionally stay rooted
to Jesus abiding in Him and
depending on Him. We should
live a life worthy of Him bearing good fruit wherever He
plants us.
The women had a luncheon
following church and then
held a baby shower for Lexy
Langworthy.
On February 5, a vehicle driven
by Matthew Darin Lutz, Garnett, was
traveling west on W. Brown Ave. in
Greeley, Kansas, when he attempted
to turn around, causing the vehicle to
slide into a vehicle that was legally
parked.
On February 10, a vehicle driven
by Mark Laray Chandler, Leroy, was
traveling on K-58 Highway when he
struck a deer about 1/2 mile west of
SW Barton Road.
October 31, 2024.
Jeremy Lankard was booked into
jail on November 18, 2024.
Walter Kerns was booked into jail
on January 13, 2025.
ANDERSON COUNTY JAIL ROSTER
(as of February 5, 2025)
Joseph Wilper was booked into jail
on October 20, 2023.
Kevin Labelle was booked into jail
on April 25, 2024.
Jason Boothe was booked into jail
on June 26, 2024.
William Vandenberg was booked
into jail on July 25, 2024.
Porfirio De La Cruz-Cantu was
booked into jail on October 10, 2024.
Erika Bond was booked into jail on
Christomer Hassell was booked
into jail on September 12, 2024.
Doyle Stryker was booked into jail
on September 14, 2024.
Jesse King was booked into jail on
September 30, 2024.
Julio Casanovavega was booked
into jail on November 9, 2024.
Joshua Franks was booked into jail
on December 12, 2024.
Margo Doty was booked into jail on
December 17, 2024.
Brandon Sage was booked into jail
on January 4, 2025.
Joey Davis was booked into jail on
January 4, 2025.
Tony Bass was booked into jail on
January 4, 2025.
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL
BY DAVID BILDERBACK
Old Testament division crept
in. The Old Testament defined
how God designed worship to
be. The New Testament gives
us the subject of our worship.
In Matthew 2:2 we read how the
Magi came from afar to worship the king of the Jews.
It is important today that the
church dwells on the concept
of the worship of Jesus Christ.
That is the only way peoples
hearts can be changed. The
heart change then leads to a
change in the mind. The only
way to change a persons mind
is through their heart with the
intervention of the Holy Spirit.
What these early believers
were unified in was their belief
in Jesus Christ as their Savior.
Exalting Jesus above all else
was their goal. Unity is the
byproduct that came out of it.
Ministry on the Holiness of God.
Author of the book,
On the Other Side of the Door
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ANDERSON COUNTY
ACCIDENT REPORTS FILED
On February 2, a vehicle driven by
Lisa Ann Knobel, Garnett, struck a
deer near the intersection of US 169
Hwy and 700 Road.
immunization log, physical if
available)
Meeting school staff and
teachers
Snacks
Garnett Elementarys (4483177) roundup will be April
8, Westphalias (489-2511) on
April 2 and Greeleys (867-3460)
on April 3. Call for more information.
Please pass this information
on to friends and neighbors
with kindergarten age children.
ANDERSON COUNTY JAIL FARM-INS
(as of January 22, 2025)
In Acts 4:32 we read. All the
believers were one in heart and
mind. Here we see the beginning of the church as believers are filled with the Holy
Spirit. This is the true beginning of what we now see as
the modern day church. These
believers were united by the
single belief that Jesus Christ
was their Lord and Savior. We
talk about the unification of
the church today but those discussions are far from the unity
the early church professed.
In Revelation 2:4 John is on
the island of Patmos where he
has been exiled for preaching
and teaching concerning Jesus
Christ. In a vision God issues a
rebuke to the church at Ephesus
saying, You have forsaken
your first love. Remember the
height from which you have
first fallen! Repent and do the
things you did at first. Their
hearts had gone cold and their
minds were focused inward to
themselves rather than toward
Christ. What they had lost was
unity, as believers, they had
enjoyed at the beginning.
The church today has
allowed her focus to come off
Jesus Christ and onto many
people pleasing agendas.
When this happens our focus
comes off Jesus to an agenda
that resembles our own version of worship. When Israel
took their eyes off God in the
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Thursday, February 27, 2025
Only the AP rules the written word
The Associated Press is fighting the Trump
administration over a mandated name change,
presumably because the global newswire sees
the twisting and politicization of language as its
exclusive remit.
Journalists are territorial, after all.
On January 20, President Trump signed an
executive order changing the name of the Gulf
of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Google Maps
and Apple Maps soon updated their software in
the U.S. to reflect the name change. Some news
organizations, including Axios and USA Today,
also updated their style guides to incorporate
the new title.
The Associated Press, however, released a
statement on January 23 declaring its opposition.
The Gulf of Mexico has carried that name for
more than 400 years, the newswire announced.
The Associated Press will refer to it by its original name while acknowledging the new name
Trump has chosen. As a global news agency that
disseminates news around the world, the AP
must ensure that place names and geography
are easily recognizable to all audiences.
To emphasize its commitment to clear, precise language, the AP said in the same announcement that it will honor Trumps executive order
reversing President Obamas decision to rename
Mount McKinley as Mount Denali. The AP clarified that since the mountain is on U.S. soil, the
news agency has no issue referring to it by the
name established through executive order. In
response to the APs refusal to adopt Gulf of
America, the Trump administration revoked
its White House press credentials, preventing
reporters from attending briefings in the Brady
Room. Since then, there has been much hullabaloo over whether this represents an attack on
the First Amendment, whether the Associated
Press deserves this treatment, and so on.
Its all rather silly, particularly the revocation of the APs credentials. What is also true,
though, is that its impossible to ignore the APs
own sordid history of bending and torturing language for political reasons, as anyone who has
suffered the tyranny of the AP Stylebook knows
all too well. Amid all the overwrought commentary about assaults on the free press, theres the
persistent reality that the AP is not that staunch
guardian of language it claims to be.
The AP once referred to former Vice
President Kamala Harris, one of the most liberal Democratic senators to serve in the Senate in
NATIONAL COMMENTARY
BECKET ADAMS THE NATIONAL REVIEW
the 21st century, as a centrist.
Centrist? By what standard?
Its not little things, either.
The AP Stylebook, a widely used manual
guiding editorial decisions for thousands of
newsrooms, tells reporters to use the terms
anti-abortion (not pro-life) and abortion
rights. The AP is why pro-lifers are stuck with
the anti- tag, while the pro-abortion camp goes
home with rights. Cute.
It was the AP that issued a memo in 2021
instructing staffers not to refer to the border
crisis as a crisis. Notably, before the wire
service handed down its directive, U.S. Customs
and Border Protection reported 100,441 encounters with migrants (including apprehensions
plus crossings of undocumented immigrants
at legal ports of entry). Also, at the time of the
AP directive, CBP was recording an average of
5,000 undocumented immigrants per day. Two
years before the Associated Press memo went
out when Donald Trump was president, and
the monthly number of encounters was far
lower the newswire published a fact-check
that included the following line: Few would
argue that a humanitarian crisis is unfolding.
This is the newsroom that repeatedly
referred to the Venezuelan illegal immigrant
who murdered Georgia woman Laken Riley as
an Athens man. (The AP also reported that
Rileys murder highlight[ed] the fears of solo
female athletes.)
This is the same newsroom that formally
ditched the term illegal immigrant in 2013,
reasoning that illegal should apply only to
actions, not people.
SEE ADAMS ON PAGE 5
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The people who changed the names of everything from military bases to pancake syrup
sure seem really mad about the Gulf of America
thing.
All I need is a little good news.
My message is in response to the comment that
Mr. Dane Hicks articles are condescending and
plain nasty. We look at the top of the page that
the Phone Forum and most of his articles are
on and it is the opinion page, the editorial page.
Thats where you put your opinions like calling
in on this phone line. Its my opinion that this
is where you get to say what you feel and it
doesnt matter if its not like its journalism like
Survey finds women more fulfilled in conservative lifestyles
Despite the liberal narrative that women are
oppressed by marriage and family, many say
they are more fulfilled in these roles than others.
This was one finding among many in the 10th
annual American Family Survey, which polled a
representative sample of 3,000 Americans about
a variety of family-related issues including marriage and child-rearing.
Pressing issues of 2024, according to those
surveyed, included the financial burden of raising children, lack of parental discipline or guidance, career demands on parents, the rise of single parenthood, excessive digital consumption
and a decline in faith practices.
Notably, there is double the concern about
the cost of child-rearing than there was 10 years
ago. In 2015, only 26% of Americans ranked it a
top issue, while 50% do now. During the same
period, concerns about parents not disciplining
their children declined from 53% to 40%.
Despite
the
range of difficulties facing families, most respondents whether
Democrat
or
Republican
agreed that raising children is one
of lifes greatest
joys.
Americans also
report
valuing
their identity as a parent and spouse or partner
more highly than their professional, religious or
political affiliations.
NATIONAL COMMENTARY
JILLIAN SCHNEIDER THE LION
However, Republicans were far more likely
than Democrats to say marriage is needed to
create strong families (77% to 41%).
Its perhaps unsurprising, then, that a much
higher percentage of conservative women report
being completely
satisfied with life
(37%) than liberal
women (12%).
According
to Brad Wilcox of
the Institute for
Family Studies,
this gap is due to
differing views on
marriage and religion, both of which
lend
meaning,
direction, and a sense of solidarity to womens
lives.
Weve seen in the research that conservative
women tend to be more likely to embrace a sense
…a much higher percentage of
conservative women report being
completely satisfied with life
(37%) than liberal women (12%).
of agency and to have the sense that they are
not, in any way, the victim of larger structural
realities or forces, Wilcox added.
In fact, both getting married and preserving
the sanctity of marriage come with benefits.
Prior studies have shown that people, particularly women, who marry without cohabiting
experience higher levels of relational satisfaction.
And the American Enterprise Institute found
higher marriage rates in a society are strongly
associated with more economic growth, more
economic mobility, less child poverty, and higher median family income, as well as a positive
labor market orientation among young men
and lower rates of violent crime.
Such benefits may be especially attractive to
women, who are more likely to be impoverished
or a single parent.
The American Family Survey also touched on
several hot-button issues facing policymakers,
including social media and giving cross-sex hormones to minors.
The poll found moderate support (46%) for
banning social media for youth younger than
16, with Republicans, older people, and those
who attend church being more supportive of the
restrictions.
Additionally, 40% of respondents were
in favor of banning hormone therapy for all
minors. Fewer people (36%) opposed such a ban,
while 25% were undecided.
Jillian Schneider is a Staff Writer for
The Lion. Her work has also appeared on
RealClearEducation, The Federalist, The
Heartlander, Acton Institute PowerBlog, and
ZuMedia.
Europe: Have a little self respect in funding your own defense
Europe deserves its humiliation .
Europe has been warned, and warned again.
Still, it has been reduced to a near-fainting fit
— and, in the case of one German official, actual
tears — over the Trump administrations tough
words about its deficient military spending and
U.S. moves to begin negotiating on its own with
Russia over the Ukraine war.
In response, French President Emmanuel
Macron called an emergency summit of
European leaders, which his advisers insisted
wasnt an emergency summit at all, but merely
a rapidly assembled informal meeting.
Whatever the nomenclature, there are signs
that Europe is beginning to get the memo — or,
more precisely, beginning to read a memo that
its been sent repeatedly for years and buried
somewhere under piles of documents celebrating its own so-called soft power.
Back in 2011, Europe received a stern talking
to from a bumptious U.S. official who insisted
that it faced a dim if not dismal future and that
NATO was headed for irrelevance.
This rude American was none other than
President Barack Obamas defense secretary,
Robert Gates. As a holdover from the George W.
Bush administration, Gates was a figure with
unassailable bipartisan credentials, and yet
sounded a little like Vice President J.D. Vance
and Trumps defense secretary Pete Hegseth.
The blunt reality, Gates said in his speech,
is that there will be dwindling appetite and
patience in the U.S. Congress — and in the
American body politic writ large — to expend
increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations
that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes
NATIONAL COMMENTARY
RICH LOWRY, King Features Syndicate
to be serious and capable partners in their own
defense.
In the form of the second Trump administration, the patience has dwindled to almost nothing.
Serious countries need serious militaries,
and a military alliance like NATO depends on
the capabilities of its member countries. This is
so obvious it should go without saying, but its
been an inconvenient truth for a Europe that
has preferred to spend on everything else while
relying on the might of the United States for
security and power projection.
NATO countries vowed that theyd spend
at least 2% of GDP on defense back in 2014,
and yet only 23 of 32 NATO members have
reached the threshold. Poland and the Baltic
states are among the top spenders, while France
and Germany barely make 2%, and Canada and
Italy are beneath it.
The trend has been upward but nowhere
near adequate. According to The New York
Times, There is consensus among officials and
analysts that Europe lacks crucial elements of
defense like integrated air and missile defense,
long-range precision artillery and missiles, satellites, and air-to-air refueling tankers.
Is that all?
Trump is calling for 5% of the GDP for NATO
members, which has all the hallmarks of a
tactic to get Europe as high as possible even if
they dont reach this benchmark (the U.S. itself
spends about 3.4%). NATO is planning to make
3% or 3.5% its goal later this year.
President Trump and his team prefer vinegar to honey in making their case around
the world. It may be needlessly abrasive, but
theres no doubt that it gets peoples attention.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told member countries to stop complaining and come
up with concrete, positive ideas, while Ursula
von der Leyen, the president of the European
Commission, said Europes security is at a
turning point and Europe needs an urgency
mindset and a surge of defense.
Even if Trump were less insistent about
spending and had warmer feelings about the
alliance, the fact is that the United States may
at some point be consumed with responding to a
crisis in the Pacific, and Europe will have to be
prepared to defend its backyard regardless.
If Europe wont spend more for the sake of
its own security or the good of the alliance, it
should — when its embarrassing panic subsides
— at least do it out of self-respect.
Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.
reporting something. So back off and give him
a break. I mean, its his opinion and they are
good articles. Thank you.
The Democrats have been very busy this
week, proposing legislation to place condom
machines in-wait for it -nursery schools. Also
banning the label mothers now to be called
inseminated persons. This sounds like something out of Hitlers Germany. Women, for
heavens sakes, call this evil out.
Whats the deal with this new pet registration
system the city has everyone jumping through
their hoops over? They already have your
dogs records, but I have to go online and fill
the whole thing out or else come in and meet
with the dog catcher to do it? How many elderly
people are going to get dog tickets because they
couldnt understand this silliness and dont use
computers? If its your law and you make the
money on the fines, you ought to do the work
instead of pushing it off on people paying for
the licenses. Thank you.
Contact your elected leadership:
President Donald Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
(202) 456-1111
Governor Laura Kelly
300 SW 10th Ave #241s,
Topeka, KS 66612
(785) 296-3232
email form:
www.governor.kansas.gov
Senator Roger Marshall
Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C., 20510
(202) 224-4774
Senator Jerry Moran
2202 Rayburn House Office
Building
Washington, D.C., 20510
(202) 224-6521
3rd Dist. Congressman
Sharice Davids
1541 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C., 20515
(202) 225-2865
12 Dist. Sen. Caryn Tyson
300 SW 10th St. Rm 236-E
Topeka, Ks. 66612 (785) 296-6838
P.O. Box 191 Parker, Ks. 66072
(913) 898-2366
caryn.tyson@senate.ks.gov
9th Dist. Rep
Fred Gardner
State Capitol Room512-N
Topeka, KS 66612
Office: (785) 296-7451
fred.gardner@house.ks.gov
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Thursday, February 27, 2025
Legislative update by state senator Caryn Tyson
Saved from a fall by angels
This weeks story is quite
different from all of them Ive
written before. The only thing
that is old is the old man thats
sharing this with you.
Let me ask you a question.
Do you believe in angels? Well,
I most certainly do.
Last Friday while driving
my pickup truck my low tire
pressure light came on my
dash. So Saturday morning I
decided to go out to the filling
station on 5th and Maple and
air my tires before this weeks
brutal weather.
I arrived at the station air
pump at approximately 11:30
a.m. and checked and aired all
my truck tires. I had just finished my last tire and went to
raise up from my bent over
position, I lost my balance and
down I went on the cold-wet
concrete. Lying on the north
side of my truck, where no
one could see me from the gas
pumps, I just wallowed around
trying my best to get up. With
my old warn out knees, that
was to no avail. All of a sudden
I heard a mans voice. Mister,
did you fall? Are you hurt? He
said he was driving down the
highway and saw someone on
the ground and that sure didnt
look right, so he turned in to
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take a look. Soon another gentleman arrived and between
the two of them, they lifted me
up to a standing position. They
both stood there with me for
awhile making sure I was okay.
Now you tell me theres not
angels in this old world. I just
experienced the work of two in
Garnett, Ks.
Theres a good and a bad about
this incident. The good news,
no broken bones with only a
number of black & blue spots
and a badly wounded pride.
Now for the bad news. I was so
shook up that I didnt get either
one of the gentlemens names.
If either of you should happen
to read this column, I want to
say, thank you. Thank you and
may God bless you.
Respectfully submitted by:
Henry Roeckers. 17Feb2025
ADAMS…
February 21, 2025
This is the newsroom that
endorsed the gender-neutral framing pregnant
people, explaining that
the inclusive term pregnant people is preferred
when describing people
who are pregnant. It takes
into account minors,
transgender men and
nonbinary people. Aim to
use the phrase pregnant
women only when its
known everyone the term
applies to identifies as a
woman.
This is the news organization whose style guide
has adopted the language
of trans activists for all
related coverage, including that a persons sex
and gender are usually
assigned at birth by parents or attendants and
can turn out to be inaccurate. Experts say gender
is a spectrum, not a binary structure consisting
of only men and women,
that can vary among societies and can change over
time. This is the newsroom that unironically
uses female pronouns in
reference to biological
males and vice versa.
This is the newsroom
that uses terms such as
gender-confirmation
procedures and gender-affirming care to
describe breast removal
in minor girls, the use of
puberty-blocking drugs,
and genital mutilation of
minors. This is the newsroom that argues that
referring to a transgender
persons given name
deadnaming can be
akin to using a slur and
can cause feelings of gender dysphoria to resur-
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FOR
KANSAS LEGISLATURE
In a rush to pass bills before
turnaround (the halfway
point in session) over 60 bills
were worked in two days on
the Senate floor. It was a grueling pace. All bills can be
found at www.KSLegislature.
gov. Below is a sample of the
bills that passed the Senate and
were sent to the House.
A U.S. Senate, Insurance
Commissioner,
or
State
Treasurer vacancy replacement would be filled by an
appointed committee of legislators providing three names to
the Governor. The Governor
would then select one from the
three names, unless the legislature is in session. When the
legislature is in session, a resolution with three names would
have to pass both chambers
and then the Governor would
select a replacement from the
three names on the resolution.
Two years ago, I introduced legislation that would have held a
replacement convention, much
like we do with other positions,
but it couldnt get traction.
Timing is everything. Now
that Senator Marshall could be
considered for a Presidential
appointment, it has become
urgent to pass replacement
CARYN TYSON, 12th District Senate
legislation instead of just letting the Governor name a person. SB 105 would respect the
voters decision by requiring
nominees to be a member of
the same party for at least six
years, as the vacated seat. It
would also block any of the legislative nominating committee
members from being a nominee. SB 105 passed 31 to 9.
Healthy Choices are the
intent of SB 79 by excluding
candy and soft drinks from eligible foods on the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP), formally known as
food stamps. Some argued
that it was mean and restrictive. It doesnt stop other welfare money from being used
on these items, only SNAP. It
passed 29 to 11. I voted Yes.
Bail Bonds for Illegal
Immigrants would get special
treatment if an illegal defendant were deported outside the
U.S. in SB 105.
The court
would have to return 95% of
the bond issued for an illegal
immigrant who was then sent
back to another country. The
Sheriffs association expressed
concern that someone could
put up a bond knowing the person was a major flight risk.
The bill passed on a vote of 31
to 9. I voted No because illegal
immigrants shouldnt be bonded out.
Given Name Act would
prohibit students from changing their name without a parent or guardian permission
and would prohibit students
from using pronouns. It is an
attempt to stop the woke nonsense in K-12 schools. SB 79
passed 26 to 14. I voted Yes.
Search Warrants could
only be issued by law enforcement if SB 138 becomes law.
Currently, anyone can issue a
search warrant. It passed the
Senate unanimously.
Low Income Scholarship
Program would be expanded to allow children in foster
care, children of active-duty
military, or children of law
enforcement, firefighters, or
emergency medical personnel
to qualify for a scholarship to
face.
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FROM PAGE 1
Amid the introduction of
terms such as pregnant
people and the insistence on referring to biological males and females
by opposite pronouns,
one cant help but wonder how on earth Gulf
of America became the
Associated Presss red
line.
Is the APs dismal
record on politized speech
beside the point? Perhaps.
Its just tough to put this
history aside in the broader context of its fight with
the White House. The AP
sermonizing on the need
for clear, precise language
is a bit like Larry Flynt
sermonizing in defense
of sexual propriety its
hard to take the speaker
seriously.
Becket Adams is a
columnist for National
Review, the Washington
Examiner, and The Hill.
He is also the program
director of the National
Journalism Center.
plex. Garnett was selected as a recipient, as long as it
was able to transport and install the steel structures
at its own expense. Mills told the Review the final
tally on the cost to transport the structures had not
yet been finalized.
A primary proposal for use of the structures was
a covered location for Garnetts farmers market,
which currently sets up along the Prairie Spirit Trail
in downtown garnett. exhibitors and vendors have to
bring their own shelters for the area, which provides
no protection for customers trafficking the market.
Locations at Harris Park and elsewhere would also
provide public use during times when the Farmers
Market was not underway.
Mills told the Review she formulated the options
with input from farmers market participants, city
staff and and other members of the public, as well
as city workers for input on maintenance and traffic
at various locations. She said that information was
evaluated based on long term benefits, minimizing
groundwork required for installation, available parking nearby, the broadest range of functions and generating economic value for both the users and the city.
Airport Manager Pat Schettler told commissioners
he was confident one of the structures could be used
at the airport and rented to an aircraft owner for aircraft storage, at a price estimated around $900-$1,200
a month.
Commissioners planned to further discuss the
locations when more details are known at a follow-up
meeting in late March.
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known how many individuals had access to the
offices in the interim between when former county
attorney Elizabeth Oliver left the post and Wilsons
January swearing in. Wilson dismissed a member of
Olivers office staff when he took office, but said he
had no suggestion or evidence as to who might have
been responsible.
I dont know who did it, I just want it investigated, Wilson told the Review.
The desk issue followed other topics to arise
in the transition from the former prosecutor to
Wilsons beginning tenure. Pet damage apparently
caused by the dog Oliver kept in the county attorneys office as an emotional connection for children
forced to testify or give statements in cases forced
the replacement of carpets in the office and repair
of other damage. Wilson told commissioners on
Monday the office would also be generating some
additional short-term overtime due to staff needs in
following up former case journal entries and other
administrative work which apparently was not completed before Olivers departure.
That workload had been compounded, Wilson
said, by two upcoming jury trials, one slated for 5
days in late March.
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attend alternative K-12 schools.
Currently, any Kansas student
whose family income is less
than 250% of federal poverty
guidelines can qualify for the
scholarship program. SB 87
also increased the program cap
from $10 to $15 million for the
tax credit portion. It passed 24
to 16. I voted Yes.
Student Loans would have
an established uniform interest
rate, repayment schedules, and
establish authority of the State
Board of Regents to administer the student financial aid
programs in SB 50. It makes
more sense than using taxpayer money to pay off student
loans for people. It passed 39 to
1. I voted Yes.
Help Not Harm Act was
passed into law after overriding
the Governors veto by 2/3 the
legislature voting Yes. Senate
Bill (SB) 63 would stop chemical and surgical sex changes on
anyone younger than 18 years
of age. The vote to pass the bill
was 32 to 8, but one Senator
who voted for the bill did not
vote for the override. It passed
the Senate on a vote of 31 to 9. I
voted Yes on both measures.
It is an honor and a privilege
to serve as your 12th District
State Senator.
Caryn
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they as singular but
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for a pronoun for people
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Thursday, February 27, 2025
SPORTS
Pair of Viking wrestlers heading to state
Bulldogs win at Wellsville
FREDONIA Both Royce
Ulrich (132) and Gage Peine
(144) punched their tickets,
with third place finishes, to
state this coming Friday
and Saturday with their performances at the Fredonia
Regional last week.
Ulrich opened with a round
one win over Charlie Williams
of Oxford by tech fall (TF-1.5
4:00 (16-1)) and a quarterfinal
win over Sigsbee Ostlee of
Marion by fall (1:11). Following
a semifinal defeat, Ulrich
downed Layne Goodison of
Jayhawk-Linn by major decision (MD 14-2) and in the 3rd
place match defeated Aiden
Ecret of Cherryvale by fall
(0:38).
WELLSVILLE Just a couple
of weeks ago Wellsville rolled
into Garnett and downed the
Bulldogs on their home court,
but on Tuesday, February 18,
Anderson County got their
revenge winning at Wellsville
68-61.
Noah Porter knocked down
12 of 16 shots on the night, good
for 28 points to go along with 14
rebounds and 3 assists.
Peine had a similar path to
his day. He opened with a bye
before a quarterfinal win over
Haiden Edens of Caney Valley
by fall (1:29). Peine would lose
in the semifinals as well but
rebounded to down Broc Ivy of
Humboldt by fall (3:55) and in
the 3rd place match defeated
Jaxon Chrislip of Galva due to
a medical forfeit.
Jotham Meyer (120) opened
with a bye before a quarterfinal
defeat to Huch Seger of Caney
Valley. Following another bye,
Meyer downed Connor Slane
of Cherryvale in the consolation round 3 bracket by fall
(0:39) but would bow out of the
competition with a consolation semifinal loss to Ryder
Armstrong of Remington.
Josiah Meyer (126) would
open with a quarterfinal win
over Mark Tenebro of Erie by
fall (3:57) before losing his next
two matches to end his afternoon.
Cooper Tush (285) battled
hard but came up short on the
day. Tush opened with a bye
before a quarterfinal loss sent
him to the consolation bracket,
which is always tough to climb
back out of. Tush did down
Jack Dold of Chase County by
fall (0:39) and Edward Metcalfe
by tech fall (TF-1.5 4.00 (22-6)
in the next two rounds before
dropping a match to Killian
Harrington of Eureka by tiebreaker in the consolation
semifinals.
Cash Miller (138) and Max
Blankenbecker (175) lost their
only two matches of the afternoon.
The KSHSAA 3-1A state
championships will take place
at Fort Hays State University
in Gross Memorial Coliseum
in Hays on February 28 and
March 1.
Ulrich (33-13) will open his
state round against Ayston
Kats of Norton Community (2312).
Peine (28-12) will battle
against Kaden Gutsch (25-9) of
Riley County in the opening
round.
AC crushes Prairie View
to close regular season
LACYGNE The Anderson
County Bulldog boy's team
closed out their regular season
with a dominant 69-39 win over
Prairie View last Friday.
A trio of Bulldogs hit for
double digits as Noah Porter
led the way with 21 points, 12
rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and
3 blocks.
Brylan Sommer added 17
Bulldogs fail to send a wrestler to state
ALTAMONT A disappointing ending for the Anderson
County Bulldog grapplers as
they failed to send any athletes
to state this season following
4A regionals last Friday at
Labette County High School.
Gavin Collins (106) opened
with a bye. Following a quarterfinal loss, Collins won by
fall (1:30) of Jasper Cox of
Columbus before a consolation
round 3 loss ended his season.
Braxton Williams (120) made
it to the consolation semifinals
before bowing out. Williams
opened with a loss, sending
him to the consolation bracket which is a hard route to
qualify from. Following a bye,
Williams by by fall (1:35) over
Kyson Knight of Independence
and by major decision (16-3)
over Kenneth Canto of Field
Kindley. Williams picked up
his second loss in the consolation semifinals against Caden
Peterson of Osawatomie.
Zach Schaffer (150) won
his opening round match of
Tripp Mathes of Iola by fall
(1:36) and again in the quarterfinals against Aden McManus
of Burlington by tech fall (TF
1.5 4:25(18-2)). But a loss in
the semifinals to Bodhi Shay
of Paola and then Jayden
Rodriguez of Columbus in the
consolation semifinals brought
an abrupt end to Schaffer's
state hopes.
Lucas Mills (157), Donovan
Zimbelman (190) and Cowen
Wittman (215) all lost both of
their matches on the day.
Brody Kohlmeier (11-14) lost
in the opening round before
rebounding for a consolation
round 1 win over Garrett
Bradley of Columbus by fall
(0:56). Kohlmeier promptly lost
his next match on the day ending his season.
The Central Heights boy's
(4-15) will play their opening
round sub-state game tonight,
February 27, against Cedar
Vale (13-6) at Dexter High
School at 6 p.m. The winner will
advance to play on Tuesday,
March 4, against either Chase
County (11-9) or Yates Center
(6-14). The sub-state championship will take place at Yates
Center on Friday, March 7.
Vikings girls score
second straight win
COLONY The Crest Lady
Lancers already won their
opening round sub-state game
while the boys kick off their
post-season on Monday, March
3.
The Crest girls (11-7) were
among the first teams to open
sub-state play by downing
Sedan (1-18) in the first round
58-35 in Colony on Monday
night, February 24. Next up for
the Lady Lancers is a trip to
Olpe (13-7) on Saturday, March
1. Their game kicks off at 7 p.m.
The winning team will advance
to the sub-state championship
game in Canton at Galva High
School on March 7. That game
will be against either Flinthills
(14-5) or Galva (11-9).
The Lancer boys (15-4)
earned an opening round bye
but know their second round
opponent will be Little River
(13-6) as they opened sub-state
play winning their opening
round game 65-29 over Goessel
(3-16). Crest will host Little
River on Monday, March 3.
The winner advances to the
sub-state championship game
in Canton at Galva High School
on Saturday, March 8.
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as Garnett, but the county at
present has no vehicle to do so.
Mills said she needed direction
on the legal procedure to retool
the expansion.
What that would look like
legally, I do not know how we
would remedy that, Mills said.
Kansas law allows counties
to form land banks similarly
to municipal organizations,
through a resolution adopted
by county commissioners. City
attorney Terry Solander said
the citys resolution could likely be redrafted to include a
county partnership.
Mayor Mark Locke directed
the topic to be placed on the
agenda for the upcoming City
County Government meeting.
Property rights advocates
typically oppose land Banks or
similar governmental entities,
criticizing the forced acquisi-
LEROY The Central Heights
girls garnered a much needed
win following 5 straight losses as they downed Southern
Coffey County in dominating
fashion, 46-11.
The game wasn't ever in
doubt as the Lady Vikings
jumped on top 19-2 after the
first quarter and stretched
their lead at intermission to
33-6.
The Vikings outscored SCC
8-5 in the third quarter and 5-0
in the fourth to finish off the
victory.
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The teams battled back and
forth in the final quarter but
the Vikings were able to fend
off a Wildcat rally, outscoring
the home team 11-10.
Central Heights was led
by Macy Cubit with 14 points
and 4 rebounds. Sydney Evans
added 11 points and 8 rebounds
followed by Melaney Chrisjohn
with 6 points, 10 steals and 5
assists.
Arabella
Dunbar
and
Addison Ouellette each scored
3 points on the night and Carly
Matile chipped in with 1.
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steals.
Addison Ouellette and
Melaney Chrisjohn each
scored 6 points on the night.
Chrisjohn had 4 rebounds and
3 steals on the evening as well.
Macy Cubit chipped in
with 4 points, 6 rebounds
and 3 steals and both Ashley
Harkins and Arabella Dunbar
finished the night with 1 point.
Lady Vikings hammer SCC
ALLEN Any road win late in
the season is important as the
Central Heights Lady Vikings
picked one up over Northern
Heights on Friday night,
knocking off the Wildcats 39-36.
Northern Heights led early
taking a 11-7 lead after the
game's opening quarter and
they were still clinging to a
18-16 lead at halftime.
The Vikings turned their
2 point deficit into a 2 point
lead with a 12-8 advantage in
the third quarter to lead 28-26
heading into the fourth.
Crest Lancer teams
sub-state assignments
VIKINGS It was a disappointing Senior Night, but it
didn't diminish in any way
the improvements the Central
Heights girls have had this
season despite a 36-25 win to
close out the regular season.
Offense was difficult to come
by all evening as Carly Matile
led all Vikings with 7 points.
Matile added 4 rebounds and 3
tion of those properties into
government from private
hands. Local governments
however are typically left in
the legal predicament of furthering a propertys delinquency with multiple years unpaid
taxes stacking up on those
parcels acting as a disincentive to their sale to a private
buyer, since that buyer would
be forced to pay off the taxes
before the transaction was
complete.
County delinquent tax sales,
in which county governments
execute condemnations against
long-time delinquent properties and eventually write off
those unpaid taxes when the
parcels are sold at auction,
often take years to come to fruition and leave those parcels in
functional limbo while more
costs accrue on them.
Macy Cubit paced the
Vikings with 14 points and 3
assists.
Addison Ouellette added 10
points, 6 rebounds and a pair of
steals.
Arabella
Dunbar
and
Melaney Chrisjohn chipped in
with 6 and 5 points respectively.
Aydney Evans finished with
4 points and 4 rebounds. Ashley
Harkins, Lily Burkdoll and
Cayleigh Latimer all scored 2
points on the night and Carly
Matile added 1 point.
points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals
and Brayden Wheat tallied 12
points, 3 rebounds and 3 steals
on the night.
Aidan Steele chipped in with
9 points and 8 rebounds, Jack
Dykes added 5 points and 5
rebounds and Camryn Wilson
finished the night with 4 points
and 4 rebounds.
Bulldogs teams set
for sub-state play
GARNETT The Anderson
County girls and boys both are
set to open postseason play this
week.
The Lady Bulldogs (4-15)
open play tonight at 7 p.m.,
February 27, at Cherryvale
(15-4). If the Bulldogs win they
will either travel to play either
Jayhawk-Linn or Frontenac on
their home courts on March
4th. The sub-state championship will be on Friday, March
7th at Columbus High School.
The Anderson County
Vikings teams to open
West Franklin upends
post-season play this week Central Heights girls
The Lady Vikings (9-10)
will open up their sub-state
play with an opening round
game on Friday, February 28,
against Oswego (11-7) on the
road. The game will tip off at
6 p.m. The winner will play on
Wednesday, March 5, against
the winner of St. Mary's Colgan
(18-1) or Erie (3-15). The substate championship game will
be Saturday, March 8, at Yates
Center.
Brayden Wheat was the only
other Bulldog in double figures
with 19 points on 7 of 13 shooting.
Jack Dykes scored 7 points
and added 9 rebounds.
Other scorers included
Camryn Wilson with 6 points
and both Brylan Sommer and
Aidan Steele each tallied 4 on
the night.
boys (13-6) open up at home
against Jayhawk-Linn (9-11) on
Friday night. If the Bulldogs
advance, they will either travel
to Burlington (16-3) or Prairie
View (2-16) depending on who
wins their opening round
matchup. The second round
game will be Wednesday,
March 5th. The substate
championship will take place
on Saturday, March 8th at
Columbus High School.
Crest boys close season with win
YATES CENTER It was an
impressive win to close out the
season for the Crest Lancers
(15-4) as they traveled to Yates
Center and hammered them
64-18.
Yates Center battled tough
early and trailed by just 6,
16-10, following the opening 8
minutes.
Crest began to seize control
in the second quarter outscoring Yates Center 19-3 to open
up a commanding 35-13 lead
heading into halftime.
The Lancers blew the game
wide open by blanking Yates
Center 20-0 in the third quarter
to head into the fourth quarter
with a 55-13 advantage.
Crest outscored Yates Center
9-5 over the final quarter to
close out the regular season.
Four Lancers hit double figures to lead a balanced attack.
Kole Walter scored 14 points
to go along with 5 steals, 4
assists and 4 rebounds.
Levi Prasko added 13
points and 3 rebounds, Jacob
Zimmerman tallied 12 points
and 7 rebounds and Gentry
McGhee added 10 points, 6
rebounds and 3 steals.
Roy Gordon added 8 points,
Henry White had 6 on the night
and Will Disbrow added 1 to
round out the scoring.
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Thursday, February 27, 2025
Seekers not Slackers January meeting
– Club Achievement Night
CALENDAR
Thursday, February 27, 2025
2:00 p.m. – Emergency Food
Assistance Program (Harvesters)
5:30 p.m. – PM Yoga
6:00 p.m. – 13 Point Pitch & Snacks
at Garnett Senior Center
7:00 p.m. – Alcoholics Anonymous
Friday, February 28, 2025
8:45 a.m – AM Yoga
7:00 p.m. – Adult Reading Program
Monday, March 3, 2025
8:45 a.m – AM Yoga
9:00 a.m. – Anderson County
Commission Meeting
9:00 a.m. – Friendship Quilters Mtg
4:00 p.m. – Greeley PTO
5:30 p.m. – TOPS Meeting
6:00 p.m. – Celebrate Recovery
6:00 p.m. – Garnett Lions Club Mtg
6:00 p.m. – Hot Yoga with Jenelle
7:30 p.m. – Kincaid Masonic Lodge
No. 338 Meeting
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
10:00 a.m. – Storytime For
Preschoolers
12:00 p.m. – Rotary International
Club Meeting
5:30 p.m. – PM Yoga
6:30 p.m. – American Legion Bingo
7:00 p.m. – Alcoholics Anonymous
7:00 p.m. – Garnett Senior Center
Board Meeting
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
8:45 a.m. – Yoga
1:00 p.m. – Duplicate Bridge
3:30 p.m. – Tinkering & Tech hosted
by the Garnett Public Library
5:30 p.m. – Bulldog Booster Club
5:30 p.m. – GES Site Council
6:00 p.m. – GES PTO Meeting
6:30 p.m. – Awana
6:30 p.m. – Parks & Recreation
Advisory Board
6:30 p.m. – Shotokan Karate Training
7:00 p.m. – Kincaid Lions Club Mtg
Thursday, March 6, 2025
5:30 p.m. – PM Yoga
6:00 p.m. – 13 Point Pitch & Snacks
at Garnett Senior Center
6:30 p.m. – USD 364 Endowment
Association
7:00 p.m. – Alcoholics Anonymous
7:00 p.m. – USD 365 BOE Meeting
Friday, March 7, 2025
8:45 a.m – AM Yoga
Saturday, March 8, 2025
10:00 a.m. – BPW Womens Fair
Monday, March 10, 2025
8:45 a.m – AM Yoga
9:00 a.m. – Anderson County
Commission Meeting
9:30 a.m. – American Legion
Auxiliary Meeting
12:00 p.m. – GACC Board Meeting
5:30 p.m. – TOPS Meeting
6:00 p.m. – AC Site Council
6:00 p.m. – Celebrate Recovery
Submitted by:
Gwendolyn Wiehl reporter
Seeksers not Slackers
January meeting was held
January 19th at the Lone
Elm Community Building.
Roll Call was answered by,
What is your 4-H New Years
Resolution?
Nineteen members, 1 leader
and numerous parents were in
attendance. Josie Walter gave
her presentation on how to
create a vision board. Lizzie
Ellington gave hers on creating
a flower bed. The club voted to
participate at Club Days with
a Model Meeting on February
22nd at Central Heights.
Next meeting we will start
the meeting early so we can
practice the model meeting.
Club was reminded that each
family needs to sell fifteen blue
and gold items as this is the
clubs main fundraiser. The top
five families will get an extra
reward! Pizza was provided
for Club Achievement Night.
Numerous club members
received awards. Fifty percent
of the Anderson County kids
that participated at the State
Fair came from Seekers No
Slackers club.
The club met in February
on the 16th at the Lone Elm
Community Building.
Princeton Goal Busters met February 10th
Reporter: Riley Herald
On February 10, 2025 president Wyatt Oberly of the
Princeton Goal Busters called
the meeting to order. The meeting was held at the Princeton
Community Center.
The Flag Salute was led by
Amelie Crawford. Roll call was
taken and January minutes
were read and approved. The
business meeting was conducted with the highlight being
upcoming District Club Days
on February 22nd at Central
Heights School. Project presentations were given by
Finley Herald, Riley Herald,
and Ella Stinson. The meeting
was adjourned and refreshments were served. The next
meeting will be held on March
10.
KDA Announces specialty crop grant
opportunity – deadline March 31
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 02-27-2025 / SUBMITTED
Siblings Evelyn and Laramie Nungesser took advantage of the
recent snowfall to build a snowman.
ECKAAA menu for the week
Following is the menu
for February 28 to March 6.
Suggested meal donation is $4,
reservation or cancellation for
a meal must be made with your
site by 11 a.m. the day before.
Colony nutrition site number is (620) 852-3530, Kincaid
is (620) 439-5449, Richmond is
(785) 393-4213 and Garnett is
(785) 448-0065. The ECKAAA
office can be reached at (785)
242-7200.
Friday, February 28
Sausage and gravy, biscuit,
potato patty, apple juice
Monday, March 3
Chicken patty/bun, baby
bakers, mixed vegetables, pineapple
Tuesday, March 4
Hamburger casserole, carrots, whole wheat bread, mixed
fruit
Wedensday, March 5
Meatloaf, mashed potatoes/
gravy, green beans, wheat roll,
dump cake, *fish stick option
available
Thursday, March 6
Pork cutlet, baby bakers,
california blend, whole wheat
bread, pudding
MANHATTAN, Kansas
The Kansas Department of
Agriculture is accepting
applications for the FY25
Specialty Crop Block Grant
Program. Funds for the program are awarded to the agency by the U.S. Department of
Agricultures Agricultural
Marketing Service.
The grant funds are in
turn granted to projects and
organizations to enhance the
competitiveness of specialty
crops by leveraging efforts to
market and promote specialty
crops; assisting producers with
research and development
relevant to specialty crops;
expanding availability and
access to specialty crops; and
addressing local, regional, and
national challenges confront-
ing specialty crop producers.
Specialty crops are defined by
the USDA as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits,
horticulture, and nursery
crops, including floriculture.
Applications will be evaluated by a team of external
reviewers. The team will rate
proposals on their ability to
successfully enhance the competitiveness of the specialty
crop industry in Kansas and
make a positive impact on the
Kansas economy. Those recommendations will be submitted to the Kansas Secretary of
Agriculture, who will make the
final awards.
Applications are due to
KDA no later than 5:00 p.m.
on March 31, 2025. For more
information, please download
and carefully read the Kansas
Request for Applications document from the KDA website:
agriculture.ks.gov/grants.
Specialty Crop Block Grant
Program funding from USDA
AMS is awarded to states based
on recent value and acreage
of specialty crops in the state.
In 2025, Kansas will receive
approximately $330,000.
The vision of the Kansas
Department of Agriculture is
to provide an ideal environment for long-term, sustainable
agricultural prosperity and
statewide economic growth.
The agency will achieve this
by advocating for sectors at all
levels and providing industry
outreach.
Area students graduate from
Emporia State University
Laude B.S. in Education in
Elementary Education .
Bailee Kate Bones of
Ottawa, Kansas, Master of
Science in Special Education
with a concentration in High
Incidence Special Education.
Walker Richard Robert
Wilson of Ottawa, Kansas,
Bachelor of Science in History .
Justin D Farrell of Pomona,
Kansas, Bachelor of Science in
Biology with a concentration
in Botany .
Sarah Elizabeth Mader of
Westphalia, Kansas, B.S. in
Business in Accounting .
Ryan Daniel Schmitz of
Williamsburg, Kansas, B.S.
in Education in Physical
Education with a minor in
Coaching.
Meeting to address the control
of brush, Sericea Lespedeza and
Old-World Bluestem in pastures
EMPORIA- Nearly 400 Emporia
State University students graduated during ceremonies in
December 2024. Graduate students were recognized Dec.
13; undergraduate students on
Dec. 14. Students who graduated from this area include:
Lavender Ann Bacon of
Ottawa, Kansas, Magna Cum
OTTAWA, Kan. On March
18th, the Frontier Extension
District will host a meeting to
discuss the control of brush,
Sericea Lespedeza and OldWorld Bluestem in pastures.
The meeting will begin at 7:00
p.m. in the Franklin County
Commission Chambers at 1418
South Main in Ottawa.
Speaking at the event will
be Keith Harmoney, K-State
range science professor, and
Jack Lemmon, manager of
the K-State cow/calf unit.
Harmoney will address how
to control the typical brush
species found in the Frontier
District, such as locust, Osage
orange, elm, mulberry, hackberry, persimmon, buckbrush,
sumac, rough leaf dogwood
and multiflora rose, as well as
a fairly new problem species,
bush honeysuckle.
Lemmon will round out
KU announces Kansas students
named to fall 2024 honor roll
the evening talking about
other pasture pests, such as
Sericea Lespedeza and OldWorld Bluestem, both of which
are rapidly taking over many
pastures in eastern Kansas.
A majority of the research
Lemmon has been a part of is
prescribed burns that are conducted during the growing season. Growing season burns are
normally scheduled for August
or early September. Lemmon
will discuss how these burns
are helping some producers
push back against the invasion of the species mentioned
earlier, Sericea Lespedeza and
Old-World Bluestem.
Kansas has undergone
a great spread of woody
encroachment over the last
50 years, said Ryan Schaub,
Frontier District ag agent specializing in crop production
and farm management, and
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the expansion appears to be
increasing rapidly. According
to Schaub, Rangeland Analysis
Platform (RAP; https://rangelands.app/), a website that
evaluates vegetation presence
and production based on satellite imagery, shows that
Kansas has seen a wave of
expansion of trees and brush
on areas that at one time were
predominately grasslands.
Tree cover on these grasslands
has nearly doubled in the last
20 years, going from a cover
of nearly 4% to just over 8%,
according to the RAP data.
The amount of accumulated forage lost over the years
due to this woody expansion is
staggering, said Schaub. The
estimated amount of forage lost
in 2022 to woody encroachment
of grasslands was 1.9 billion
pounds, equivalent to roughly
1.6 million round bales, and
remember, that is just in 2022.
Since 1990, when they started
tracking woody encroachment,
the state of Kansas has lost
roughly 35 million round bales
of hay.
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CREATIVE KIDS
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GPI Masthead
Laryn Spratt Central Heights 4th Grade Mrs. Cutburth
Creative Kids
Carter and Jimmy were
driving with their friend
Timmy.They were going to the
Stanley Hotel. Some stuff about
the Stanley Hotel, the location
is 333 E Wonderview Ave, Estes
Park, CO 80517. Despite peaceful early history, in the years
following the publication of
The Shining, the Stanley Hotel
gained a reputation as a setting
for paranormal activity, and
has been frequently named as
one of the most haunted hotels
in the United States. Now back
to the story. The three boys
went to check in and they got
room 217, because they know
that the room is haunted by
Elizabeth Wilson, the hotel's
former head housekeeper. In
1911, Wilson was injured in an
explosion while lighting lanterns in room 217. The three
boys went into the room and
it was really nice, the bed was
nice and comfy, it also had a
nice view and fun fact it was
the same room Stephen
King had in The Shining.
They sit on the bed and
look around, then they
grab the remote and start
watching TV. After a few
hours-they decide to go to
bed since it is 7:00.
"Hey guys, we should
go to bed," said Timmy.
Yeah we should, it's
getting late, goodnight,"
both Carter and Jimmy
said
Goodnight," Timmy
said.
They all went to bed, but
before they went to bed they
turned off the TV. Later that
night at 3:01 they wake up to
the TV on and they hear a loud
thud. Timmy feels something
touch him so he jumps out of
bed and says "Timmy:
WHAT THE HECK JUST
TOUCHED ME!?" Timmy said
"Carter:
Dude chill out nothing's
there," Cater said.
Yeah nothing is th-," said
Jimmy.
They
hear
something
scratching the wall.
"We should go to bed."
Timmy said
Both Carter and Jimmy
said, Yeah, we should."
They go back to bed and in
the morning they check out
of the hotel and go home. On
the way home they play some
music from the radio, Olivia
Rodrigo, Eminem and Taylor
Switft. When they get home
they live the rest of their lives
and forget about what happened, but Timmy never forgot.
by Jolia Yoder
Central Plains School – 5th Grade
Mrs. Hostetler 1ST PLACE
Hello, I am a book! I think
everybody should like me. My
crisp, white pages with lines of
printed writing must look nice.
Anyway, Im sitting here on the
shelf in the library. It is kind of
entertaining watching people
stroll by. Once in a while it gets
too loud and you hear a lot shh shh – shh. One day, my peaceful
life was ruined. A boy picked
me up and paged through my
pages. He took me on a bike
ride to a house. My how I was
frightened. He took me into
the house and flopped down
on a couch. He started read-
2nd
Joey Keith St. Rose 6th Grade Mrs. Rockers
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The Life of a book
The Stanley Hotel
by Skylar Valentine
Crest – 4th Grade
Mrs. Hermreck 1ST PLACE
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Thursday, February 27, 2025
ing me. Soon he stopped reading. Then he did something I
hate. He bent down my page
to mark where he was! A little
while after that the baby came,
picked me up and threw me
across the room. OW, OW, OW
I cried as I hit the floor. The
baby didnt care. He just kept
on saying goo goo boo la ba. Im
afraid I dont understand that
language. Then the baby waddled up to me again and picked
me up. The next thing I know
I hear a rip. OW I screaned
as the baby tore off my page!
Someone save me I screamed.
The boy came around the corner, and saw my struggles.NO!
Robert, let it go. The baby said
wah wah ba ga la. Weird lan-
guage I muttered as the baby
waddled away. The boy picked
me up, stuck the page back in.
He went to the kitchen and
got himself a chocolate chip
cookie, a pop, and a bowl of
cheese curls. He flopped back
on the couch and started to eat
and drink while reading me.
Splat. Oh, that was cold. He
splashed his pop again. Then
crumbs and chocolate from his
cookie started raining down on
me. His cheese curly hands left
orange smears on my pages.
My body is ruined! My how
glad I was when he gave me
back to the library. I hope no
one gets me again!
Inanimate objects
By Autumn Brown
Central Heights – 6th Grade
Mrs. Clifton 1ST PLACE
Being a toothbrush is hard! I
wake up every day and get this
spicy white paste splattered
all over me and then this huge
hand thing picks me up and
puts me in a nasty smelling
hole, then they put me down
and sometimes dont even
rinse me off. After a while,
Ill be thrown in a smelly bin
full of wads of paper. I wish I
could be a dog or a cat. They
dont throw those away, and
when I say their breath stinks
I mean it one time it smelled
so bad I almost threw up and
I dont even have a mouth. If I
could be anything in the world
I would be a pencil because
they have it easy.
Meanwhile the pencil:
Dear user,
This is a note I wrote
while you were sleeping to
tell you, PLEASE SHARPEN
MEEEEE. I wake up every
day just for you to throw me
across the room; no pencil
deserves that! I work so hard
every day to make you have
good writing and now I am
snapped in half. Gosh I hate
third graders. Anyway if I
could be anything I would be
a phone, also please sharpen
me so I can write again.
Meanwhile the phone:
ZzZz AHHH, Oh its just
you again. Every day my
human wakes me up and is
on me all day and it gets really annoying. I always try to
push through but sometimes
my battery dies. AH What
is this blue wet stuff?!?! I have
now been in this blue liquid
for 1 year and I am still hoping
to be found. P.S. SEND
HELPPPP!!!!
THE END. <3
Emma Carey St. Rose 6th Grade Norma Rockers
3rd
Jase Romines Crest 4th Grade Mrs. Hemreck
Audrey Rockers St. Rose 6th Grade Norma Rockers
Gracelynn Yoder St. Rose 6th Grade Mrs. Rockers
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Thursday, February 27, 2025
Cant go
by Hank Welsh
GES – 6th Grade
Mrs. Scott 2nd PLACE
Oh mother I can't go
Not to school
My throat is dry
My tongue is moist
My eyes burn
My knee is hurt.
Oh I can't go
Not to school
I am so very sick
I can't even kick
My nose is red
My arm feels dead
Mother I plead
I need to sleep.
Oh I can't go
I must stay in bed
And rest my head
I am so very sick
A Quiet Place
by Karl Ulrich
Central Heights – 5th Grade
Mrs. Riemer 2nd PLACE
Deep within a shadowy forest,
where ancient trees stretch
their gnarled limbs toward a
perpetually overcast sky, lies
a quiet place shrouded in an
unsettling stillness. The air
is thick with an oppressive
silence as if the very forest
is holding its breath, waiting
for something to break the
tension. Each step on the leafstrewn path feels deliberate,
the crunch beneath your feet
echoing like a distant warning.
As you venture deeper, the
vibrant sounds of wildlife fade
into oblivion. No birds sing
their cheerful melodies, no rustling creatures dart through
the underbrush; it's as though
life itself has retreated from
this forsaken realm. Shadows
stretch and recoil at the whim
of a feeble breeze, casting
ghostly figures that flicker just
beyond your peripheral vision,
tugging at the edges of your
sanity.
You stumble upon an old,
crumbling cabin, its weathered wood bleached by years of
storms and sun. The structure
leans at an angle, as if weary
from bearing the weight of forgotten memories. Its cracked
and darkened windows resemble hollow eyes that seem to fol-
low your every move, hungry
for stories left untold. The door,
hanging askew on rusty hinges,
opens with a mournful creak,
inviting you into the hushed
darkness within.
Inside, the air is thick
with the scent of mildew and
neglect, each inhalation heavy
with the weight of time. Dust
motes dance in the last rays
of light filtering through the
grimy windows, settling like
the ghosts of thosewho once
called this place home. Broken
furniture sits beneath a shroud
of cobwebs, furniture that once
held laughter and warmth is
now reduced to ghostly relics,
whispering tales of sorrow and
abandonment.
As you hear foregoing
silence, your heartbeat clatters
in your chest, a stark reminder
of your presence in this eerie
haven. Each creak of the rotting floorboards reverberates
through the cabin as if the
walls are straining to share
their chilling secrets. You cant
shake the prickling sensation
that an unseen entity observes,
its gaze heavy and predatory.
In this quiet place, the stillness envelops you like a suffocating quilt, reminding you
that sometimes, silence can be
the most haunting sound of all.
Will you succumb to the eerie
waltz of fear and linger just
a moment longer or will you
Audrey Ayers St. Rose 5th Grade Norma Rockers
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CREATIVE KIDS
The pillow fight
My ears hurt
My elbow is burnt
I can't even get up
I might throw up
What's that?
by Kezia Keim
Central Plains – 4th Grade
Emma Hostettler 2nd PLACE
Once upon a time there was
a boy and a girl, their names
Oh its the weekend
were Mark, the oldest and
Well I am feeling better
Kate.
I will go outside to play
They often got into fussOh yay
es. One day, Kate started
Oh yay.
teasing Matt while he was
reading a book, and he got
mad, very mad.
So that is how the pillow
fight started.
Matt grab a pillow and
started swinging it. So Kate
grabbed one, too. Well, the
be drawn back to the comfort- pillows were stocked with
ing chaos of the outside world, feathers, and there was
yearning to escape the grasp of feathers all over the place!
the unknown.
Soon the pillows were
empty, oops. Just then they
heard mothers footsteps on
the stairs, they dived for the
closet. As mothers footsteps
grew closer they held their
breath. Soon mothers head
popped into the bedroom.
Children, she called.
The children did not answer.
Children, she called
again.
Yes? Answered two little
voices.
Children why didnt
you answer me?
Because we didnt
want to get into trouble.
Well, said mother,
You shouldnt have hid
anyway.
Well, said Kate,
Matt started it.
That is not true. You
were the one that was teasing me while I was reading, said Matt.
Hey guys. Quit fighting okay, said mother.
Okay, they said.
The end.
Autumn Brown Central Heights 6th Grade Mrs. Clifton
Jasmine Ware GES 6th Grade Mrs. Kern
Dillon Feuerborn St. Rose 5th Grade Mrs. Rockers
Suri Brothers Crest 6th Grade Mrs. Brite
3rd
Nicole Bain Crest 5th Grade Mrs. McGhee
Sawyer Oram Central Heights 5th Grade Mrs.Riemer
Lailoni Phillips Central Heights 6th Grade Mrs. Clifton
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CREATIVE KIDS
Best Hunting Turkey
Mr. Man
by Deacon Bures
Central Heights – 5th Grade
Mrs. Riemer 3RD PLACE
One day, a normal guy named
Mr. Man was trotting down
the street. La la la he said.
That day, he was going to
work as an electrician. He
was shocked five times that
day. He went home that evening.
He made himself a BLT. He
pulled out the lottery ticket
he had bought. 1066518 was
the number. He turned on the
news. The lottery was on. The
news lady said, The lottery
winner 1s 1066518!
Nice, Mr. Man said.
Wait, what he said. Mr.
Man just won the lottery. He
felt so good, he slept 12 hours.
Then he went right the lottery
station. He showed them the
ticket. In exchange, $1 billion!
Next stop, shop, he said.
He bought a waterslide, chocolate fountain, giant dino,
and shades. Then, he bought
a mansion, pool, and guards,
bodyguards! He spent and
spent and spent! Until one
day, a dog lawyer came to his
front door.
Hello, she said. Im Sue
the Lawyer.
Bodyguards, Mr. Man
yelled. But Sue took out every
single one. She handed him a
paper. It read: we need someone with power and money.
Who are you looking for?
he asked.
FYI, Im not just a lawyer.
Im a ninja. We need you on
the squad.
By the way, Sue said. Do
you know my story? Then,
she told her story: When Sue
was little she wanted to be
a lawyer. One day, she was.
She got wealthy. People got
suspicious of where she hid
her money. They teamed up
and overpowered her. So she
shared her money.
Nice story Mr. Man said.
Then they arrived at the
squad .I have a mission for
you, Sue said.
What? Mr. Man asked.
His mission was to find the
lost Temple of Gruzzle. He
spent 3 hours looking for it.
The Dragon
by Ed Mader
Westphalia – 4th Grade
Mrs. Schafer 3RD PLACE
Once upon a time a boy
named Chris was on a vacation
with his friends and family at
Mt. Rushmore. Meanwhile, a
dragon with 3 heads was sleeping. Chris family went into
a cave where a river was, its
current was strong. What
they didnt know was that the
river connects to a waterfall.
Meanwhile, the dragon awoke
and went down that river.
Chris family went through
that river and everyone but
Chris got swept away. The
dragon saw Chris sad. She
got Chris on her back and
dropped down that waterfall.
She saw his friends and got
his family. They went into the
cave. Then they took the dragon home, her name is Lauren.
A few years later Lauren laid
8 eggs! Chris said, Oh my
goodness. A few weeks later,
the eggs hatched into 4 boys
and 4 girls.
Jasmine Ware GES 6th Grade Mrs. Kern
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Thursday, February 27, 2025
Then, he found it, the lost
temple.
He went inside. Wow, he
said. Then, 5 giants came out
of the temple to fight. But Mr.
Man had power and money.
He gave 2 giants 30 grand. He
suplexed the other 3. Then
a giant giant emerged from
the temple. Mr. Man hadnt
brushed his teeth that morning. He breathed in the giant
giants face.
Mr. Man won! He went
back to the squad. Then, Sue
said something surprising.
Youre fired!
OH YEAH! Mr. Man
replied. He took out 50
grand but pul!ed out nothing instead. Sue took all his
money! She wickedly grabbed
his hand an threw him all
the way home. He then woke
up in his mansion. He was
dreaming the whole time! Or
was he just beginning his new
career? He was beginning his
new career!
Bye he said. Ive got a
new quest!
by Mason Rockers
St. Rose – 6th Grade
Mrs. Rockers 3RD PLACE
Buzz buzz buzz my alarm
went off. It was ten till six. I was
still crying from the news I got
last night at supper. Were moving to Kansas in two months so
my dad can get better business.
Were moving to Kansas to get
better farmland.
If you dont know me my
name is Mason Paul Rockers. I
have one brother and he is 7. My
mom is a docter and my dad is a
welder slash farmer. Im a 9 year
old kid that lives in Northern
Minnesota in the woods.We have
a small place. We have 50 acres
of all woodland. We live 11 miles
out of town. I have grown up
hunting and fishing my whole
life. We have two ponds and we
live half a mile from Papas lake.
My moms name is Ashley, my
dads name is Timothy, and my
brothers name is Miles.
Before we knew it was moving, the day was here it was
November 22, 2022. Dad bought
a 100 acre place, 40 acres of farmland and 60 acres of woodland.
A two story farmhouse we think
was built in the 1960s. And two
sheds and a big hay barn. We
have 1 pond and no lake. Thats
a really big bummer. We live 5
miles out of town. The towns
name is Lane, located in eastern
Kansas. Before we knew it, it
was springtime. It was time to
get ready for turkey season. We
got in the truck and got ready to
go to Bass Pro in Kansas City,
Kansas. This will be my brothers first turkey season and my
third. When we got to Bass Pro
we bought a ground blind, a
turkey box call, my brother got
a 20 gauge pump shotgun and
I got a Matthews bow. Dad got
an over under 12 gauge shotgun
and three turkey decoys and a
trail camera and three hunting
licenses and three turkey tags.
Dad planted winter wheat
back in the fall and we put up a
trail camera and we got pictures
of monster turkeys, one was 4
feet seven inches. And trust me
thats a legendary turkey. The
Joey Keith St Rose 6th Grade Mrs. Rockers
neighbor said this might be the
biggest turkey in Kansas.
When we got home mom told
us we need to catch up on our
school work. Side note me and
my brother are home schooled.
Two weeks later it was opening
day of turkey season. Buzz buzz
buzz my alarm went off at 4:05
a.m. It took me a while to get out
of bed. But once I did I slipped
my camo clothes on, grabbed my
bow and me, dad and Miles got
on a three wheeler and off we
went.
It was about a mile and a
half drive to dads wheat field/
swamp that we were hunting.
And then dad said, Are you
ready for an epic all day hunt?
he said in a whisper. We walked
about a half a mile and we each
found a tree about 5 yards apart
from each other and then dad
said now we wait.
About twenty or thirty minutes later dad fired up his box
call. And boy Im not sure what
those turkeys had for supper but
as soon as dad started calling
I heard a thud and then those
turkeys started gobbling their
heads off. Maybe five minutes
later dad saw turkeys coming
waiting for their heads to line
and BAM. 1 shot two down,
dad said. We went back to the
house and talked to our neighbor and he said he saw a bigfoot.
He said that bigfoot cut off one
of his ears. He said that with
blood running down his face and
standing his old white t-shirt.
We went out hunting that
night for turkeys, bears and bigfoots. We jumped in the truck
taking with us 270 rifle buck
shot a 223 rifle 9 mm bow and
arrows and more. Dad said this
was going to be a war agents
turkeys, bigfoots and bears.
When we got there Miles got
out the spotting scope. I got out
the range finder to see if anything was on the hill. He saw
a bigfoot. I pulled that range
finder and got him ranged. 320
yards I yelled and he is coming
this way. We got our weapons
and ran down the hill.
When we got down there we
found ourselves in a deep swamp
that was probably 3 or 4 feet
deep. I ranged bigfoot again. He
was about 100 yards away and
he knew we were here. Dad said
theres a bear to our left and
Miles said there are turkeys to
our right. Were in a big pickle.
Next thing I know here comes
bigfoot from the front and a
bear from the back and the turkeys Im not sure if they care.
I grabbed my bow, drew back,
shot one of the turkeys. Miles
pumped a shell in to his gun
Barn BAM he dropped the turkey. I turn around. The bear has
dad! I drew the 9mm Barn Barn
got the bear distracted for now.
Something hit me and it was
bigfoot he graped me and picked
me up. Miles shot BAM nearby
if he could hit the bigfoot everything would be ok but no he
blew off my leg. Miles shot again
BAM hit bigfoot in the head.
Miles shot him dead. I fell to the
ground. Miles and Dad were getting eaten by the bear. I put the
last three shells in my gun. I shot
the bear three times with my
9mm BAM BAM BAM. Killed
the bear and we all laid there for
a second before we called 911.
When the ambulance got
there they hauled us a mile and a
half so life flight could get there.
After six months in the hospital
we got to go home. When we got
to go home we packed up and
moved back to Minnesota to tell
grandpa the story and dad said
we would never move again.
Maddie Fitzwater St. Rose 6th Grade Norma Rockers
2nd
Ledger Kwiakowski 4th Grade Central Heights Mrs. Cutburth
Bossen Kimball Central Heights 5th Grade Mrs. Riemer
Lane Bachelor Central Heights 6th Grade Mrs. Clifton
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Thursday, February 27, 2025
My Fishing Trip
by Grayson Dunbar
Central Heights – 5th Grade
Mrs. Riemer
HONORABLE MENTION
One morning me and my
dad went fishing at a bass pond
where the bass pond is right
behind the school. Keep reading to find out more. We were
going fishing from morning to
lunch.
It was so hot out that I wanted to go home. It was so hot. We
were catching a lot of fish, like
10 or 15, most of the fish were
bass. There were a lot of tall
trees around where we were
fishing. And I am just the best
fisherman in the world I cast
the lure right over one of the
tall trees and my dad had to
climb up the tree to get the line
unhooked from one of the tree
branches from the top of the
tree to the lure finally water
after a minute.
There was a fish on the lure
and my dad finally unhooked
it from the top of the tree and
I reeled it in. That fish was the
biggest fish of the day. I am
glad he got it back and didnt
cut the line because the lure
cost around 4 or 5 dollars and
was the biggest fish of the day.
That was one of the best
fishing days ever. That was
probably my second-biggest
fish ever. My first-biggest fish
was in the same pond. It was
so big that I could fit my whole
fist in itsmouth.
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CREATIVE KIDS
1 Million Dollars
Mr. Prez
by Roman Marquette
Central Heights – 5th Grade
Mrs. Riemer
HONORABLE MENTION
Jeffrey Dingle was walking down the street and
this guy walked up to him
and said, Do you want to
be the president? He said
no the guy said you sure?
Jeffrey said ok but it can
not be crazy the guy said
ok just follow me alright.
So they went to the white
house and when they got
there, there were a lot of
people already there. And
he was freaking out and he
went inside and when they
got inside he said I like this
already and then an alarm
went off and it said someone is trying to get Mr.
Prez so they went in a room
and they were protecting
him and then the guy came
in the room and took him
when they were leaving the
white house someone said
wake up its time for school
and he woke up and it was
all a dream.
by Sawyer Oram
Central Heights – 5th Grade
Mrs. Riemer
HONORABLE MENTION
I woke up and heard a knock
It was dawkly the donkey he
kidnapped me and took me
to a warehouse. He gave me
a million dollars but told me
absolutely nothing about it or
how I got it. As soon as he left
I did what anybody else would.
SPEND IT. First I went to buy
Super Bowl tickets. But I saw
a TV and it said robbers were
attempting to rob a millionaire
and it was at my house.
When I got home, I locked
every door, installed lasers
and waited for the robbers to
arrive. Eventually, I started
to see robbers on my cameras.
The first wave of my lasers took
down them .The second wave
came. and they were too powerful to stop, so I had to run.
The only place I could think
of to hide was the warehouse.
When I got there I hid in the
trash can I waited for days then
I had to call the cops. Five minutes later they came and arrested the ring leader, which was
Dawkly and his minions, for
trying to rob me. So I ended up
keeping the money. So I spent
the rest of my money on security. I ended up never gettmg
robbed again.
THE END
Anger
by Klaire Nilges
Crest – 6th Grade
Mrs. Brite
HONORABLE MENTION
Your heart and soul becomes
like ice,
in a chest full of flames.
You can see the fire in your
eyes
Burning, for forever or for
little time.
Your patience boils over,
Your head gets filled with
steam.
Anger can always be there,
No matter how it seems.
1st
You might feel you want to
hurt,
You might feel you want to
cry.
Its hard to let go of anger
and hurt,
Though in many ways you
might try.
But in this state of anger, be
careful what you do,
Because the one that hurt
you,
Might be feeling something
too.
Savannah Hensley Central Heights 6th Grade Mrs. Clifton
Penny Womelsdorf Crest 4th Grade Mrs. Hermreck
1st
1st
Leo Day Central Heights 6th Grade Mrs. Clifton
Jolia Yoder Central Plains 5th Grade Emma Hostetler
Jesse Chupp Central Plains 5th Grade Emma Hostetler
Luke Miller Central Plains 6th Grade Karyn Yoder
Gwen Wiehl GES 6th Grade Mrs. Scott
Isabell McKinley Central Heights 5th Grade Mrs. Riemer
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CREATIVE KIDS
The Spooky Man
by Kenneth Keim
Central Plains – 6th Grade
Karyn Yoder
HONORABLE MENTION
One time Eric went to the
woods after dark. But his dad
said he had to ask. So he asked
Dad, can I go to the woods?
asked Eric. Yes, answered
his dad. You can go in ten
minutes.
So when it was 10 minutes
his dad was gone so he told his
mom he was going to go now.
Okay, said mom. And Eric
went far within the woods and
owls hooting all the way. Soon
he heard a panther scream so
he went home and on the way
he met his first white form, a
ghost. Eric screamed and ran
away. Then he remembered the
ghost was between him and the
house so he quickly climbed
a tree. He waited a long time
and suddenly there was the
ghost. His hair was raising and
his cap fell down and hit the
ghost on the head. The ghost
screamed and yelled wwwwhhhoooooo!! Eric watched the
ghost run away from him so
he quickly climbed down and
ran home. There was his dad
drinking coffee and talking.
Erics dad asked had a good
time? Then he told him of the
ghost. But his dad laughed and
said, Eric, the ghost you saw
was the one you are talking to
right now!
The End.
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Thursday, February 27, 2025
The Dumb Fox
by Luke Miller
Central Plains – 6th Grade
Karyn Yoder
HONORABLE MENTION
This fox was dumb. He
wanted to take off his fur so he
could see it. He didnt get very
far because it hurt too much.
Next he decided to get caught
in a trap, just to see how it
would feel. It made him mad.
He bit the chain, and broke
his teeth. When he finally got
free of the trap, he lost one
paw.
After this he decided to be a
pirate so he carved a wooden
paw to use. And went to look
for treasure. He found a gold
mine. Gold nuggets lay all over
the floor of the mine.
He used a nugget to buy a
sword in the store. When he
was practicing with the sword,
he nicked his own eye and had
to wear an eye patch.
One day another fox came
along, named Sly. He told
Pirate he had a map for a
hidden treasure, intending to
trick him. Pirate fell for it and
went to look for the treasure.
Meanwhile Sly slinked
around and looked for Pirates
nuggets. He finally found them
in the mine. As he was taking
the last of the nuggets, he saw
Pirate coming back. Pirate was
so dumb he didnt recognize
his own mine. Sly told him he
found the treasure already.
Wow, said Pirate. Thats
just like my treasure.
As Sly was leaving, he
thought, how dumb can a fox
be. As he went out of sight, a
thorn tore a hole in his sack.
The nuggets dribbled out as
he went along. Pirate suddenly realized, Hey, this is my
gold mine! He turned and
started to follow Sly. It was
an easy trail because of the
nuggets that had dribbled out.
Of course he was too dumb to
pick up the nuggets.
Sly didnt know his sack
was getting light, as the gold
was heavy and he got more
tired the further he went. He
finally stopped at a spring to
rest. Suddenly he saw Pirate
trailing him. He quickly hid in
the brush.
But Pirate spotted him. He
said, Give me back my gold!
Sly looked surprised, How
did you know where I went?
I trailed you by the nuggets that dribbled out of your
sack, replied Pirate.
He quickly turned around
and looked to see if what Pirate
said was true. Sure enough
there was the hole in his sack
and a little pile of nuggets on
the ground.
Hey, how about we split
these and each take half?
Asked Sly.
Sure, that sounds fair to
me, said Pirate.
In the end they were both
too dumb, they didnt think
to pick up the nuggets on the
trail.
The Abandoned House
by Carsen Droddy
Central Heights – 5th Grade
Mrs. Riemer
HONORABLE MENTION
Once, a witch found an
abandoned house. Curious, she
went in. When she was inside,
she heard something upstairs.
She went up there and saw
a big fat bear. She screamed
so loud a window shattered.
She ran down the stairs as
fast as she could, but the bear
caught up so she poked him in
the eyes, slapped him across
the face, and kicked him in
the stomach. That gave her
enough time to
run
away.
Eventually, the
bear
caught
up
because
he wanted a
snack.
The
witch said she
didnt
taste
good but that
didnt stop him.
The bear caught up again, but
he wasnt prepared because
she busted out her karate
moves. First, she kicked him
in the face and punched him in
the gut. Then she ran away and
found a giant tree. She climbed
up the tree to stay safe from the
bear. The bear walked by the
tree but didnt see the witch.
The witch wanted to jump on
the bear so she did. The bear
wasnt suspecting it and he
ran jumping trying to get the
witch off, but it didnt work. He
finally got her off and the bear
ran away as fast as he could.
Now the witch was chasing
him. The bear
went through
the
forest,
across a river,
the desert, and
a canyon. He
fell into the
canyon and he
died.
.
The End
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SPORTS
Public Notice
13
Your RIGHT to know, guaranteed by Kansas Law.
Notice of hearing – Dickes Estate Notice of filing application to
(First published in the Anderson County place the cause will be heard. Should you fail commence the injection of saltwater
Review, Thursday, February 27, 2025)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
ANDERSON COUNTY, KANSAS
In the Matter of the Estate of
DAVID J. DICKES, Deceased.
Case # AN-2025-PR-000002
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS
CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that a petition has
been filed in this court by Vernon Stoltzfoos,
friend of decedent, praying that Letters of
Administration be granted to him as administrator.
You are required to file your written defenses
to said petition on or before March 24th, 2025,
at 9:00 a.m. in the district court in Garnett,
Anderson County, Kansas, at which time and
therein, judgment and decree will be entered in
due course upon the said petition.
All creditors are notified to exhibit their
demands against the above-captioned estate
within the later of either (i) four months from
the date of the first publication of this notice as
provided by law or (ii) thirty days after actual
notice was given as provided by law to those
creditors whose identity is known or reasonably ascertainable; and if their demands are
not thus exhibited they shall be forever barred.
VERNON STOLTZFOOS
Petitioner
(Published in the Anderson County Review on
February 27, 2025.)
Before the State Corporation
Commission of the
State of Kansas
NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION
RE: McFadden Oil Co. Application for a
permit to authorize the enhanced recovery of
saltwater into the Squirrel Formation Minkley
1AO-2AO-3AO and McGhee W-1X located in
Anderson County, Kansas.
TO: All Oil & Gas Producers, Unleased Mineral
Interest Owners, Landowners, and all persons
whomever concerned.
TERRY J. SOLANDER #7280
503 S. Oak St. P.O. Box 348
Garnett, KS 66032-0348
785-448-6131; FAX: 785-448-2475
solander@embarqmail.com
Attorney for Plaintiff
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Five ways to cope
when a loved one dies
YOU, and each of you, are hereby notified
that McFadden Oil Co., has filed an application
to commence the injection of saltwater into the
Squirrel formation at the Minkley 1AO 2805 Ft
S. Line , 4420 Ft E. Line, 2AO 2805 Ft S line,
49W Ft E line, 3AO 2805 Ft S line, 3902 Ft E
line all in Sec. 10-23-19E and McGhee W-1X
1800 Ft S line, 2200 Ft E line in Sec 10-2319E; Anderson County, Kansas with maximum
operating pressure of 700 psi and a maximum
injection rate of 70 bbls per day.
ANY persons who object to or protest this
application shall be required to file their objections or protests with the Conservation Division
of the State Corporation Commission of the
State of Kansas within thirty (30) days from the
date of this publication. These protests shall
be filed pursuant to the commission regulations
and must state specific reasons why the grant
of the application may cause waste, violate correlative rights or pollute the natural resources of
the State of Kansas.
ALL persons interested or concerned shall
take notice of the foregoing and shall govern
themselves accordingly.
McFadden Oil Co.
PO Box 394
Iola, Kansas 66749
620-496-7946
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Notice of the 2025 Anderson
County real estate market analysis
When a loved one dies, the tions and thoughts. You can
loss and grief you feel can be
deep.
Here are five ideas that
might help you cope when
someone you love has died:
1. Join in rituals. Memorial
services and funerals are times
to gather. They can help people
get through the first few days.
They are ways to honor the person who died. Just being with
other people who knew your
loved one can be comforting.
2. Accept your emotions.
Dont stop yourself from having
a good cry if you feel one coming on. Accept the feelings you
have, rather than think you
should feel a different way.
Sometimes, others may expect
you to move on before youre
ready. But take the time you
need. Know that you can (and
will) heal over time. Healing
doesnt mean you forget the
person who died. It doesnt
mean that you miss them less.
3. Talk about it when you
can. Some people want to tell
the story of their loss or talk
about their feelings. But sometimes people dont feel like
talking. Thats OK, too. No one
should feel pressured to talk.
If you dont feel like talking,
find ways to express your emo-
REPORTS…
FROM PAGE 1
Kansas were unsubstantiated.
One countyComanchehad
zero claims.
The bad news is that
between 2014 and 2023, there
were 253,014 claims of child
abuse a significant portion
of the population of Kansas
of which 14,890 were substantiated.
It is unclear how many
of those spurious claims are
repeat calls, and DCFS does not
track the impact on single-parent homes.
Moreover, according to
some statistics, false allegations are common in custody
proceedings, and up to 70% of
domestic violence charges presented during custody battles
are false.
write in a journal. Or you can
write a song, poem, or make a
photo tribute about your loved
one. You can do this just for
yourself, or you can share it
with others.
4. Preserve memories. You
could do something to honor
the person you love in a way
that fits. Plant a tree or garden.
Take part in a charity run or
walk.
5. Get the support you need.
It takes time to adjust after a
loved one dies. And it helps
to have plenty of support. You
can get support from family, friends, or adult mentors
in your life. Grief counselors,
therapists, and support groups
can help, too. If you want to
find more support, ask a parent, school counselor, or a faith
leader to help you find support
that could be right for you. You
can give support to others, too.
(First published in the Anderson County Review
on February 27, 2025.)
inflationary increase of approximately 11.48%
countywide.
Legal Notice
A study of the overall countywide commercial
real estate market indicated that there is an
overall annual inflationary increase of approximately 11.19% countywide.
2025 Anderson County Real Estate Market
Analysis Pursuant to K.S.A. 79-1460a
This market analysis is intended to satisfy
the requirements of K.S.A. 79-1460a. It is not
intended to be a complete narrative of market
trends for individual properties in Anderson
County, nor is it intended to describe the
market trends for individual market areas within
Anderson County. Neither is this an appraisal
or market analysis that purports to comply with
the uniform standards of professional appraisal
practice. Rather, it is intended to give a broad
countywide overview of real property market
trends.
A study of the residential real estate market indicated that there is an overall annual
A study of the real estate market for vacant
land indicated that there is an overall annual
inflationary increase of approximately 20.94%
countywide.
The information listed above represents
countywide medians and is not intended to be
a direct indicator of any particular propertys
value. Individual property values may change
by more or less than the indicated trends due to
differences in location, property characteristics,
available market data, data comparability and
market participants preferences.
Anderson County balance of funds
(Published in the Anderson County Review, Tuesday, February 27, 2025.)
The Following statement is the balance of funds from the ledger of the Treasurer of
Anderson County, Kansas, at the close of business on the 31st day of January, 2025.
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www.kansaspublicnotices.com
Notice of approval of
special use permit
(Published in the Anderson County Review on
February 27, 2025.)
RESOLUTION No. 2025-13
A RESOLUTION APPROVING SPECIAL USE
PERMIT #SUP2025-01(HIRT) TO OFFER
GOODS AND CLOTHING APPAREL TO
OLD GERMAN BAPTIST MEMBERS AND
FAMILIES ONLY, NOT FOR GENERAL
PUBLIC.
WHEREAS, Anderson County, Kansas is a
county municipal government with the authority
to adopt zoning regulations and create zoning district boundaries as provided in Section
15-753 K.S.A.; and
WHEREAS, the County did adopt Resolution
NO. 00, 0911.1 in September 2000, establishing zoning regulations for the unincorporated
areas of Anderson County; and
WHEREAS, the Anderson County Planning
Commission did hold a Public hearing on
February 17, 2025 to consider Special Use
Permit #SUP2025-01(Hirt) to offer goods and
clothing to Old German Baptist members and
families only, not intended for general public in
an A-1 agriculture district.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, after
reviewing and considering all written and
oral testimony, did unanimously approve said
amendment request, and recommends that
the Board of County Commissioners adopt the
Special Use Permit #SUP2025-01(Hirt); and
WHEREAS, the Board of County
Commissioners, after duly reviewing the recommendation of the Planning Commission and
considering all comments for and against said
amendment, finds that the Special Use Permit
is in substantial compliance with the intent of
the County Comprehensive Plan and the public
interest.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
that the Anderson County Board of County
Commissioners does hereby approve Special
Use Permit #SUP2025-01(Hirt), said property is
located Section 30, Township 20 South, Range
18 East, all in Anderson County, Kansas.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 24TH DAY OF
FEBRUARY, 2025.
This action shall take effect upon publication in
the official County newspaper.
/s/Leslie D. McGhee, Chairman
/s/Anthony C. Mersman, Commissioner
/s/Michael Blaufuss, Commissioner
ATTEST:
/s/Julie Wettstein, Clerk
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On behalf of the Beckmon Family,
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God and Americas obesity crisis,
Speaking Truth by Clint Decker
CLAY CENTER Based on government data in the 1960s and
70s around 13% of Americans
were considered obese while
less than 1% were defined as
morbidly obese. However, in
the 1980s and 90s waistlines
began to dramatically increase.
Today, according to USAFacts,
obesity rates have tripled in
America over the last 60 years
with nearly 70% being either
overweight or obese.
This has given rise to over
250 health problems like type 2
diabetes, high blood pressure,
heart disease, strokes, fatty
liver diseases, some cancers,
fertility issues, mental health
problems and more. In 2016 over
$260 billion was spent on obesity related healthcare, while in
2024 it increased to $385 billion.
We have a health crisis in
America!
Where is the church and
Christian ministries on this?
Are we not pro-life? This crisis is leading to obesity-related
deaths by the thousands and
chronic related sicknesses by
the millions. Our families,
churches and communities are
all touched by this.
Does God have anything to
say about our health?
Jesus said, And you shall
love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your
soul and with all your mind and
with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your
neighbor as yourself. There is
no other commandment greater
than these. (Mark 12:29-31) This
refers to loving and serving God
with your whole being, which
includes your body. For believers, taking care of our body is
an expression of our love for
God. For when we do, we can
more effectively serve others,
whereas obesity limits us in
different ways. Additionally, it
is written whether you eat
or drink, or whatever you do,
do all to the glory of God. (1
Corithians 10:31) This is communicating that in all things,
including what we eat and
drink, we are to do for the glory
(or honor) of God.
The goal of living a healthier
life is first about God, second
about others and last about you.
It is not primarily about YOU
looking good in the mirror or
YOU feeling good about yourself. The Bible says, Happy are
you, O land, when your king is
the son of the nobility, and your
princes feast at the proper time,
for strength, and not for drunkenness! (Ecclesiastes 10:17)
What is the purpose of eating
and drinking? It is not for personal pleasure or self-indul-
gence, for that is where many
of our problems start. Rather,
it is to produce the strength and
energy we need to serve God
and others.
What are some practical
ways we can fight against obesity?
1. Live with belief. Believe it
is possible for you to eat and live
a healthier life. No matter what
your past failures have been.
No matter what your existing
health problems are. No matter
what your genetics are. Believe
that you can overcome.
2. Live with a plan. Turn
your belief into action. Seek out
a practical diet and exercise
plan.
3. Live with a goal. Whatever
you aim at is what you will
hit. Set small reasonable weight
loss goals.
4. Live with common sense.
Make better choices. Eating
smaller portions and fruits and
vegetables is good. Eating larger portions and piles of cupcakes is bad.
5. Live for the glory of God.
Do not live with guilt over your
weight, nor compare your body
to anyone elses. Fix your eyes
on Jesus and live for His praise
alone.
6. Live with a persevering
mindset. Know this will be
extremely difficult but determine that you will never quit!
Never!
Jesus came to die and rise
again that we might no longer
be enslaved by the things of this
world. He created you and He
knows the battles you face. In
Christ, you have all you need to
live a healthy life.
A prayer for you Lord God,
we ask for your help to begin
living a healthier life. We need
your enabling power. We are
weak, but you are strong. Help
us O God and grant us success.
In Jesus name. Amen.
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Clint Decker is President of
Great Awakenings. Please share
your comment at cdecker@greatawakenings.org and follow his
blog at clintdecker.blogspot.com.
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