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Talent with a bite
Garnett native blazed
trails in literature, burned
out with Lincoln diatribe
BY DANE HICKS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
GARNETT Though the poet
and author of Spoon River
Anthology, Edgar Lee Masters,
spent only the first year or so
of his childhood in Garnett, his
centerpiece achievement is still
regaled worldwide as an example
of great American fiction and historical biopic. What is less well
known is that he passed away
with a reputation besmirched by
his own hit piece on Abraham
Lincoln decades after The Great
Emancipators assasination.
Masters was born August 23,
1868, in Garnett, but theres confusion surrounding the exact
location of his birth.
For his Pictorial History of
Anderson County, Kansas, published in 1990, local historian and
folklorist Ed Fink quotes from
the May 20, 1868, edition of the
Garnett Plaindealer newspaper
from under the header Hotel
Arrivals at the Garnett House
Hotel for the week ending May
19, 1868, listing H.W. Masters
and lady of Petersburg, Illinois,
as hotel guests. This was a few
months before Masters birth,
and its surmised the couple,
arrived in Garnett and booked
the hotel prior to finding a place
to live. Hardin Masters would
establish a law practice in town,
but failing to thrive, would move
on a little more than a year later.
But Fink notes a problem in
later descriptions of Masters
birthplace:
Before the dedication of
the Edgar Lee Masters postage
stamp on August 23rd 1970, Fink
writes, the planning committee
decided the original house located at 117 East 3rd Street was the
birthsite. It was raised in 1958
and a new house was built which
now stands there. but a picture
of the original two-story wood
frame house existed, and
this is portrayed on the
Masters commemorative
postal envelope.
In a letter to Marguerite
Cripe Stevenson of Garnett
dated July 16, 1940, Masters
said his father told him the
house in which he was born
in Garnett was a brick house,
but he could not remember its
location. The house pictured on
the envelope is wood frame, not
brick thus the controversy.
What is known is that Masters
father struggled to establish a law
practice in Garnett and moved his
family about a year later to live
with relatives in Illinois, where
he later received an appointment
as states attorney in Petersburg.
The family settled in Lewiston
where Edgar was raised before
eventually following his father
into a career in law.
The National Endowment for
the Humanities provides an apt
analysis of Masters most famous
work and its reflection and later
animosity involving his charac- ries and gossip he heard during writer came from. Such a writer
terizations of small town charac- the time he spent in Lewistown and book are realized here. Ezra
and nearby Petersburg, where Pound rejoiced in the London
ters and their lives.
When Spoon River Anthology his grandparents lived. In some Egoist: At last the American
was published in 1915, Edgar Lee cases, Masters barely changed West has produced a poet . . .
Masters shattered the myth of their names. Henry Phipps was capable of dealing with life directsmall-town America
as the bastion of
American virtue. In
his thinly veiled fictional town of Spoon
River, situated in
central Illinois near
Lewistown,
where
Masters grew up, the
honest, hardworking,
chaste, and churchgoing live amidst corrupt bankers, abusive
husbands, unfulfilled
wives, sexual deviants,
and failed dreamers.
Although
such
experiences and views
were part of American
culture, poets had not
written about them
before, says John E.
Hall was, author of
Spoon River Anthology:
An Annotated Edition.
In the groundbreaking work, Masters, a
onetime law partner of
Clarence Darrow, gives
voice to more than two
hundred deceased citizens of Spoon River
who are laid to rest in
Oak Hill Cemetery,
known to the locals
as The Hill. Freed by
the shackles of life, the
unliving who sleep
beneath these weeds
confess their deepest
secrets, disappointments, frustrations,
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 01-02-2024 / LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
joys, and warnings to Edgar Lee Masters, author of Spoon River Anthology, was born in Garnett August
the living in the form 23, 1868.
of brutally honest free
verse poems. No volume of poetry since Whitmans really banker Henry Phelps. ly, without circumlocution, withLeaves of Grass had attempted so Harry Wilmans was Henry out resonant meaningless phrasmuch or had been so original, Wilmans. In a few instances, he es. Ready to say what he has to
says Hallwas.
used real names, such as William say, and shut up when he [has]
H. Herndon, the law partner of said it. It was an internationEach postmorAbraham Lincoln, and Anne al best-seller, reported to have
tem
Rutledge, considered Lincolns sold 80,000 copies in four years.
Masters himself boasted that it
first love.
Meant to be read as a novel, broke the record in America for
the reader is required to piece the sale of a book of verse.
together narratives from single
Back in Lewistown, however,
lines and fragments contained in the villagers were not so enthuindividual poems. Minerva Jones siastic. On the contrary, they
tells us she was raped by Butch were furious with that scounWeldy and died during an abor- drel Masters. After all, says
tion. Doctor Meyers, the abor- Hallwas, he often exposed the
tionist, blames Minerva for his troubled lives of people. Even
own death in jail saying, I tried though most names were fictito help her out. Mrs. Meyers, tious, everyone in town knew
the doctors wife, believes her exactly who he was talking about.
husband deserved the towns Because of this, the book was
scorn for breaking the law immediately banned from schools
human and divine. Butch and libraries in the area, includWeldy, on the other hand, ing the Lewistown library, where
never mentions the rape but Masterss mother worked as a
tells us he got religion and librarian. Although the book was
steadied down.
not available in the area, some
The book was a literary found a way to obtain a secret
sensation and huge com- copy, which they talked about
mercial success. Carl Sandburg only in whispers.
Masters was interested in writpoem in wrote in the Little Review, The
the collection is titled people whose faces look out from ing from a very young age, but
with the name of the citizen who the pages of the book are the was encouraged to follow in his
reveals some truth about their people of life itself, each trait of fathers footsteps as a lawyer. He
daily existence in Spoon River. them as plain or as mysterious as
SEE MASTERS ON PAGE 11
Masters gleaned tidbits of sto- in the old home valley where the
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Holidays provide
chance for
families to talk,
discover ancestry
Family gatherings, conversations
can be catalysts for full-blown projects
to uncover where you came from
BY DANE HICKS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
GARNETT With family gatherings over the holidays comes the opportunity to reminisce about
previous generations, and oftentimes thats just
the kind of spark that can lead to the fascinating
journey of a full on genealogical research project.
Its just the kind of primer the members of the
Anderson County Historical Society love to assist
with.
We get requests (about research), said Kenny
Kellstadt, president of the Anderson County
Historical Society. A lot of times people end up
with pictures of relatives and they dont know who
they are, or maybe they do know who they are, but
theyll mail them to us. We try to identify them and
we use them to start a family file in case we get
more inquiries about that line of relatives again,
Kellstadt said. The worst part is identifying them
their ancestors knew who they were, but so many
of them didnt write the names on the back or identify them and generations later nobody knows.
With DNA testing it has spurred a lot of people
searching ancestries. People go back and then they
find out something they want to know more about.
Kellstadt said the challenge to such research
is that while family gatherings may result in conversations and revelations, families too often fail
to write those details down to make a documented
record of them.
Family histories and ancestries are enticing subjects and tend to get more interesting the older we
get, when history and ancestry tends to move more
to the forefront of our interests than when were
younger, researchers say. Even so, the obvious
questions are sometimes the least interesting.
One of my pet peeves is the inevitable question
I get from people who learn I am a genealogist
how far back have you gone?, says Quora comSEE ANCESTRY ON PAGE 8
Linn, Miami courts
back up, Anderson,
others taking longer
Its taking longer than expected
to get statewide court computer
system fixed after October hack
BY DANE HICKS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
TOPEKA Although some county court systems
in the state are now back online, Anderson County
District Court is among those in Kansas still
without remote Internet access or electronic filing
ability, as the Kansas Judicial Branch continues to
struggle with service restoration after an October
statewide computer system hack.
In the meantime Anderson County District
Court Clerk Tina Miller told the Review the local
court office would close at noon from now until
January 5 in an attempt to catch up the present
hard copy system it implemented when the system
went down to a digital format to implement when
the local system is restored.
Court officials say even when the system is
restored, itll be some time before access for the
SEE HACK ON PAGE 8
Kansas still a member of association that deemed parents terrorists
BY DAVID HICKS
THE SENTINEL
OLATHE At least 25 state
school board associations canceled their membership with
the National School Boards
Association (NSBA) after it
labeled parents domestic terrorists, but Kansas remains
a member, and some of the
states school districts are
sending board members to its
conferences.
NSBA asked the Attorney
General to treat parents as
domestic terrorists. The
Sentinel contacted several districts to determine if districts
paid travel expenses and registration fees for designated
members to attend events in
2023.
Dodge City, Emporia,
and Topeka did not send board
members on expense-paid trips
to NSBA events, but at least
five districts did: USD 229 Blue
Valley, Leavenworth, Olathe,
Shawnee Mission, and Seaman.
USD 500 Kansas City did not
respond to our inquiry.
NSBA is hosting an Equity
Symposium in January 2024.
This is the same organization
that filed an amicus brief supporting the Fairfax County
School Districts appeal of a
case involving a girl who was
sexually assaulted at school.
An appeals court judge said
the appeal amounted to schools
asking to get one free rape
before staff is responsible for
inaction. And that is just one
example of the equity irony
touted by NSBA.
The NSBA website says,
each child, regardless of their
ability, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, identity, or citizenship, deserves equitable access
to an education that maximizes their individual potential,
but in opposing school choice
programs, it effectively says
children who arent getting a
good education in public school
must remain trapped there.
Students are not entitled to
equal opportunity in the eyes
of NSBA and its member organizations.
Its disregard for student
achievement is highlighted at
the 2024 Equity Symposium.
SEE NSBA ON PAGE 11
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NEWS IN
BRIEF
ACHS DANCE CLINIC
The ACHS Crimson Dancers
will be having a dance clinic
on Saturday, January 6, 2024
from 2 – 4 p.m. in the ACHS
gym. Check-in begins at 1:30
p.m., late arrivals are welcome.
Performance will be Friday,
January 12 before the boys
varsity basketball game.
AMERICAN LEGION BINGO
There will be no Bingo at
American Legion Post 48 Garnett
on January 2, 2024. Bingo
resume on Tuesday, January 9,
at 6:30 p.m.
ANDERSON COUNTY
REPUBLICANS
Hope you can join us for our regular monthly meeting Thursday
night at 6 p.m. at Garnett Pizza
Hut. Dr. Pransanth Reddy of
Overland Park, running for the
3rd District GOP nomination for
Congress to contest Sharice
Davids, will be our program.
Dinner is 6 p.m. with meeting scheduled at 6:30 p.m. at
Garnett Pizza Hut. If youd like
to come early or order your food
in advance by calling (785)
448-3465, it might help with
the congestion we ran into last
month. Well also be in the main
dining room Thursday night to
give us a little more room than
last time. Meeting is open to all
Republicans please pass the
word.
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, January 2, 2024
RECORD
ANDERSON COUNTY ACCIDENT
REPORTS FILED
On November 24, William E Green,
Tulsa, Oklahoma, was northbond on
US 169 Highway when the steering
wheel broke, causing the vehicle to
lose control and strike the guardrail.
On November 27, Tracy Lynn
Pogue, Blue Mound, was southbound
on US 59 Highway when multiple deer
came from the east ditch and struck
the vehicle.
On November 27, a vehicle driven
by Paula Sue Bryan, LeRoy, was traveling west when multiple deer came
out of the south ditch and struck her
vehicle.
On November 27, Craig T
Boddington, Elk City, was traveling
southeast on US 169 Highway when
a deer came from the south ditch and
struck his vehicle, causing disabling
damage.
On November 28, Austin Don
Rehmert, Westphalia, was driving
westbound on 1600 Road when a
deer came from the ditch and was
struck by the vehicle.
On November 29, Becky J Cornell,
Shawnee, was driving north on US 59
Highway near the K-31 Junction when
the driver swerved to miss a deer,
causing the driver to lose control and
hit a dirt embankment.
On December 2, Johnathan Ray
Anderson, Miami, Oklahoma, was
driving southbound on US 59 Highway
when he hit a deer that entered the
roadway.
On December 2, James J Smith,
Garnett, was driving northbound on
US 59 Highway just south of 2350
Road when he struck a deer that
entered the roadway from the west to
the east.
On December 6, a vehicle driven by
Deanne Rochelle Jackson, Mapleton,
was heading westbound on K31
Highway and struck a deer in the road
near the 101.4 milemarker.
On December 11, Andrew
Zarochintsev, Louisville, Kentucky,
was southbound on US 169 Highway
in the area of mile marker 113 when
he left the roadway to the right and
into the ditch causing the vehicle to
overturn onto the right side, no injuries
were reported.
On December 11, Jeremy Wight,
Garnett, was going south on SE
Norton Road when a deer came from
the west side of the road and was hit
by the vehicle.
On December 16, Adam Wade
Ewert, Garnett, was westbound on
2400 Road when he struck a deer with
the right front fender.
On December 17, Siraji Ali Noor,
Edina, Minnesota, was going north on
US 59 Highway when a deer came
from the west side and was struck by
the front bumper of the tractor trailer.
ANDERSON COUNTY ARREST FILED
On December 8, Jeremie Dale
King, Princeton, was arrested for driving while suspended or revoked and
no vehicle registration.
On December 11, Michael Garrett
Adams, Wamego, was arrested to
serve a court ordered sentence.
On December 11, Lacy Jean
Michael, Brumley, Missouri, was
arrested to serve a court ordered sentence.
On December 12, Celeste Madeline
Nigh, Kansas City, Missouri, was
arrested for failure to appear.
On December 12, Natasha Sioux
Howard, Garnett was arrested for
DUI;1st Conviction and interference
with LEO/obstruction.
ANDERSON COUNTY
JAIL FARM-INS
Andrew Jamison was booked into
jail on September 5, 2023.
Ronnie Masoner was booked into
jail on September 5, 2023.
Michael Shaw was booked into jail
on September 8, 2023.
Austin Hutchison was booked into
jail on September 20, 2023.
Brandon Norris was booked into jail
on September 21, 2023.
Javier Romero was booked into jail
on October 4, 2023.
Benjamin Mims was booked into jail
on October 20, 2023.
ANDERSON COUNTY JAIL ROSTER
(As of Dec. 13, 2023.)
Tanner Vansickle was booked into
jail on July 13, 2023.
Patrick Stoneking was booked into
jail on July 13, 2023.
Robert Alcher was booked into jail
on August 25, 2023.
Andrew Shubert was booked into
jail on September 5, 2023.
James Waggoner was booked into
jail on September 5, 2023.
(As of Dec. 13, 2023.)
Giovanna Rodriguez was booked
into jail on March 3, 2021.
Isidro Madrid was booked into jail
on August 12, 2022.
Eric Howell was booked into jail on
April 20, 2023.
Joseph Wilper was booked into jail
on October 20, 2023.
Juan Velez was booked into jail on
October 23, 2023.
Blakeslee said. Keep foods that
family members enjoy, but also
healthful foods to provide nutrient-dense nourishment.
Blakeslee recommends storing pantry foods in a cool, dry,
dark location.
When power is first lost, leave
the door of the refrigerator and
freezer closed to preserve cold
temperatures as long as possible. If the power stays out for
a longer period of time and the
refrigerator is not staying cold,
Blakeslee has some additional
ideas for protecting food.
Coolers filled with ice are
very helpful in an emergency,
Blakeslee said. Make sure ice
surrounds the food for the best
chilling effect.
For food in the freezer, dry
ice can be used if available but
thick gloves should always be
worn when handling dry ice to
prevent skin damage. Dry ice
should then be kept in a ventilated area.
Food spoilage may be
unavoidable if the power outage
is lengthy. Blakeslee outlines
key factors that may be an indication of foodborne illness:
Color changes.
Unusual odors.
Texture changes.
The most susceptible foods
are meat, dairy, eggs and cut
fruits and vegetables. Extra care
should be taken when examining these food items.
Dont taste any questionable food that has thawed out,
Blakeslee said. When in doubt,
throw it out.
If a power outage lasts more
than four hours at temperatures
greater than 40 F, refrigerated or
frozen food kept without another
cold source should be thrown
out.
For more information on food
safety during the power outages,
Blakeslee recommends consulting the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention webpage.
Patience is key to meeting Power out? Here's how to keep food safe
goals, says K-State expert
MANHATTAN, Kan. When
it comes to pursuing goals,
Kansas State University family resource management specialist Elizabeth Kiss thinks
even a little progress means
a lot.
Often when it comes to
goal-setting, we think its all
or nothing, Kiss said. We
think, I have to do this or
I have to be focused That
is not necessarily the best
or most successful way to
achieve what youre looking
for.
Instead, she said, take the
long view on goals.
Think about this: there
are 168 hours in a week,
Kiss said. How much of that
time do we actually need to
achieve our personal, financial, health or other goals?
Some things only take about
an hour a week. You can make
a big amount of progress on a
project by spending an hour
or two a week on a regular
basis.
Put into practice, Kiss
notes a couple examples: If
you want to read a book, but
feel overwhelmed, spend just
5-10 minutes a day reading.
Or if a goal is to get in better
physical shape, dedicate 15-20
minutes a few times a week as
an entry point.
Kiss said: Take a kinder,
more gentler approach to your
goals.
In her job, Kiss spends a
good deal of time helping indi-
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familys resources including
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Her approach to goal-setting
works when managing the
familys finances, too.
If you want to increase
your familys emergency
fundwhat you could to do
is plan to put aside a small
amount each month, perhaps
as little as $10 per month, she
said. That might not seem
like a lot, but over a year,
thats $120 for your emergency
fund that you didnt have previously.
Kiss encourages families to
talk about goals, particularly when it comes to spending
money. When appropriate,
involve kids, she says, particularly as they grow older
and transition into helping
with such expenses as vehicles, insurance, weddings
and
Garnett
more.
Many of us are fearful that
we will out-live our money;
we wonder how we are going
to stay active, interested, curiousall of those things, Kiss
said. That all has to do with
family resource management.
I always say that successful
money management is that
you get to the end of your
life and you have some money
leftand youre meeting your
goals, whatever they are.
K-State Research and
Extension has an online publication titled, How Are You
Doing? A Financial Checkup,
to help keep people on path
to meet their lifes goals. The
publication is available online
from the K-State Research and
Extension bookstore.
Sometimes whatever
goals youre setting you dont
take your intended actions,
Kiss said. Dont beat yourself
up. Wherever youre at, just
keep thinking ahead. Share
your goals, write them down
and review them periodically;
but dont obsess over them.
More information on personal well-being, including
family resource management,
is also available at local extension offices in Kansas.
MANHATTAN, Kan. Keeping
food safe during a power outage
begins well before winter storms
hit, said Kansas State University
food scientist Karen Blakeslee.
Before the power goes out,
Blakeslee advises keeping
an appliance thermometer
in the refrigerator and freezer. According to guidelines
from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, the temperature inside the refrigerator
should be 40 degrees Fahrenheit
or lower, and the freezer at 0 F or
below.
Blakeslee, who also is coordinator of K-States Rapid
Response Center for food safety,
said having a thermometer in
place before the power goes out
helps to assure the appliance
temperature does not stray outside the recommended range.
It may also be a good idea to
stock up on canned and non-perishable goods.
Dried foods, such as fruit and
crackers, are great for snacks,
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, January 2, 2024
PALACIOS
MAY 5, 1946 – DECEMBER 22, 2023
Burial and graveside services took place December 27,
2023, for Efren Palacios. Efren
passed away at home with his
family beside him on December
22, 2023.
RATLIFF
APRIL 7, 1938 – DECEMBER 21, 2023
Funeral services for Gail
Ratliff, 85 of Westphalia, were
held December 29, 2023 at
the First Christian Church,
Garnett. Burial followed in the
Garnett Cemetery. Mr. Ratliff
passed away on Thursday,
December 21, 2023, at The
Medicalodges, Iola, Kansas.
Colony Christian
Church – Gods Gifts
Pastor Chase Riebel's message "God's Gifts" used Matt
2:1-12 and 2 Timothy 1:6-7 to
tell the story of King Herod
who was so afraid of losing his
earthly kingdom he pretended he wanted to worship the
newborn king, Jesus, but was
planning to kill Jesus instead.
Bruce Symes communion meditation "Beyond the Manger"
gave the reason Jesus was laid
in the same manger where
lambs sacrificed in the temple were laid, because Jesus
was also a lamb sacrificed
for sin. Brinley McGhee and
Elka Billings led the worship
team with Mike Billings on
electric guitar, Ben Prasko on
keyboard, Anna Riebel on percussion, and Ursula Billings
on violin. Worship songs were
"Joyful, Joyful", "The First
Noel", "Hallelujah Christmas",
"O Come, O Come Emmanuel"
and "How Many Kings".
The evening candlelight service began with the worship
song "O Come all Ye Faithful"
followed by "O Holy Night".
Scriptures were read by Blake
Boone, Steve Green and Flint
Riebel. Pastor Chase Riebel
talked about the King who is
all powerful and has a never
ending kingdom that is not
of this world. We are part of
that kingdom according to Rev
17:14. Light was passed from
one to another and "Joy to the
World" was sung by candlelight to end the service.
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OBITUARIES
10 ways to thank a caregiver God remembered!
(BPT) – Chances are you know a
caregiver. It could be the teacher at your child's school, balancing classroom duties and caring
for an aging parent after the bell
rings. Maybe it's your coworker
who also takes care of a chronically ill spouse at home. Or your
friend who makes time to catch
up despite their busy schedule
assisting their disabled sibling
with everyday tasks.
With caregivers playing such
a vital role for loved ones – a
spouse, child, parents or even
a friend – it is important that
caregivers be supported too.
Becoming a fulltime caregiver is usually not a role anyone
is prepared to take on and can
often come with challenges and
emotional hardships. However,
creating connection and building support networks can provide a safety net for caregivers
and give them somewhere to
turn when navigating new or
difficult situations.
Supportive communities and
resources are important for
caregivers in every season. An
easy first step in showing up
for the caregivers in your own
life is to express gratitude and
establish yourself as a means of
support and understanding.
Need help getting started?
Consider these 10 ways to say
thanks to a caregiver in your
life:
1. Write a thank you note.
Whether short and sweet or
long and detailed, a simple letter
expressing gratitude and recognizing everything caregivers do
is an easy way to say thanks and
create connection.
2. Send them a personal gift.
Gift cards and other small
tokens of gratitude are a great
way to express thanks and provide caregivers with something
for themselves, encouraging
self-care and prioritizing caregiver well-being.
3. The gift of time, so they
can do self-care.
Another way to encourage
self-care is by stepping in for a
caregiver for a few hours, allowing them some free time to take
care of themselves and do what
they enjoy.
4. Make regular visits.
Caregiving can often be an
isolating role, as many of the
people receiving care may have
limited mobility or spend most
of their time at home. In this, it's
important to physically show up
for the caregiver in your life and
spend quality time with them.
5. Gift them a journal or
planner.
An important role of caregivers is to keep track of appointments, medication schedules
and more. Gifting a journal or
planner to help them stay organized can be an easy way to
support their everyday life.
6. Express your gratitude
with food.
Not only does cooking a meal
for a caregiver help alleviate
some of their workload, but
it also is an effective way to
connect with those around you
and spark meaningful conversations.
7. Exercise together.
Many studies suggest that
exercising with a caregiver and
the person receiving care can
improve both mental and physical health, making it an easy
way to show thanks and prioritize well-being.
8. Plan a movie night.
Express thanks by arranging a movie night, setting aside
time to connect and bond over a
favorite movie of theirs.
9. Have a portrait taken.
A powerful way to create connection and meaningful memories is by having a portrait
taken of caregiver and care
recipient, gifting an image that
will always remind them of the
vital role they play.
10. Create a team of support.
One of the best ways to support the caregiver in your life
and express consistent gratitude
for all they do, is by surrounding
them with a network of resources and creating a Caregiver
Support Team.
Whether it's by saying
thanks, helping to establish a
caregiver support network or
simply spending quality time,
showing up for the caregivers in
your life can have an immense
impact on their well-being, and
in turn, can improve the quality
of care they provide.
In the first chapter
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL
of Luke after Mary is
visited by the angel
she left Nazareth
and went to the hill
country of Judea
to visit a relative
Elizabeth who the
angel had told her
was also with child.
As puzzled as Mary
was over her own situation the pregnanBY DAVID BILDERBACK
cy of Elizabeth was
even more puzzling
as she was in her old age and song. Now we find ourselves
past child bearing. During this 2000 years beyond the birth
visit Mary full of joy sings. He of the Savior waiting for his
has helped his servant Israel return. Mary sang in joy, God
remembering to be merciful to remembered. I wonder do we
Abraham and his descendants remember? Is the return of
forever even as he said to our Christ even a part of our thinkfathers. (Luke 1:54-55)
ing or do we just go about our
As this situation began routine? I dont believe there
to unfold Mary remembered was ever any doubt in Marys
a promise God had made to mind that God would rememAbraham 2000 years earlier. ber his servant Israel. Her
In Genesis 15 God makes a cov- statement just confirms her
enant with Abram. Then the long held belief and faith that
word of the LORD came to him: God would send the Messiah.
This man will not be your We as Christians should hold
heir, but a son coming from this same belief. Through
your own body will be your the birth, life, death and resheir. He (God) took him out- urrection of Jesus we have
side and said. Look up at the been grafted into Gods family
heavens and count the stars – if through adoption as sons.
indeed you can count them.
Just as the Apostle Paul
Then he said to him, So shall states in Galatians 4:4-5, But
your offspring be. Abraham when the time had fully come,
believed God and it was credit- God sent his Son, born of a
ed to him as righteousness.
woman, born under the law,
Now 2000 years on the other to redeem those under the law,
side of Abraham, Mary began that we might receive the full
to understand the fulfillment rights of sons. Jesus confirms
of this promise to Abram by his return in Revelation 22:20 b
God was beginning to happen. when he says, Yes, I am comThe coming of the long await- ing soon. Abraham believed,
ed Messiah was imminent. Mary believed. The question is
In her joy Mary bursts into do you believe?
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TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday Service 10:00 am
Wednesday 7pm
East 6th & Hwy 169, Garnett, KS
Pastor – Joshua Ford (785) 448-3908
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Sunday Connect Groups 9 am
Sunday Worship Service 10:00am
Bible Studies Sunday 5:30pm
258 W. Park Road, Garnett, Ks.
(785) 448-3208
Lead Pastor – Scott King
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TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
Sunday School 9am
Sunday Worship 10am
Bible Study – Wednesday 7pm
(785) 448-6930
Hwy 31 & Grant, Garnett, KS
KINCAID SELMA UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Worship 9am
Sunday School 10:15 a.m.
709 E. 5th St., Kincaid, KS
Pastor – Bill Nelson
Church Office (620) 439-5773
ST. THERESE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Worship Service Saturday 5pm
Richmond, KS
Fr. Gerald Williams
(785) 835-6273
NORTHCOTT CHURCH
Sunday Morning Bible Study 9am
Sunday Worship 10am
12425 SW Barton Rd., Colony, KS 66015
(620) 228-9324
BEACON HOUSE OF WORSHIP
Sunday Worship Service 10:00 am
23031 1750 RD Garnett
(785) 229-5172
Pastor – Reuben Esh
ST. JOHNS CATHOLIC CHURCH
Mass Sunday 8am
Greeley, KS
(785) 448-3846
Pastor Fr. Daniel Stover
COLONY CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Cross Training 9:45am
Sunday Worship 10:45am
306 Maple, Colony, KS 66015
(620) 852-3200
Pastor – Chase Riebel
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
www.fccgarnett.org
Early Worship 8am
Sunday School (All Ages) 9:15am
Second Worship Service 10:30am
Childrens Church 11am
Nursery Provided
Second & Walnut, Garnett, KS
(785) 448-3452
Chris Goetz, Pastor
Zachary Gulick, Youth Coordinator
COLONY COMMUNITY CHURCH
Sunday Worship 9:30am
Sunday School 10:30am
Risen & Rockin Sunday School Service
10:35am
(620) 852-3237
Colony, KS 66015
Pastor – Steve Bubna
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH KINCAID
Sunday School 9:30am
Church 10:45am, Eve Worship 7pm
Wednesday Bible Study 7pm
3rd & Osage, Kincaid, KS
(620) 439-5311
KINGDOM HALL OF
JEHOVAHS WITNESSES
Sunday Public Meeting 10am
Sunday Watchtower Study 10:50am
Tuesday Ministry School 7:30pm
Tuesday Service Meeting 8:20pm
Thursday Congregation Book Study 8pm
704 Westgate – Garnett, KS
(785) 448-6755
HOLY ANGELS CATHOLIC CHURCH
Mass: Saturday 5:30pm, Sunday 10am
(785) 448-3846
514 E. 4th, Garnett, KS
Pastor Fr. Daniel Stover
ST. BONIFACE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday Worship 9am
(785) 835-6273
Scipio, KS
Fr. Gerald Williams
ST. TERESA CATHOLIC CHURCH
Westphalia, KS
Mass: Sunday 8 a.m..
Fr. Colin Haganey
(620) 364-5671
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30am
Bible Study Wed. 10am
Chancel Choir Sun 9am
(785) 448-6833
2nd & Oak, Garnett, KS
NEW LIFE BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday School 10am
Sunday Worship 11am, 1:30pm
705 S. Westgate (end of 7th St.)
Garnett, KS
(785) 204-1769
Pastor – Chadd Lemaster
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School (All Ages) 10:00 am
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am
116 N. Kallock, Richmond, KS
(785) 835-6235
ST. PATRICKS CATHOLIC CHURCH
Emerald (Hwy 31 West of Harris, KS)
Mass: Saturday 4:00 pm
Fr. Colin Haganey
(620) 364-5671
WELDA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday Church School 9:45am
Church Services & Childrens Church
11am
Nursery Available
(785) 448-2358
Welda, KS
Pastor – Bill Nelson
COLONY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Church Services 9:30am
Colony, KS
Parsonage (620) 852-3103
Church Office (620) 852-3106
Pastor – Dorothy Welch
MONT IDA CHURCH
Sunday School 9:30am
Church 10:40am
(785) 448-8042
1300 & Broomall Rd, Welda, KS 66091
From Garnett – 7th St, W 7 miles, S 3 miles
Pastor – Vernon Yoder
LIVING WATERS BIBLE TEMPLE
Sunday School 10am
Sunday Service 11am
305 E. 2nd
Garnett, KS
(785) 304-9032
Pastor – Michael Lobdell
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, January 2, 2024
OPINION
Im not a colonizer; Im an American
There is no recorded history of those who
journeyed across the Bering Strait land bridge
between what is now Russia and Alaska. It is
altogether possible that those who made the trek
were either fleeing other forces in the homeland, or it could be they were sent to seek more
resources and bring them back before the ocean
overtook the strait and made it impossible to
return.
Or, it could simply be the people were looking for a better life, and they left their home in
search of something better.
At some point, they stopped thinking about
where they came from and started thinking
about where they were.
Eventually they became either unaware of
how they got where they were or were simply
not concerned with what was once called home.
They became Americans, and from a short-term
history view, the next wave of immigrants
first referred to them as Indians, meaning they
thought the natives were actually from India.
The newer term refers to them as Native
Americans, which is both true and false. Those
born in America are native to America. No
human clan originated in America, and so in
that sense it is false.
The same people who claim the first immigrants are Native Americans claim all other
immigrants to America are colonizers and therefore stole the land from the true natives, which
would be no one since there is no such thing.
Native Americans were defeated by other
Native Americans those who settled along the
eastern seaboard.
Thats absurd, right? The colonizers along
the Atlantic coastline were not native.
True, they were not, in the sense their ancestors like all ancestors of any people on this continent came from elsewhere.
But societally, politically and by birth they
were Native to America, or at least many of
them could make that claim since many of them
had roots in America that ran five and six generations deep.
Plymouth was settled in 1620, so by the time
the colonists declared their independence
from Great Britain 156 years later, five to six
generations had been born in America.
At what point does someone become native to
the land where they are instead of indigenous to
the land they originated?
More importantly, the colonists ended their
station as colonists when they removed the
shackles of the Old World by declaring themselves independent.
KANSAS COMMENTARY
EARL WATT, THE LEADER & TIMES
Not only did the people who formed the United
States shed themselves of their European roots,
but so did the people in the Caribbean, South
American nations, Mexico and others.
In 1774, Patrick Henry made the statement
that he was no longer a Virginian. I am an
American.
From that moment forward, we were no longer colonists. We became Americans.
This is our home, and we fought wars, we
lost lives and we took lives to secure our home.
Mexico did the same thing. Brazil did the same
thing. All throughout the Americas, people did
the same thing.
I am American. I know no other nation as
home.
Even when the slaves were freed and Abraham
Lincoln offered to transport former slaves back
to Africa, they refused. This was their home.
They were Americans, too.
Those who claim America is made of colonizers are about 300 years too late. And the term at
best refers to anyone who originally came here
from elsewhere centuries ago.
It applies to no one today. I am not here to
benefit any European power. I am not European.
I am American.
Much like reparation claims, the ploy is
to divide people rather than unite us all as
Americans today.
Our way of life is envied by the world because
we have found a way to unify through our differences. Being American only threatens those who
want to take our freedom away.
Earl Watt is publisher of The Leader & Times in
Liberal, Kan., and editor of The Kansas Informer.
The Anderson County Reviews
this year. It wouldnt be Christmas without
you.
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I dont know if were on the right track
or anything bringing up Kermit. He does
still sing about rainbows. Dont use childrens shows for things in the newspaper, its
degrading to you. Dont bring Kermit into the
discussion of the war and all that. Have a very
Merry Christmas.
Record your comments on the topic of your choice
at (785) 448-2500. You do not need to leave your
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What a beautiful snowy day after Christmas.
Theres just not enough snow.
Yes I would like to know where our current
Anderson County Attorney is? Why is her office
closed on a regular basis? We victims would
like to get some coordination from the victim
witness coordinator. As a voter Id like to know
why the county attorney is making the kind of
money she makes and is not in the office and her
staff is not in the office either. Someone should
be looking into this. Shes getting paid good
money to be there and shes not there. Shes not
doing her job.
Hello this is for the helicopter man. Id like to
thank him for his lovely holiday display again
DOJ provided great camoflauge for Biden family
Delaware Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley
Wolf refused to answer dozens of House
Republicans questions recently about the
role she played in blocking investigators from
including now-President Joe Biden in multiple federal criminal investigations of Hunter
Biden.
A 159-page transcript of the Dec. 14 testimony reviewed by The Federalist shows that
Wolf, who quietly departed her position at
the Department of Justice a few weeks ago,
claimed nearly 80 times that she was not
authorized by the DOJ to speak about her
obstruction of the investigation into Hunters
and potentially Joes criminal family business
endeavors.
Shortly before her testimony, the DOJ sent
a letter to Wolf, which The Federalist has
reviewed, offering guidance for her testimony that Wolf appeared to have solicited. The
Biden Justice Department specifically primed
her to dodge questions and remain vague
about her involvement in the departments
Biden family investigation meddling.
House Republicans determined earlier this
month that the DOJ slow-walked a federal tax
crime inquiry into Hunter and deviated from
standard procedures to protect the Bidens.
Wolfs attempt to cover for Joe by keeping his
name out of probe contributed significantly to
the GOPs findings.
Testimonies from IRS whistleblowers
Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler released
NATIONAL COMMENTARY
JORDAN BOYD THE FEDERALIST
by the House Ways and Means Committee in
September confirmed Wolf sought to shield
then-Democrat presidential candidate Joe,
Political Figure 1, by demanding investigators omit his name from a Foreign Agents
Registration Act (FARA) related search warrant in August 2020.
I am not sure what this is cut and pasted
from but other than the attribution, location
and identity stuff at the end, none [of] it is
appropriate and within the scope of this warrant, Wolf wrote. Please focus on FARA
evidence only. There should be nothing about
Political Figure 1 in here.
In December 2020, Wolf also barred investigators from asking about the big guy or
dad. Before that, in 2018, Wolf dissuaded
IRS investigators including whistleblower
Shapely from searching Joes Wilmington
guest house where Hunter resided. Her justification was there was more than enough
probable cause for the physical search warrant there, but the question was whether the
juice was worth the squeeze.
Wolfs repeated attempts to shield the
Bidens from a full and fair investigation, her
apparent involvement in Weisss decision to
thwart congressional Republicans oversight
of that obstruction, and the DOJs refusal to
let her testify prompted GOP House Judiciary
Chairman Jim Jordan to formally subpoena
her in November. The prosecutor eventually
agreed to a voluntary interview with members of the committee but warned that I will
not be permitted to answer most of the questions you have for me.
Republicans asked Wolf to explain her
email to an FBI agent that there should be
nothing about Political Figure 1. They also
demanded to know when the Hunter probe
was deemed politically sensitive and whether any special precautions taken with the
Biden investigation.
Instead of answering directly, Wolf parroted several DOJ talking points insisting that
partisanship did not affect investigation and
claimed she was not able to answer questions
about this particular search warrant or this
particular draft.
SEE BOYD ON PAGE 9
Will a new President Trump target those who targeted him?
You might have heard that Donald Trump
is going to be a dictator if he wins the presidency next year. Among other things, hes
threatening to target his political opponents.
Lets stipulate that Trump is a provocateur
who freaks out his opponents even when hes
on relatively good behavior. And his conduct
after the 2020 election was genuinely alarming
and deeply wrong. He shouldnt talk about
going after his political enemies, let alone
actually do it if he takes power again.
But the vapors over Trumps threatening
statements are rich coming from people who
have targeted their enemy by any means necessary for years now. The Russian-collusion
investigation, the Hunter Biden cover-up and
the ongoing, politically timed legal onslaught
against Donald Trump are among the most
shameful and tawdry efforts to destroy a political opponent in memory.
They all have involved the abuse of power
by national-security or law-enforcement
officials, with the connivance of a complicit
press. This is Watergate-break-in-level political subterfuge, or the something drawn from
fever dreams about Ronald Reagans October
Surprise, except it has all happened in plain
sight.
Im not opposed to, or shocked by, political
hardball. Count me out on all the saccharine
cliches about how Ronald Reagan and Tip
ONeill were great friends despite some polite
political differences between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
The stakes in our debate are enormous, and
that debate should be litigated robustly, even
harshly.
But thats different from abusing investigative processes and leveraging the presumed
professionalism and moral authority of current and former national-security and law-en-
NATIONAL COMMENTARY
RICH LOWRY, King Features Syndicate
forcement officials for a political campaign
against one man.
The press coverage of Trump makes it
sound as though we are starting on a fresh
playing field, where everything has been
strictly by the book since 2016.
Youd never know that back then, top
law-enforcement officials began a poorly predicted investigation into Trump-campaign
officials, lied to the FISA court, connived to
win appointment of a special counsel, and
then, that special counsel — puffed up by
the press with walls are closing in, only
Mueller knows coverage –kept his investigation going well after he knew there was
nothing there.
Its unmentioned that in 2020, two weeks
before Election Day, former national-security
officials, some of whom were highly respected, put their names to a letter meant to mislead about the Hunter laptop; Biden, from the
debate stage, lied about that laptop and his
sons business dealing; and Twitter censored
the story and much of the rest of the media
treated it as a non-event at best.
All of this was meant to keep the laptops true importance under wraps through
Election Day, and — if Joe Biden and compliant Justice department officials had had
their way –until this very day. If Hunters
original sweetheart plea deal hasnt blown up
upon first contact with an independent-minded judge, he would have escaped serious legal
consequences.
The entire affair was a rank distortion
of the political and legal process. And, oh
yeah, Biden Justice Department officials and
Democratic prosecutors are currently trying
to put the other sides leading contender for
the White House in jail. As a warm-up act,
they are also attempting to kneecap his business in a trial, or trial, in which the verdict
has already been decided.
Almost all these charges are unworthy,
dubious or imprudent, but that hasnt stopped
Trumps pursuers, most of whom have wanted their trials to start, for some reason, in
March right after the Republican nomination
will probably be decided.
Trumps critics would be on firmer ground
objecting to his declared campaign of vengeance if they had been willing to forebear
during any of these episodes; if they had ever
insisted on neutrality or fair play; if theyd
been willing to look beyond the man they
loathe and make judgments based on truth
and professional standards.
Instead, theyve lit a fuse while pretending
that theyre opposed to pyrotechnics, with
consequences as yet unknown.
Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.
Would the world not be better served if we
stopped with the artificial intelligence stuff
and started focusing on combating natural
stupidity? Just saying. Thank you.
Okay City of Garnett people, whats going
on with the T&R program. Its been over two
years and it should be up and running by
now. Are you guys afraid that somebodys
going to be feeding the cats after theyre
spayed or neutered? Big flash, they already
are. Now, do your jobs.
Of course Republicans said DOA on Medicaid
expansion. They dont want to help nobody
but themselves. Just frauds. And the Trump
MAGA crowd, they just love this stuff. Cant
have an abortion, got to have the kid but once
the kid is born to hell with you and everybody
else. Yeah, Republicans are deplorable.
Contact your elected leadership:
President Joseph Biden
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
(202) 456-1111
Governor Laura Kelly
300 SW 10th Ave #241s,
Topeka, KS 66612
(202) 224-6521
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: (620) 296-7451
fred.gardner@house.ks.gov
Congress shall make no law respecting
an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging
the freedom of speech, or of the press; or
the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a
redress of grievances.
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, January 2, 2024
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HISTORY
A list of my 2023 thank yous
No, Mr. Grinch didnt steal
our Christmas, but viral influenza sure played havoc with
it. In fact its still around as I
write this.
Well its that time of the year
that I need to THANK those
who made my year 2023 so wonderful in the field of archaeology. I probably sound like
a broken record, but my top
three thank yous never change.
They are as follows: My Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ, my
darling wife Kay and everyone
at the Garnett Review.
If it wasnt for every one of
these, there would be no column.
Now as I share this list of
DIGGING UP THE PAST
Henry Roeckers
Call (785) 504-4722 for
local archeology information.
names with you, they will not
be in any particular order.
As you read this list, stop and
think, what did I do or say that
helped or encouraged him. If
you dont remember, I sure do.
Tom & Rose Rockers, Karen
Voights, Mike & Nancy Rockers,
Martin Rocker, Carl Wittry,
Tom Wittry, Tom Hoffman,
Shirley McGhee, Mary Fagg,
Gayla Ballard, Teresa Young,
Renee Pagenhoff, Norman &
Nancy Dye, Liam Bevitt, Carol
Nearhood, C.C.Robin, Kurtis
Russel, Nikki Klarman, Shelby
Beltz, Virginia Wulfkuhle,
Nancy Arendt, Deb Aaron,
Denise Wallace, Barb Crable, &
Shannon Beltz.
If you feel I left you out,
please let me know.
Kay and I want to wish all
of you a Blessed, Healthy &
Prosperous New Year 2024.
Respectfully submitted by:
Henry Roeckers. 26Dec023
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Preparation is key to a successful calving season
MANHATTAN, Kan. Kansas
State University veterinarian
Gregg Hanzlicek said being
prepared ahead of calving season is the best way for producers to assure they will bring
home the newborn calves successfully.
We're approaching the end
of the second trimester and
moving into the third trimester which means the metabolic
demands of that cow or heifer
are going to increase tremendously, Hanzlicek said.
A key to having a successful calving and production
season is for cows and heifers
to be in the appropriate body
condition, which according to
Hanzlicek is a score of 5-7. He
said he has seen many cattle
in the 3-4 range in the past few
months.
Were far enough away
from calving that we can add
condition to these cows and
heifers without (creating) an
economic burden, he said. It
really comes down to having
a formulated ration that is balanced for protein and energy.
For those wanting to add
scour vaccines to their prevention program, its time to
decide what vaccine they are
going to use, Hanzlicek said.
Look at the label and schedule
on the calendar when they need
to start vaccinating the cows
and heifers.
Hanzlicek said heifers will
require two doses of the scours
vaccine, while cows need one.
The timing of those vaccines
is very, very important, he
said.
Also, Hanzlicek recommends establishing a clean
calving area to help reduce the
risk of scours. Theres two
major risk factors for scours,
he said. One is the lack of
colostrum consumption. The
other is a contaminated environment that the babies are
born into.
Hanzlicek
recommends
having a location to move the
pairs off the calving area to
keep the calving facility less
contaminated with the scour
organisms.
Getting the calf here safely
is another factor to consider,
"Most operations are going
to have to help at least one
animal during the calving season, Hanzlicek said. The last
national survey indicated that
1 of every 100 heifers and 2 of
every 100 adult cows will need
assistance.
Being prepared to pull a calf
is important. Hanzlicek said
producers should have the following items on hand:
Clean straps or chains.
OB sleeves.
Lube.
Working calf pullers.
Veterinarian's phone number.
Intervening at an appropriate
time is important. If we intervene too early and the cow or
heifer is not dilated, we can
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 1-2-2024 / KSTATE
injure the tissues and hurt the One key to a successful calving and production season is for cows and heifers to be in the appropriate
calf, Hanzlicek said. If we body condition, said K-State veterinarian Gregg Hanzlicek.
intervene too late, a lot of times
thats when we end up with
stillborn calves.
observed experiencing uterine more experience — should be
Colostrum-based powders
According to Hanzlicek, contractions, or the water-bag called.
are the best way to go, and I
once a cow has reached the sec- or calfs feet are visible.
Following calving, the calf would recommend that every
ond stage of labor, they should
If assistance from the pro- should be up and nursing with- producer have one or two bags
give birth within 30 minutes. ducer is needed, and they are in two hours, Hanzlicek said. If of powder replacer on hand
A heifer should calve within unable to extract the calf with- not, a colostrum replacer can during the calving season,
an hour. Second stage labor is in 15 minutes, then help either be given to help get the calf Hanzlicek said.
when the heifer or cow can be a veterinarian or someone with started.
Public Notice
Kansas Law.
Your RIGHT to know, guaranteed by
Notice of hearing – Leslie B. Yoder Estate
(First published in the Anderson County
Review on December 19, 2023.)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
ANDERSON COUNTY, KANSAS
PROBATE DIVISION
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
LESLIE B. YODER, DECEASED.
Case No. AN-23-PR-300003
NOTICE OF HEARING
(Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59)
The State of Kansas to All Persons Concerned:
You are hereby notified that a petition has
been filed in this court by Eileen L. Yoder, as
one of the heirs of Leslie B. Yoder, deceased,
praying:
Descent be determined of the following
described real estate situated in Anderson
County, Kansas:
The North Half (N/2) of the Southeast Quarter
(SE/4) of Section Twenty-six (26), Township
Twenty (20) South, Range Eighteen (18) East
of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Anderson
County, Kansas.
Notice of final settlement hearing – Ackmann Estate
thereto on or before January 10, 2024, at 9:00 (First published in the Anderson County Review
A.M., in the City of Garnett, Anderson County, on December 19, 2023.)
Kansas at which time and place the cause will
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment
ANDERSON COUNTY, KANSAS
and decree will be entered in due course upon
the Petition.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Henry A. Ackmann,
Eileen L. Yoder, Petitioner
Deceased.
Thomas F. Robrahn # 14964
Case No. AN 23 PR 8
206 N. 3rd St. – P.O. Box 44
(Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59)
Burlington, Kansas 66839
Telephone (620) 364-5409
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT HEARING
Attorney for the Petitioner.
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You are required to file your written defenses
Notice of Petition for
Condemnation, transmission line
(First published in the Anderson County Review
on January 2, 2024.)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ANDERSON
COUNTY, KANSAS
CIVIL DEPARTMENT
NEXTERA ENERGY TRANSMISSION
SOUTHWEST, LLC,
Plaintiff,
v.
DARREN CLARK McGHEE AND CYNTHIA
S. McGHEE TRUST, DARREN McGHEE and
CYNTHIA McGHEE as Trustees, GARELD
C. McGHEE AND SHIRLEY ANN McGHEE
LIVING TRUST, GARELD McGHEE and
SHIRLEY McGHEE as Trustees, LARRY D.
WEBER AND DENA WEBER as TRUSTEES
of THE LARRY D. AND DENA WEBER LIVING
TRUST,
Any unknown corporations, partnerships, persons, and other legal entities that may derive
or claim any unrecorded title or interest in
the property, their successors, assigns, heirs,
trustees, legal representatives, and all other
persons, including any unknown spouses,
corporations, partnerships, legal entities, beneficiaries, or successors claiming by, through
or under them or claiming under a person, firm,
corporation, or trust named in this Petition,
Any known tenants, if any, residing or having an
Interest in the property described in this Petition
in Anderson County, Kansas (Anderson County
Parcel No. Tax ID: 179-30-0-00-00-004.00-0
(Parcel KS-AN-015.5) and Anderson County
Parcel No. Tax ID: 174-19-0-00-00-003.000 (Parcel KS-AN-012) and Anderson County
Parcel No. Tax ID: 0021793000000001000
(Parcel KS-AN-013) and Anderson County
Parcel No. Tax ID: 179-30-0-00-00-005.00-0
(Parcel KS-AN-014)),
Defendants.
partnerships, persons, and other legal entities
that may derive or claim any unrecorded title
or interest in the property, their successors,
assigns, heirs, trustees, legal representatives,
and all other persons, including any unknown
spouses, corporations, partnerships, legal entities, beneficiaries, or successors claiming by,
through or under them or claiming under a
person, firm, corporation, or trust named in the
Petition, and any tenants residing or having
an interest in or possession of the Property at
issue and all other concerned persons:
You are notified that a Verified Petition for
Condemnation has been filed in the District
Court of Anderson County, Kansas, Civil
Division by NextEra Energy Transmission
Southwest, LLC, the object and general nature
of which is to condemn the following real property and to obtain an easement to construct
and maintain a high voltage, direct current
transmission line and associated facilities on
the property. The real property parcels are
legally described as:
THE FOLLOWING REAL PROPERTY
LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF ANDERSON,
STATE OF KANSAS:
THE DARREN and CYNTHIA McGHEE
TRUST PROPERTY
(KS-AN-015.5)
THE SOUTH HALF (S/2) OF THE SOUTHEAST
QUARTER (SE/4) OF SECTION THIRTY (30),
TOWNSHIP TWENTY-TWO (22) SOUTH,
RANGE EIGHTEEN (18) EAST OF THE
SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ANDERSON
COUNTY, KANSAS
THE GARELD and SHIRLEY McGHEE
LIVING TRUST PROPERTIES
(KS-AN-012 and KS-AN-013)
NOTICE OF SUIT
SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE 1/4) OF
SECTION NINETEEN (19), TOWNSHIP
TWENTY-TWO (22), RANGE EIGHTEEN (18),
ANDERSON COUNTY, KANSAS
NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
and
The State of Kansas to the above-named
Defendants and any unknown corporations,
EAST HALF (E 1/2) OF THE NORTHEAST
QUARTER (NE 1/4), AND NORTHWEST
Case No. AN-2023-CV-300003
You are hereby notified that a petition has been
You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before January 10, 2024, at
10:00 o'clock a.m. in the District Court, in
Garnett, Anderson County, Kansas, at which
time and place the cause will be heard by
remote hearing. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course
upon the petition.
/s/ Ronda L. Rossman
Administrator
ANDERSON & BYRD, LLP
216 S. Hickory ~ P. O. Box 17
Ottawa, Kansas 66067
(785) 242-1234, telephone
(785) 242-1279, facsimile
sryburn@andersonbyrd.com
Attorneys for Administrator
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Notice of hearing – Scobee Estate
QUARTER (NW 1/4) OF NORTHEAST
QUARTER (NE 1/4) OF SECTION THIRTY
(30), TOWNSHIP TWENTY-TWO (22) SOUTH,
RANGE EIGHTEEN (18) EAST OF THE 6TH
P.M., ANDERSON COUNTY, KANSAS
THE LARRY and DENA WEBER LIVING
TRUST PROPERTY
(KS-AN-014)
THE NORTH HALF (N/2) OF THE
SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE/4), AND
SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW/4) OF THE
NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE/4) OF SECTION
THIRTY (30), TOWNSHIP TWENTY-TWO
(22) SOUTH, RANGE (18) EAST OF THE
SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ANDERSON
COUNTY, KANSAS
The names of all parties to said action are
those stated above in the caption, as well as
any unknown Defendants and their unknown
heirs, successors, devisees, grantees, legatees, assignees, alienees, administrators,
executors, guardians, mortgagees, trustees,
and legal representatives. The name and
address of Plaintiffs attorney is Seth C. Wright,
Polsinelli PC, 900 W. 48th Place, Kansas
City, Missouri 64112, telephone number (816)
753-1000.
You are hereby required to plead to the Petition
on or before 45 days from the first publication,
in the Court at Anderson County, Kansas. If
you fail to plead, judgment will be entered upon
the Petition.
Dated: December 14, 2023
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS
CONCERNED:
filed in this Court by Ronda L. Rossman, duly
appointed, qualified and acting Administrator
of the Estate of Henry A. Ackmann, deceased,
praying Petitioner's acts be approved; account
be settled and allowed; the heirs be determined;
and the Estate be assigned to the persons
entitled thereto; the Court find the allowances
requested for attorneys' fees and expenses
are reasonable and should be allowed; the
costs be determined and ordered paid; the
administration of the Estate be closed; upon
the filing of receipts the Petitioner be finally discharged as the Executor of the Estate of Henry
A. Ackmann, deceased, and the Petitioner be
released from further liability.
POLSINELLI PC
By: /s/ Seth C. Wright
SETH C. WRIGHT (#20981)
AMBER J. SIMON (#27280)
900 W. 48th Place, Suite 900
Kansas City, MO 64112
(816) 572-4464
(800) 886-4064 (Fax)
scwright@polsinelli.com
asimon@polsinelli.com
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
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(First published in the Anderson County Review
on December 26, 2023.)
IN THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DISTRICT COURT OF ANDERSON COUNTY,
KANSAS
In the Matter of the Estate of
RICHARD EUGENE SCOBEE, deceased
CASE No. AN-2023-PR-000017
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE of KANSAS to the heirs of
RICHARD EUGENE SCOBEE, deceased and
all persons concerned:
You are hereby notified that on the 12th
day of December, 2023, a Petition for Final
Settlement was filed in this Court by Jill Nichole
Ochweri, Administrator, requesting final settlement herein, that fees and expenses be allowed
and that her accounting and all her acts of the
Administrator be approved; and that a family
settlement agreement be approved and that
the assets of the estate be assigned and distribution made in accordance therewith.
You are required to file your written
defenses to the Petition on or before January
17, 2024 at 9:00 a.m., in the Anderson County
District Court, 100 E. 4th Avenue, Garnett,
Kansas, 66032, at which time and place the
cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your
written defenses, judgment and decree will be
entered in due course upon the Petition.
PEGGS WHEELER, L.C.
Attorneys at Law
Jack Peggs, No. 07067
100 S. Main, Suite 420
Wichita, Kansas 67202
Phone:
(316) 264-9730
Fax:
(316) 260-6187
e-mail: jack.peggs@peggswheeler.com
Attorneys for Petitioner
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Notice of hearing – Peine Estate
(First published in the Anderson County
Review on December 19, 2023.)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ANDERSON
COUNTY, KANSAS
PROBATE DEPARTMENT
be admitted to probate and record and Letters
Testamentary under the Kansas Simplified
Estates Act be issued to Executor to serve
without bond.
You are further advised under the provisions of the Kansas Simplified Estates Act
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
the Court need not supervise administration
JOHN P. PEINE, Deceased
of the Estate, and no notice of any action
(Petition Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59)
of the Executor or other proceedings in the
administration will be given, except for notice
Case No. AN-2023PR300004
of final settlement of decedents estate. You
are further advised that if written objections
NOTICE OF HEARING AND
to simplified administration are filed with the
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Court, the Court may order that supervised
administration ensue.
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS
You are required to file your written defensCONCERNED:
es to the Petition on or before January 10,
You are notified that on December 13, 2024, at 9:00_a.m. in the District Court, in
2023, a Petition was filed in this Court by Anderson County, Kansas, at which time and
Michael J. Peine, an heir and Executor named place the cause will be heard. Should you fail
in the Last Will and Testament of John P. to file your written defenses, judgement and
Peine, deceased, dated February 7, 2001, and decree will be entered in due course upon
First Codicil to the Last Will and Testament Petition.
dated November 6, 2013, requesting that the
This hearing will occur remotely. If you
Last Will & Testament filed with the petition
wish to participate in the hearing by video
or conference call, please contact Probate
Division at 785-448-6886 before the date of
the hearing. Should you fail to do so, the Court
will proceed and enter such orders as the Court
determines appropriate.
All creditors are notified to exhibit their
demands against the Estate within the latter of
four months from the date of the first publication of this notice, as provided by law, or if the
identity of the creditor is known or reasonably
ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was
given as provided by law, and if their demands
are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever
barred.
Michael J. Peine
Petitioner
KS ESTATE & ELDER LAW, LLC
11125 JOHNSON DRIVE
SHAWNEE, KS 66203
(913) 385-0600
Attorney for Petitioner
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Public Notice
Your RIGHT to know, guaranteed by Kansas Law.
community
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CALENDAR
On December 11 the Princeton Club Busters had their monthly 4-H meeting for
December. They played games and also made cookie trays for various people and
companies that helped support their group. The song leaders led them in singing
Jingle Bells. They had many people buy cookies for the trays. They also had a food
(BPT) – After a holiday season of parties and entertaining,
it's time to get back into our
wellness routines and take on
the new year ahead! It can be
easier than you think to make
2024 a year of positive changes. To help you create some
healthy balance, Registered
Dietitian Nutritionist Dawn
Jackson Blatner shares a few
helpful tips.
1. Prioritize self-care
through sleep
Self-care isn't just a buzzword or trend. If you want to
improve your well-being after
the holidays and beyond, it's
time to double down on selfcare, especially sleep. Just one
night without enough sleep
can leave you feeling drowsy,
low energy, slow and irritable,
according to Sleep Foundation.
This year, make your life
easier and invest in your whole
health by setting and maintaining a consistent sleep schedule.
Senior Center pitch
results for December
Gathering with friends for
a fun evening of playing cards
keeps the mind alert and the
laughter uplifts the spirits.
On the 7th of December
we gathered for 10 games of
13-point pitch. These are the
results of that evening: Don
Smith captured high winning
seven games out of 10; Dorothy
Spencer won the least games;
John Walter won the 50/50 and
Jan Wards had the most perfect
hands with three.
The following Thursday,
Dec. 14, Dorothy Spencer won
the most games with nine of 10;
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drive. For refreshments the group served hotdogs. A community service project we
did was putting wreaths on veterans graves at the Princeton Cemetery on December
15. Pictured above are the members that helped place the wreaths.
Take on the new year with these 4 simple tips
Phyllis Gordon won the least
games; Jan Wards won the
50/50 and had the most perfect
hands with three.
On the 21st of December
we met for cards and a white
elephant gift exchange. Many
homemade treats were shared
as well as spending time with
friends. Kyle Trendel took the
prize for winning the most
games with seven of eight;
Wayne Stanley won the 50/50
and the most perfect hands
with three and Glenda Stanley
won the least number of games.
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to create a relaxing bedtime
routine, like reading a book or
taking a warm bath, to let your
body know it's time to wind
down.
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As we shift out of the holiday
season, you may be thinking
of how you can achieve your
ambitions and change your
habits in the new year. When
setting goals, make sure they're
clear and achievable. When you
set unrealistic expectations, it's
easy to get overwhelmed and
abandon your resolutions.
So, this year, be realistic so
you're more likely to achieve
your goals and reap the benefits. Start by breaking your
goals down into small, manageable steps. For example, if you
want to work out more, don't
start by hitting the gym every
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12:00 p.m. – Rotary International
Club Meeting
5:30 p.m. – Garnett Community
Foundation Board Meeting
5:30 p.m. – P.M. Yoga
6:30 p.m. – American Legion Bingo
7:00 p.m. – Alcoholics Anonymous
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
8:45 a.m – AM 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
Meeting
7:00 p.m. – Colony Lions Club
Meeting
7:00 p.m. – Kincaid Lions Club
Meeting
Thursday, January 4, 2024
5:30 p.m. – P.M. Yoga
6:00 p.m. – 13-Point Pitch & Snacks
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Education Meeting
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8:45 a.m – AM Yoga
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Commission Meeting
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6:00 p.m. – Celebrate Recovery
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6:00 p.m. – Library Board Meeting
7:00 p.m. – American Legion
Meeting
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Authority Advisory Board Mtg
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
12:00 p.m. – Rotary International
Club Meeting
1:30 p.m. – Ministerial Alliance
5:30 p.m. – P.M. Yoga
6:00 p.m. – City Commission
Meeting
6:30 p.m. – American Legion Bingo
7:00 p.m. – Alcoholics Anonymous
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
8:45 a.m – AM Yoga
10:00 a.m. – Remember When
Wednesday
1:00 p.m. – Duplicate Bridge
4:30 p.m. – Tourism Advisory
Committee Meeting
6:00 p.m. – VFW Auxiliary Meeting
6:00 p.m. – VFW Post 6397 Meeting
6:00 p.m. – Parks & Recreation
Advisory Board
day. Instead, start small by aiming to get active two to three
times a week. Once you meet
this goal, you can build on it!
3. Add nutrient-rich foods
After the holidays, you don't
need to overhaul your entire
eating routine. Simply give
your health a boost by adding
foods rich in essential vitamins
and nutrients to each of your
meals and snacks. For example,
add berries into your morning
oatmeal, put extra veggies on a
sandwich, or grab mixed nuts
and hard-boiled eggs instead
of processed chips for a quick
snack on the go.
Eggs are great for not only
snacks, but also for meals like
scrambled eggs for breakfast or
shakshuka for dinner. Opting
for Eggland's Best eggs will
ensure you're getting superior
nutrition in your diet, as they
contain six times more Vitamin
D and more than double the
Vitamin B12 compared to ordi-
nary eggs, to help boost immunity and wellness during cold
season and keep you energized
throughout the day.
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With a new year comes new
responsibilities, new activities
and overall busy times. It can
be easy to fall into the habit
of the same boring meals for
breakfast, lunch and dinner
that neglect wholesome ingredients.
To expand your palate
and try new flavors, consider
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when meal planning. Set a goal
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Onion and Spinach Scramble
with Queso Fresco from
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sure to energize your mornings
and set a positive tone for the
day – and year – ahead!
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, January 2, 2024
LOCAL
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public to online court records
is back to normal.
A statement from judicial
branch said district courts in
nine judicial districts had their
access to the states case management system restored as
of December 19, and 10 more
were added by Wednesday of
last week.
Together along with other
4th Judicial District courts in
Franklin, Coffey and Osage
counties, Anderson Countys
system has been offline since
October 12, when the statewide system that serves 104 of
the states 105 county courts
was compromised by hackers.
Johnson Countys is independent of the statewide system
and is still operating. The judicial branch has released little
information about the nature
of the system breach. The press
release said system performance slowed the anticipated
restoration of all the district
courts by mid December.
The judicial districts that
are so far up and running again
are:
28th Judicial District:
Ottawa and Saline counties;
30th Judicial District:
Barber, Harper, Kingman,
Pratt, and Sumner counties;
2nd Judicial District:
Jackson,
Jefferson,
Pottawatomie, and Wabaunsee
counties;
6th Judicial District:
Bourbon, Linn, and Miami
counties;
11th Judicial District:
Cherokee, Crawford, and
Labette counties;
14th Judicial District:
Chautauqua and Montgomery
counties
16th Judicial District:
Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray,
Kiowa, and Meade counties
20th Judicial District:
Barton, Ellsworth, Rice,
Russell, and Stafford counties
22nd Judicial District:
Brown, Doniphan, Marshall,
and Nemaha counties
24th Judicial District:
Edwards, Hodgeman, Lane,
Ness, Pawnee, and Rush counties
The 18th Judicial District,
which is Sedgwick County.
Lisa Taylor with the Kansas
Judicial Branch said as more
courts regained access to the
case management system,
court personnel reported performance issues affecting how
financial activities are recorded. Through troubleshooting
the issues with support from
system experts, the Office of
Judicial Administration determined case processing and
backfilling case events are
unaffected and can continue.
She said system experts will
continue to troubleshoot, isolate, and resolve system performance issues that affect record-
ing financial activities.
Until those performance
issues are resolved, courts
operating on the case management system will continue to
use a paper receipting process
for court payments adopted after the October 12 cyber
attack. Taylor said when the
issues are resolved the ability
to make those payments online
should be re-established.
Public access to district
court records will only be
available through a courthouse
terminal for an as yet unspecified time after a local court
system is brought back, Taylor
said. Because courts have not
had access to the case management system for several
months, case events and case
documents dated after October
12 are not likely to show up
in search, at least initially. It
could take local court staffs
several weeks to bring all case
events and documents up to
date, Taylor said.
The ability to search public
court records through the webbased Kansas District Court
Public Access Portal will not be
available until sometime after
all district courts have their
access to the case management
system restored, she said. The
public can continue to search
cases through a public access
service center in the Kansas
Judicial Center in Topeka or
visit a district court that has
regained access to the case
management system.
The Office of Judicial
Administration recommended
district courts consider several strategies to bring the case
management system up to date.
One recommendation is to temporarily modify clerk office
hours to give staff uninterrupted time to focus on entering
case events and adding documents.
A person who has business
with a court clerk office is
advised to check the district
courts website or call the
court clerk office to verify their
current hours of operation.
Modified clerk office hours
do not affect scheduled court
appearances.
The Kansas Courts eFiling
system used by attorneys to
electronically file documents
in district courts is expected to
be available after the case management system is restored in
district courts, or after the first
of the year.
The efiling and case management systems used by the
Kansas Supreme Court and the
Kansas Court of Appeals will be
brought back online after district court systems. The Office
of Judicial Administration
will share a timeline as work
advances.
Updates on the cyberattack
and efforts to restore court
information systems are online
at www.kscourts.org/security-incident.
my great-great-grandmother,
he says. She was born in 1865
in Fiddichow in Pomerania
(now Widuchowa, Poland). She
came to Chicago with her sister
in the 1880s, married in 1891
after having two illegitimate
children, and died in Chicago
in 1918. The area where she was
born and raised experienced
massive destruction during
World War II and continued
record loss after the forced
expulsion of the Germans by
the Poles thereafter. It is like
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ories before theyre gone; ask
questions, record or videotape
answers if possible. Preserve
originals or copies of all the
old photos and documents and
identify those pictured while
living relatives can still do so.
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who are looking for connections you might be able to provide in order to help them find
answers theyre seeking.
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probate, land and vital records
going back in some cases to
pre-statehood times. In addition, local county histories may
help you drill down further on
a local level.
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state has filed a copy of its daily
or weekly edition with the state
historical society for more than
a century hard copies which
for decades were microfilmed
and many now scanned and
stored digitally at the KSHS.
Microfilms of the Garnett
newspapers are also available
at the Garnett Public Library.
Other sources included
churches and cemeteries particularly in terms of information on wedding and baptismal dates or funeral records.
Cemetery records can provide
not just direct information but
also about others in family
plots, etc.
Family history work can be
absorbing and its easy to get
drawn down a rabbit hole of
information. Researchers say
keep your overall goal in mind
and dont try to rush a journey
that never ends.
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menter Michael Lacopo from
Granger, Ind. It is really a
very simplistic question for a
complex topic.
Its a math question, really,
Lacopo says. We all (generally)
have two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, sixteen great-great-grandparents, and so on so much
so that a great number of
Americans can claim descendancy from European royalty.
Its just not that interesting, Lacopo says.
I would be far more
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gestation and into the calving
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In the winter, a bulls nutritional demands are similar to
those of a cow in mid-gestation, Larson said. Poor quality forage alone will not meet
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If bulls have had a rough
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was admitted to the bar in
1891 and left Lewistown
to build a law practice in
Chicago. In his off time, he
wrote poetry and plays with
little success. Masters became
acquainted with writers who
would become known as the
Chicago Renaissance, including Sandburg, Sherwood
Anderson, and Theodore
Dreiser, who Masters honors
with a poem titled Theodore
the Poet in the Anthology.
After reading Epigrams
from
Greek
Anthology,
Masters experimented with
the epigram form and submitted some poems he wrote to
Reedys Mirror, a literary magazine in St. Louis. The poems
were serialized in 1914 under
the pseudonym Webster Ford
for fear of damaging Masterss
law practice. His real identity
was revealed later that year by
Mirror editor William Reedy,
who asserted Masterss work
was a great work of literary
art.
With the success of Spoon
River Anthology, Masters left
his law practice to write full
time and moved to New York
in 1920. Although he would
write more than 50 books,
including novels, plays, poetry, and biographies of Mark
Twain, Walt Whitman, and
Abraham Lincoln, he never
equaled the success he had
with Spoon River Anthology.
It was the treatise on Lincoln
a book poetry analyst Linda
Sue Grimes calls his unseemly, disingenuous portrayal of
Abraham Lincoln in his 1931
biographical hit piece focusing on the sixteenth president, titled Lincoln: The Man,
that diminished his own reputation in his latter years.
Grimes recounts that writer
Bill Peschels analyis that the
Lincoln diatribe was aimed
more at Carl Sandburg, contemporary and former friend
of Masters than at the former
president:
[Carl Sandburgs] magisterial Abraham Lincoln:
The Prairie Years had made
him wealthy and cemented
Lincoln as an American icon.
To Masters, who hadnt been
successful since Spoon River
Anthology in 1915, Sandburg
was a slick Swede who
was trespassing on Masters
property. After all, Masters
family had lived and died in
Lincoln country. Masters has
published a bio of Stephen
Douglas, Lincolns rival, and
saw Sandburg as tracking and
aping me.
Grimes says Carl Sandburg
was likely aware of Masters
petty jealousy and inscribed the
following in his personal copy
of Masters Lincoln biography:
long sustained Copperhead
hymn of hate reversing the
views of a Masters I knew well
10 and 15 years before he wrote
these sickly venomous pages.
Agreeing with Sandburgs
estimation, the New York
Times reviewer Charles Willis
Thompson opined that the book
featured views that not even a
Jefferson Davis would write,
but instead sounded more in
line with venom spewed by a
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member
[5].
Grimes maintains Masters
had been an admirer of
Stephen Douglas, and Douglas
defeat by Lincoln was likely
part of Masters motivation to
trash Lincoln in his philippic,
for which she claims he did
little to no research.
Regarding Masters motivation and the subsequent reception of the Lincoln biography, Matthew D. Norman has
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explained, Lincoln: The Man,
was a product of the Great
Depression, written by a disillusioned champion of Stephen
A. Douglas and Jeffersonian
republicanism. Though Spoon
River Anthology was both a
critical and commercial success that established Masterss
reputation as a poet, nothing
he wrote during the 1920s came
close to matching his initial
triumph. By early 1930, he
and the country were in distress. Masters was far removed
from his spiritual home of
Menard County in the spring
of 1930 when he wrote Lincoln:
The Man in less than two
months while residing at the
Hotel Chelsea in New York
City. Lincoln scholar Harry
Pratt and Carl Sandburg both
believed that Lincoln: The
Man, revealed much more
about Masterss own personal
tribulations than it did about
the life of Abraham Lincoln.
Pratt concluded that Masterss
financial troubles and conflicts
with wives, publishers, and
Clarence Darrow caused him
to build up so much bile that
It just boiled out on Lincoln
by chance.
As for Spoon Rivers banning in Lewistown, Grimes
says the wounds have healed
as successive generations
joined their family and friends
on The Hill. The books banning was lifted in 1974.
Masters died in 1950 and is
buried at Oakland Cemetery
in Petersburg. In 1970, the U.S.
Postal Service issued a stamp
in his honor.
portions excerpted from The
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Humanities How the OnceBanned Spoon River Anthology
Made a Comeback in
Lewistown, and Life sketch of
Edgar Lee Masters by Linda
Sue Grimes.
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One of the sessions touts the
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State assessment results
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Advertising Design &
Creative Writing contest
Teaching kids about the world of advertising and the visionary
freedom of original creative writing at 35 years its the longest running contest of its kind in Kansas!
ADVERTISING: Businesses, churches and service organizations sign up to have your advertisement designed by 4th, 5th
and 6th graders in USD 365, Central Heights, Crest, St. Rose
and Central Plains schools based on information you provide.
When the designs are finished, youll then pick from among
multiple design entries the design(s) you want published in
the Reviews annual contest section. Well grade all the ad selections for the very best, and award $25, $15 and $10 to overall winners in each grade.
As an extra bonus, the class which submits the most client designs wins a free pizza party for the entire class.
CREATIVE WRITING: Students submit original writing in the
form of short stories, essays, poems, song lyrics anything
thats original. Our judges will select $25, $15 and $10 winners
in each grade as well as multiple honorable mentions which
will be published along with the ad designs in our special
newspaper section.
Teachers in our participating grades will have details and instructions for students in their classes. Private school or home
school wishing to participate can contact the Review directly
for contest materials.
To reserve your business, church or civic group ad
design, contact the Review ASAP at (785) 448-3121,
or email review@garnett-ks.com
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, January 2, 2024
2023 – through our lens
In June, Larry Porter and Tom Yost of Garnett checked out one of the car
exhibits at a car show sponsored by the Southland Cruisers on the Garnett
Square. One-hundred registered cars were exhibited.
In October Randall Johnson, 41 of Kansas City, Ks., escaped injury when
the dry cement truck he was driving northbound on U.S. 169 north of
Garnett overturned, blocking the roadway and forcing a detour that lasted
most of the day.
In January Garnett Heart & Soul group members Wes Keller, Franklin
Urquhart, Sheryl Urquhart and Susan Wettstein reviewed values statements from data gathered from area residents.
Abigail and Eleanor Lankard show off one of the
decorated bicyles in downtown Garnett in preparation for the Bike Across Kansas event, when some
500 cyclists descended on Garnett June 16.
Bailey Roehl and Nash Cardell were crowned queen and king of Central
Heights Fall Homecoming in October. The Vikings won a royal night victory
42-0 over Northern Heights to even their season record to 3-3.
On January 27th Crest School had its Never Give Up Character Champ Awards. These students demonstrated the outstanding
combination of resilience, perseverance, and grit! When things get difficult these students rose to the occasion and pressed on!
Pictured front row, from left: Lola Church, Jasmine Miller, Mya Nicholas, Skylar Valentine, Andrey Yoder, Jay Pearish, Brayleed
Edgerton. Back row, from left: Maxwell Disbrow, Lane Yocham, Noah Hammer, Malachi Trester. (Missing- Isaac Francis, Elijah
Taylor, Jaci Coberley)
The Kincaid Fair crowned its 2023 Fair Queen in
September. Kinley Edgerton (left) was crowned by last
years queen Aylee Beckmon.
Local tractor enthusiast Rich Feuerborn
warms up one of the machines for the pedal-powered tractor pull in September.
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 5-23-2023 / DANE HICKS
Off
track
Oil tanker cars sat askew on the Union Pacific rail line near U.S. 169 mile marker 103 south of Greeley
in September as local responders secure the area awaiting UPAC work crews. Of 27 cars that derailed
about 6:30 p.m., only two flipped over into the rail bed. No injuries were reported and no oil was spilled,
UPAC officials said. The line reopened about 4 a.m. Sunday. The cause of the mishap is still under
investigation, UPAC said.
Seeker Not Slackers 4H Club went Christmas caroling for their 2022 December meeting. Pictured are
from left: Easton King, Blaine King, Lizzie Ellington, Madison Holloway, Chrissy Womelsdorf, McKenna Anderson Countys crop of highly-toxic Poison Hemlock was in full swing in June along the field edges
Powell, Hudson Powell, Haylee Powell, Colton Boone, Bailey Boone, McKayla Powell.
of area properties and right of ways of county roads and state highways. The plant, sometimes confused for Queen Annes Lace, can be deadly if consumed.