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Covid-19 claims new victim:
Cornstock 2020 music event
Organizers fear influx of fans
might bring more than just fun
and ticket sales to Lake Garnett
BY DANE HICKS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
GARNETT Fears over Covid-19 claimed
another victim last week locally Garnetts
Cornstock Concert on the Hill, formerly
planned for September 26.
Organizers had booked Granger Smith,
Sawyer Brown and the Read Southhall
Band for the event. The announcement
came yesterday morning, the day before
advance ticket prices for the event went
from the early-bird admission of $30 to $40.
Gate prices would have been $50.
Board member Beth Mersman said organizers made the move because of the crowd
draw for the event, which brings thousands
of music fans into the relatively confined
outdoor concert area every year, and the
possibiity they might bring the virus with
them. Anderson County to date has logged
only three cases of Covid-19, all of which
have recovered according to county
health
authorities.
There
are people
that travel
here
from other
states and
other countries even,
Mersman said. We had several guys here
from Iceland a couple years ago.
The statement said organizers had been
following the Covid-19 story and its possiSEE CORNSTOCK ON PAGE 2A
Pool opening in peril due to
problems finding workers
Press to open Garnett pool
this summer complicated by
problems finding lifeguards
BY DANE HICKS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
GARNETT Contrary to the hopes of city
commissioners, the citys swimming pool
may not be able to open this year because
not enough people want to work there.
Garnett Recreation Director Phil Bures
told commissioners last week the pool had
only one lifeguard application in the two
weeks since commissioners opted to proceed with opening for the remainder of the
summer.
Ive had one application turned in to
lifeguard, and Ive not had any for pool
manager, Bures said. He said the city had
advertised in the newspaper, on the citys
website and its social media. City manager Chris Weiner said a handful of people
had expressed interest but hadnt actually
applied yet.
Its not looking all that well so far,
Weiner said.
Commissioners pressed Bures and city
staff to proceed with opening the pool at
the citys meeting earlier in June, after a
sometimes heated discussion with Bures
over pool safety in the Covid-19 environment, staffing and cost issues relating to
additional equipment needed during the
pandemic. Commissioners however were
resolute in their desire to see the pool
open, and offered to pay the lifeguard certification fee as an incentive to new hires.
Commissioner Greg Gwin suggested if adequate full-time staff cant be hired, the pool
might be able to operate on some limited
hours or limited days.
Bures said at last weeks meeting a
staffing shortage presented a number of
additional complications, not just in pool
operation but also safety and labor law
restrictions that limit how many hours
per week teenagers can work. Most of the
lifeguards typically hired by the pool in the
summer are under 21. Bures said a number
of staff with prior experience hadnt been
SEE POOL ON PAGE 2A
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 6-20-2020 / KEVIN GAINES
Crest valedictorian Gregory Hardwick delivers his
commencement speech to a gathering Saturday at
the CHS football field. The event was rescheduled
from May due to concerns over Covid-19 and moved
to an outdoor venue to help socially distance the
students and audience. INSET: Audience members
chose to sit in their groups either in the football field
bleachers or on the perimeter, instead in the socially-distanced audience chairs set up at the event.
Back then, July 4 was summers really, really big deal
Tighter, more populace
towns put on the dog for
July 4s of old
BY DANE HICKS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
GARNETT Maybe we got too used
to air conditioning.
Whatever the reason, the July 4
celebrations in Anderson County
today pale in comparison to those in
years gone by. Now relegated mostly
to some private fireworks shows and
gatherings of family and friends and
a single big display in Lake Garnett
Park, the Independence Day celebration in Anderson County today, as
they say, aint what they used to
be.
One of the reasons was simple
numbers of citizens rural depopulation didnt start in force locally until
after the turn of the century. Between
1870 and 1890 the countys population
nearly tripled from around 5,000 to
over 14,000. Even tiny communities
like Lone Elm, Mont Ida and Bush
City thrived with respectable populations and their own local business
communities. And keep in mind
prior to 1876,
Americas republic wasnt even 100
years old yet.
Society was different too. Without
the impact of mass
media and expansive state and federal governments,
communities were
more self-sustaining closer-knit
in their cultures,
ideologies and religious views and
less influenced by
national and world
news. There was
no Social Security,
no Medicare, no
unemployment
insurance,
no
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 6-30-2020 / Anderson County Historical Society
welfare.
News
An
early
1900s
July
4th
event
in downtown Garnett packed Oak Street on the west side of the
travelled
more
slowly, especially town square. Note the bare handful of vehicles and the dirt streets at Oak and Fifth.
in the days before
radio. Newspapers
todays commuwhat reliable news. That, of course,
Because folks were more connectnication dinosaurs now diminished and good old-fashioned visiting and ed to the communities they lived
amid modern social media immedi- gossip.
SEE FOURTH ON PAGE 3B
acy were the main source of some-
#OneLouder Mark Samsel
Democrats, Republicans
struggle to fill county
political party positions
GARNETT Politics may be raging
across nightly newscasts, Twitter feeds,
in daily newspapers and Facebook arguments, but in Anderson County not
many people give a whit.
Or so it would seem from the filings
or the lack of them for county precinct positions in both the Democrat
and Republican parties in the county.
SEE PARTIES ON PAGE 5A
Crest preps for new
school year with host of
building improvements
CREST School board members in
Crest USD 479 reviewed a number of
building improvement projects earlier
this month in preparation for the beginning of school in August.
Crest superintendent Shane Walter
said improvement projects this summer included new flooring, updates
to the districts VoAg shop through a
SEE CREST ON PAGE 3B
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, June 30, 2020
RECORD
NEWS IN
BRIEF
SENIOR CENTER BREAKFAST
The July 4th breakfast at the
Senior Center has been cancelled.
AMERICAN LEGION BINGO
American Legion Bingo is back!
We will begin our bingo again
on Tuesday July 7. Bingo will
be each Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
at the VFW/American Legion
post hall. Everyone is welcome
to come and join the fun.
H, I LICENSE TAGS DUE
License plate renewals for all
individuals whose last name
begins with H and I are due
by Tuesday, June 30, at the
Anderson County Treasurers
Office.
COURTHOUSE CLOSED
The courthouse will be closed
on Friday, July 3rd, in observance of Independence Day.
COUNTY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY TO MEET
The Anderson County Historical
Society will meet at the museum on July 9, 6:30 p.m. for a
potluck dinner meeting. The
recently finished medical room
will be available for touring. All
are welcome to attend.
FREE ATHLETIC PHYSICALS
The 2020-2021 athletic season will be here soon. Physical
Packets are now available at
the Board of Education (305 N.
Oak). All student-athletes planning to participate next school
year will need a new physical
dated May 1, 2020 or later prior
to being allowed to participate
in practice. FREE Physicals are
being offered by the Anderson
County Hospital – Family Care
Center on select dates. Call the
Family Care Center at 448-2674
and request a sports physical
only appointment.
SUICIDE AWARENESS
GROUP MEETINGS SET
SAM – Suicide Awareness
Members, a division of SASSMoKan – meets on the first
Tuesday of the month from
6:30-7:30 at the Anderson
County Hospital Conference
Room A&B located at 421 S.
Maple in Garnett. The facilitator is Lu Ann Nichols, who
may be reached at lu.ann.
nichols.1956@gmail.com.
ANDERSON COUNTY COMMISSION
JUNE 22, 2020
Chairman Jerry Howarter called
the meeting of the Anderson County
Commission to order at 9:00 AM
on June 22, 2020 at the County
Commission Room. Attendance:
Jerry Howarter, Present: David Pracht,
Present: Leslie McGhee, Present.
The pledge of allegiance was recited.
Minutes from the previous meetings
were approved as presented.
Road & Bridge
Lester Welsh, Road & Bridge
Supervisor, met with the commission.
Lester has checked on 1000 Rd since
it has been open for detour traffic and
said that many people are not using it
but dust control is working.
Anderson County Hospital
Vicki Mills, Stephanie Smith, and
Tanya Ewert with the Anderson County
Hospital met with the commission via
zoom to present the Ambulance and
Board of Directors budgets. The only
increase requested was for the CPI
index percentage which is taken into
account every year. The requested
amount is $589,286, which includes
both budgets.
Solid Waste/City of Garnett
Scott Garrett, Solid Waste Director,
and Chris Weiner, Garnett City
Manager, met with the commission.
Discussion was held on where the
additional waste and trash is coming
from and how to incorporate a time
for free dumping. The Commissioners
would like to see a fee increase for out
of county commercial trash services to
dump. Anderson County is one of the
lowest fee rates within the surrounding counties. The Commissioners
would also like for Scott to work on
doing a free dump time which could
be a shortened week.
Abatements
Abatements B20-192 through B20194 were approved as presented.
Adjourn
Meeting adjourned at 12:00 PM
due to no further business.
ANDERSON COUNTY COURT DOCKET
Jude Kevin Kimball
June 30, 2020
8:00 a.m.
Miami County Medical Center Inc.
vs. Stephanie A Katzer
Olathe Medical Center Inc. vs.
Nathaniel Robinson, et al.
Allen County Hospital vs. Blake T
Stewart, et al.
Midland Credit Management Inc vs.
Julie Vanfleet
Olathe Medical Center Inc vs.
Johnnie L Cook, et al.
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
vs. Matthew Elder
9:00 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Earnest
Charles Ferguson
State of Kansas vs. Earnest
Charles Ferguson
State of Kansas vs. Richard G
Mooney Jr
State of Kansas vs. Rosanna M
Bauman
9:05 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Jesse J
Guerrero
9:10 a.m.
SEALED
9:15 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Nicholas
William Harland
9:20 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Michael A
Murphy
9:35 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Dustin P
Thurman
9:40 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Devyn K Scott
9:45 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Chad Matthew
Church
9:50 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Lane Awstyn
Palmer
9:55 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. David A Myers
10:00 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. James Allen
Gibson
State of Kansas vs. William Scott
Shaffer
State of Kansas vs. Aidyn Michelle
Filley
State of Kansas vs. Kelly A Rouse
State of Kansas vs. Tyler J Schmitz
State of Kansas vs. Kassandra C
Hernandez
10:10 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Tony Wayne
Ashcraft
10:15 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Blake A Geiler
10:20 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Maxwell
Tennyson Williams
10:30 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Jeffrey D
Tummons
State of Kansas vs. Jeffrey D
Tummons
State of Kansas vs. Jeffrey D
Tummons
State of Kansas vs. Jeffrey D
Tummons
10:45 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Joshua Lee
Edward Skinner
State of Kansas vs. Joshua L E
Skinner
10:50 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Jamie M Olsen
State of Kansas vs. Jamie M Olsen
11:00 a.m.
SEALED
SEALED
SEALED
11:45 a.m.
SEALED
In The Matter of vs. Andria M Bailey
Jude Eric W Godderz
July 1, 2020
9:00 a.m.
Tye Goodwin, Petitioner vs.
Hannah Goodwin, Respondent
Natasha Sioux Howard, Petitioner
vs. Joshua Shane Howard,
Respondent
9:15 a.m.
Robbie Eugene Parker, Petitioner
vs. April Ruth Parker, Respondent
9:30 a.m.
David E Hiner, Petitioner vs.
Melissa M Hiner, Respondent
Tara M Garner, Petitioner vs. Justin
T Mitchell, Respondent
10:00 a.m.
Aaron Keith Buehne, Petitioner vs.
Stacy Renee Stone, Respondent
Pretrial Conference
10:30 a.m.
Kyle E Kirkland, Petitioner vs.
Renee Box, Respondent
ANDERSON COUNTY DOMESTIC
CASES FILED
Kylee Sharp, Lawrence, has filed
a Petition for Divorce against Scott
Sharp, Lawrence.
Douglas Holm, Chapman, has filed
a Petition for Divorce against Meggan
Holm, Chapman.
Fred Helm, Paola, has filed a
Petition for Divorce against Marie
Helm, Paola.
Susan Esau, Lawrence, has filed
a Petition for Divorce against John
Esau, Lawrence.
Lauren Hugle, Garnett, has filed a
Petition for Divorce against Joshua
Mundell, Garnett.
Ashley Owens, Garnett, has filed
a Petition to Determine Percentage,
Custody, Parenting Time and Support
of Minor Child against Nathan Roth.
Eric Reed, Chanute, has filed a
Petition for Divorce against Melinda
Reed, Chanute.
ANDERSON COUNTY LIMITED
ACTION CASES FILED
Saint Lukes Health System has
filed Statement of Lien against
Amanda Lopez in the amount of
$6,918.52 for unpaid services.
The Kansas Department of
Revenue has filed a tax warrant
against Lesley Holman and Gwynn
Holman in the amount of $407.61 for
unpaid 2017 Individual Income Taxes.
LVNV Funding LLC, has filed suit
against Scott Schulte in the amount
of $1,128.63 for unpaid goods and/or
services.
LVNV Funding LLC, has filed suit
against Scott Schulte in the amount
of $787.66 for unpaid goods and/or
services.
Miami County Medical Center Inc.,
has filed suit against Jonathan Jarred
and Carrie Jarred in the amount of
$770.09 for unpaid goods and/or services.
Midland Credit Management Inc.,
has filed suit against Samantha Evans
in the amount of $1,270.24 for unpaid
goods and/or services.
Olathe Medical Center Inc., has
filed suit against Esther Garcia in the
amount of $1,860.11 for unpaid goods
and/or services.
CDL Training Services of Missouri
LLC. has filed suit against Daniel
Finney in the amount of $3,880.13
plus interest and fees for unpaid
goods and/or services.
ANDERSON COUNTY CRIMINAL
CASES FILED
Tyson Adams has been charged
with aggravated domestic battery,
domestic battery and criminal damage
to property.
Kadyn Utley has been charged with
purchase or consumption of alcoholic
beverage by a minor.
Jamie Olsen has been charged
with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Chad Flinn has been charged with
possession of a controlled substance
and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Sebastian Weaver has been
charged with aggravated assault,
endangering a child and purchase or
consumption of alcoholic beverage by
a minor.
Annamarie M. Culler has been
charged with domestic battery and
criminal damage to property.
Richard Mooney, Jr. has been
charged with interference with law
enforcement, criminal damage to
property and criminal trespass.
ANDERSON COUNTY TRAFFIC
CASES FILED
Dallas Klein has been charged with
speeding 75 mph in a 65 mph zone,
$153.
Juan Rodriguez Estrada has been
charged with Municipal/County violation; Traffic offense; class C misdemeanor, $183.
Ali Mohamadi Nasr has been
charged with Official traffic control
devices; required obedience, $258.
James Klemek has been charged
with Municipal/County violation; Traffic
offense; class C misdemeanor, $183.
Jean Dubisson has been charged
with Municipal/County violation; Traffic
offense; class C misdemeanor, $183.
Stephanie McClain has been
charged with Official traffic control
devices; required obedience, $258.
Denver Welsh has been charged
with speeding 50 mph in a 40 mph
zone, $153.
Traeh Armstrong has been charged
with Municipal/County violation; Traffic
offense; class C misdemeanor, $183.
Jacob Eliss has been charged with
City of Garnett seeks volunteer Tourism
Board & Steering Committee members
GARNETT – The Governing
Body of the City of Garnett
invites you to think about
contributing your knowledge
and skill by serving on one
of Garnett's advisory boards
or committees. Volunteers
serving in this capacity meet
monthly or as needed. The
City of Garnett strives to
assure equality of opportunity,
full-participation, independent
living and economic self-sufficiency for all of its citizens
regardless of race, sex, color,
age, national origin, ancestry
or disability. In order to gain
input from diverse citizen
perspectives, we encourage
interested persons to make
application at City Hall, 131
W. Fifth Avenue, or download the Statement of Interest
to Serve available at www.
SimplyGarnett.com.
Openings exist for positions
on the following advisory committees:
Garnett Tourism
Advisory Board
This board currently has
one open position. The term
for this position will expire on
12/31/2020 but would be eligible for the consideration of
term renewal. This advisory
committee currently meets on
the first Wednesday of each
CORNSTOCK…
FROM PAGE 1
ble impacts on the event ever
since the virus became apparent in mid-March.
Our Cornstock board of
directors have watched closely
as the coronavirus has spread
throughout the world impacting people from all walks of
life including our friends, family, neighbors and entertainers
alike, the statement read. We
looked forward to seeing all
of our Cornstock fans, friends
and family at the end of this
horrible crisis and celebrating
the end of the pandemic at our
festival.
We are saddened to
announce that we must cancel the 2020 Cornstock Music
Festival. This is not the future
that any of us hoped to confront, but our focus remains
the well-being of our sponsors,
fans, volunteers, artists, vendors and everyone who has
made our festival successful.
The statement said vendors
fees, sponsor donations and
advanced ticket sales would all
be refunded. Organizers said
planning was underway for the
2021 festival, hopefully under
better circumstances.
Cornstocks 2019 festival
was cancelled due to a relentless rainy summer and fall and
no ticket refunds were made,
a decision that prompted criticism over the organizations
refund policy.
month at 4:30 p.m. It consists
of seven members who serve
three year terms. They are
directly responsible for overseeing the tourism promotion
and marketing activities for
the City of Garnett.
Steering Committee
This board currently has two
open positions. The Steering
Committee meets on the third
Thursday of each month at 6:00
p.m. It consists of fifteen members who are directly responsible for creating and implementing a creative strategic
plan for Garnett.
Persons interested in the
positions as described are wel-
POOL…
FROM PAGE 1
able to commit this late in the
season because of other plans
with family or other activities
re-emerging for the summer.
It all comes down to we
havent necessarily got schedules from the kids for the summer to know when they can
and when they cant be there,
Bures said.
The commission directed
Bures to continue with the
plan to open the pool, but
acknowledged the staffing
issues might torpedo the plan.
Were definitely trying
and I suppose if there arent
people to work thats probably
going to be our answer for this
season, said Mayor Brigitte
Brecheisen-Huss.
come to contact City Manager
Christopher Weiner at Garnett
City Hall, 785.504.4302 or email
advisory@garnettks.net, with
any questions they might have
or to submit their application
for consideration. Names of
applicants will be provided to
the Governing Body for consideration at the city commission
meeting on Tuesday, July 14,
2020.
speeding 80 mph in a 65 mph zone,
$183.
Lavinn Lawson has been charged
with Municipal/County violation; Traffic
offense; class C misdemeanor, $183.
Elisabeth Wolf has been charged
with speeding 92 mph in a 55 mph
zone, $408.
Ryan Gettler has been charged
with speeding 81 mph in a 65 mph
zone, $189.
Mounir Elmarrakchi has been
charged with Municipal/County violation; Traffic offense; class C misdemeanor, $183.
John Graves has been charged
with Official traffic control devices;
required obedience, $258.
Matthew Dieker has been charged
with failure to yield at stop or yield
sign.
Anthony Tombin has been charged
with driving while license cancelled/
suspended/revoked.
Alicia Andres has been charged
with vehicle liability insurance
required, violation of restrictions on
drivers license or permit and for operating a vehicle without registration or
w/expired tag.
Benson Ocan has been charged
with Municipal/County violation; Traffic
offense; class C misdemeanor, $183.
Rashad Moore has been charged
with Municipal/County violation; Traffic
offense; class C misdemeanor, $183.
Perez Chavez has been charged
with Municipal/County violation; Traffic
offense; class C misdemeanor, $183.
Thomas Varney has been charged
with Municipal/County violation; Traffic
offense; class C misdemeanor, $183.
Randy Shown has been charged
with speeding 75 mph in a 65 mph
zone,, $153.
Jacob Eliss has been charged with
failure to stop at accident.
Stacy Dietrich has been charged
with vehicle liability insurance
required, operating a vehicle without
registration and license to be carried
and exhibited upon demand.
Karen Williams has been charged
with failure to wear seatbelt, ignition
interlock device; tamper to render
inaccurate, one-way glass or sun
screen device; side windows, failure
to yield to emergency vehicle and
license to be carried and exhibited
upon demand.
ANDERSON COUNTY TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS FILED
On May 28, a vehicle driven by
Audrea Wheeler was traveling southbound on Highway 169 when a deer
jumped from the north ditch, striking
the vehicle.
On June 2, a vehicle driven by
Andy Miller was traveling west on
K-31 Highway when a deer came from
the south side of the highway, hitting
the front of his vehicle.
On June 8, a vehicle driven by
Derek Stahnke was traveling westbound on 2200 Road when a deer
crossed from the ditch, being struck
by the vehicle.
On June 11, a semi driven by Sadak
Aden was turning north from US 169
Highway on to NW Missouri Road
when his trailer entered the south
ditch of Highway 169 and became
hung up on the bridge pushing over a
yellow and black bridge marker which
was able to stand back up.
On June 13, a vehicle driven by
Regine Hurlock was traveling eastbound on 1700 Road .25 miles east
of Utah Road when the vehicle struck
a bobcat that entered the roadway.
On June 13, a vehicle driven by
Bruce Rockers was traveling northbound on Highway 169 when it
crossed into the opposite lane and
struck a vehicle driven by Elizabeth
Reynolds.
On June 24, a vehicle driven by
Stacy True was traveling north on
Highway 169 when they struck a coyote.
ANDERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT ARRESTS
On June 18, Dixie Collins,
Pleasanton, was booked into jail
as a hold for Linn County Sheriff
Department as she was arrested for
unlawfully obtain prescription-only drug and cultivate/distribute with
intent.
On June 20, Sebastian Weaver,
Greeley, was arrested for aggravated
endangering a child, criminal threat,
liquor; purchase by a minor, aggravated assault.
On June 22, Joshua Skinner,
Garnett, was arrested for two counts
of failure to appear.
On June 23, Benjamin Watson,
Parsons, was arrested for failure to
appear.
On June 24, Andre Bowman,
Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested
for a probation violation.
On June 24, Tony Ashcraft, Kansas
City, was arrested for driving while a
habitual violator.
ANDERSON COUNTY JAIL ROSTER
Stephanie Knavel was booked into
jail on June 22, 2019.
Zachery Mitchell was booked into
jail on December 12, 2019.
Barry Weber was booked into jail
on February 15, 2020.
Jacob Joeckel was booked into jail
on April 23, 2020.
David McAfee was booked into jail
on May 16, 2020.
Maxwell Williams was booked into
jail on June 10, 2020.
Jeffery Stifter was booked into jail
on June 16, 2020.
Jeffery Tummons was booked into
jail on June 17, 2020.
Chad Flinn was booked into jail on
June 17, 2020.
Jamie Olsen was booked into jail
on June 17, 2020.
ANDERSON COUNTY JAIL FARM-INS
ROSTER
Justin Jackson was booked into jail
on November 12, 2019.
Rodney Lindsey was booked into
jail on March 18, 2020.
Katie Cheek was booked into jail on
May 19, 2020.
Daniel Hernandez was booked into
jail on June 3, 2020.
Selena Singleterry was booked into
jail on June 3, 2020.
Jennifer Cady was booked into jail
on June 3, 2020.
Patrick Stoneking was booked into
jail on June 12, 2020.
Brandon Burton was booked into
jail on June 12, 2020.
Trent Robbins was booked into jail
on June 12, 2020.
Cager Spates was booked into jail
on June 12, 2020.
Noah Falk was booked into jail on
June 12, 2020.
Dalton Bobek was booked into jail
on June 12, 2020.
Dixie Collins was booked into jail
on June 18, 2020.
TLC Auto
2×4
Fireworks
TLC Fireworks
Weve sold our property to Josh Mundell. Due to the
Corona Virus, in order to keep customers and employees safe, we wont be selling fireworks this year.
Josh does want to continue our 30+ year tradition and
plans to sell fireworks next year with our help.
Josh is continuing TLC Auto with used vehicles,
salvage and other endeavors. His number is (785)
448-8186.
Josh is young, hard working and would appreciate
your support.
We will miss you all until next fireworks season.
Joe and Betty Lytle
THE ANDERSON COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE NEEDS YOUR HELP!
POLL
WORKERS
NEEDED
Have you ever considered being an election worker?
*Become civically engaged
*Every worker is trained thoroughly
*Paid an hourly wage for the day
Contact the County Clerks office
at 785-448-6841 if you are interested.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WORK
CAN GET COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS
(must be 16 or older)
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, June 30, 2020
JONES
ROCKERS, JR.
JUNE 13, 2020
FEBRUARY 9, 1952 – JUNE 19, 2020
Frank J. Rockers, Jr. age
68, of Emporia, Kansas, passed
away on Friday, June 19, 2020,
at Melvern, Kansas.
He was born on February
9, 1952, in
Garnett,
Kansas, the
son of Frank
J o s e p h
Rockers and
Mary Jane
(Powelson)
F r e n c h .
Frank graduated from
Rockers
Garnett High
School with
the Class of 1970. Later that
summer, he began doing quality control for the quarry industry for the State Of Kansas.
He spent the rest of his career
working in different aspects
of the quarry industry. His
most current position was with
Harshman Construction which
began on September 6, 2016.
His primary roles were Quality
Control for all crushing operations at all locations and also
served as the New Mine Site
Development Administrator.
On May 25, 1973, he married Janet Brown and this
union was blessed with three
children. They were married
for 32 years. He later married
Gayleen Miller on May 14, 2011.
Frank was preceded in death
by his parents; and one brother, Scott Augustine Rockers.
He is survived by one son,
Eric Rockers and wife Holly
of Garden Plain, Kansas; two
daughters, Jessica Wettstein
and husband Jake of Garnett,
Kansas; Anna Lansbury and
husband Brian of Lawrence,
Kansas; five grandchildren,
Tanner Rockers, Kade Rockers,
Trent Wettstein, Ava Lansbury
and Emma Lansbury; one
brother, Richard Rockers
and wife Ginger of Maryville,
Tennessee; six sisters, Jane
Johnson of Lenexa, Kansas,
Catherine Clauder of Kansas
City, Kansas, Faye Leitch and
husband David of Garnett,
Kansas, Loretta Coltrane and
husband Daniel of Scipio,
Kansas, Regina Rockers of
Kansas City, Kansas, and
Monica Sobba of Richmond,
Kansas; many nieces, nephews,
and friends.
Memorial services were
June 29, 2020, at St. Boniface
Catholic Church, Scipio,
Kansas. Inurnment followed in
the St. Boniface Cemetery.
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and Love of the Laity Fund
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Francis Jones. He is survived
by his older sisters Marleen
Stifter and Dorothy Thompson
and older brother Lee K Jones.
He recently retired from working as a underground line
locator In Beaufort and Hilton
Head S.C.
He was an avid outdoorsman. He loved to go hunting
and deep seas fishing. He will
be greatly missed by all that
knew him.
Jeffery
Anthony
Jones 54 of
Beaufort,
SC formally
from
Garnett,
Ks
passed
Jones
away
on
June 13, 2020
from complications of Kidney
Disease. He was born to Jeffie
Thurman Jones and Amanda
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June 22 sermon- Fatherhood
starts in an unsure way
Larry Wittmer gave the
Communion Meditation over
Psalm 37. This chapter reminds
us to trust in the Lord and
do good, to commit everything
that we do to the Lord. We must
be still in the presence of the
Lord and wait patiently for him
to act. Turn from your anger
and don't lose your temper. The
Lord takes care of the innocent,
and they will receive an inheritance that lasts forever. If you
follow along his path and put
your hope in him, you will be
honored.
Pastor Chase Riebel gave
the sermon on how Fatherhood
starts in an unsure way. When
Zechariah was unsure when
the angel told him his wife
would have a son, he got his
voice taken away. Men, you
must claim fatherhood, claim
your children and who they
are meant to be in God! You
know that God has a plan for
your child. Spend time with
your children and focus on
them, make them feel loved.
Proverbs tells us to discipline
your children. "The Lord corrects those he loves, just as a
father corrects a child in whom
he delights." When Absalom
planned to overthrow his
father, King David, and did evil
by him, David still mourned
greatly after his son was killed.
You'll make mistakes, but you
are called to stand in the gap
to protect your children from
the evil one. God provides the
example for you to follow; so
be strong, and be the leaders he
intended you to be. (Ref: Luke
1:18-20 & 63; Proverbs 3:11-12;
Ezekiel 22:30; 1 John 2:12-14; 1
Kings 2:2-4; Joel 1:3-4)
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, June 30, 2020
OPINION
K-State should fire athletes
Kansas State University should learn from
the University of Missouris debacle and fire
the student athletes on its football team, womens basketball team, and any others who refuse
to play their sports as directed for any reason.
Two reasons:
First, the university is and should be in
charge of its athletic and for that matter its
academic programs, not the students.
Second, K-State
and its other students and faculty
dont deserve the
kind of negative
financial repercussions that will
follow if the university doesnt
assert that it, not
the students, are
in charge.
That case in point
should be clear
except that 2015 Jaden McNeil 2016 is, in these
Twitter-time warp
times, a long,
long, long time ago. Ever hear of a place called
the University of Missouri?
Let me recap the story of how my dear ole
alma mater lost the faith and confidence of the
parents of Missouri college-students-to-be as
well as that of donating alumni from the Black
Lives Matter disaster of 2015-2016.
In a nutshell, racial unrest on campus around
the time of the Ferguson riots led to the Mizzou
football team stomping its feet and going on
strike until former University President Tim
Wolfe was fired or resigned due to racial stress
on campus. Head coach Gary Pinkel backed his
players. Pinkel and the players should have
been fired for insubordination and the Tigers
taken the field that season with the C and D
teamers or forfeited their games. Then Wolfe
should have been fired because of his ongoing
incompetence. To Mizzous ill fate, none of that
happened.
Instead, university management let the
whole thing blow up in their faces. In the
ensuing years black and white enrollment both
dropped at Mizzou. Some 4,500 students 13 percent of enrollment and a number that translated to hundreds of millions of dollars in tuition,
housing and beer sales left Columbia. Also
lost were donations from alumni for all manner
I condemned
George Floyds
life of violent
crime and Twitter
gave me a 12
hour suspension
for glorifying
violence.
REVIEW COMMENTARY
DANE HICKS, Publisher
of university causes. Dorms closed; faculty cut;
the universitys famed agricultural and medical research went undone or was set back. The
hemorrhaging of dollars only ceased recently
with recovering enrollment.
K-State, you dont want to go there. Much
better to assert control of your university now
and show the world the adults are in charge.
Better to make the hard decisions and suffer
the immediate consequences now rather than
capitulate to students who will throw away the
honor of a D1 athletic slot because someone
said something that offended them.
Jaden McNeils tweet that started the K-State
trouble: Congratulations to George Floyd on
being drug free for an entire month! was an
off color joke, but only because of the bogus
pre-election inflammation cooked up by the
Black Lives Matter movement. Sure its inappropriate lots of humor is. But certainly
no worse than the old Saturday Night Live
breaking news joke: Generalissimo Francisco
Franco is still dead.
McNeil made a salient point in his own
defense: I condemned George Floyds life of
violent crime and Twitter gave me a 12 hour
suspension for glorifying violence.
That kind of logic, even if you dont agree
with it, is lost on these modern purveyors of
Cancel Culture. Offend me, this new cultural
phenomena says, and the mob will force my
will on you or else.
Its a spooky place for America to be, and its
incumbent upon heretofore sensible universities like K-State to draw the line. If it caves in,
the costs both financial and in basic right and
wrong may be devastating. ###
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Ha ha you sound desperate man. You getting
nervous? The sheriff went to see the gentleman
who passed the week before he passed, and the
detective made two pans of lasagna and brought
it to the family himself. Whats the matter?
Somebody getting too close to your meth lab?
All of this chaos; the BLM noise, tearing
down statues, white liberals on their knees
begging forgiveness for something they never
did, even the Dems blocking the police reform
bill Wednesday, all of it shows Leftists more
interested in symbolism than substance. Dems
dont want solutions like keeping black families together, improving schools with School
Choice, and reforming police, they want a political issue and Whitey as the boogeyman.
Its my understanding that posting signs in the
public right of way is against city ordinance.
I wish Garnett would do something to enforce
The question: to mask or not to mask
Much has been made about wearing, or not
wearing, a face mask when around other people as things open up during the latest stage of
the grand corona-virus drama.
How stupid.
Rational people will make their decision
on the basis of fact and science, one eyebrow
cocked with the knowledge that the latest science is often outdated by next month.
So, what is the latest science we should be
looking to?
Lets start a little farther back. Early in this
drama, people started wearing masks to protect themselves from the virus. At first, public-health authorities encouraged this. Then,
after some studies, they discovered that wearing a mask did little to protect the wearer.
At that point, the authorities spread the
word that a
mask, outside of a
hospital setting, wasnt
particularly helpful.
Some doctors
said because
the masks
might collect
virus particles which then could spread to the
wearer when handled, wearing a mask might
be more dangerous than not wearing one.
As of April, however, the latest studies
GUEST COMMENTARY
STEVE HAYNES, Haynes Publishing Co.
showed that wearing a mask could prevent a
person infected with the virus from spreading it willy-nilly. (See
the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and
Prevention website,
Recommendation
Regarding
the
Use of Cloth Face
Coverings.)
The centers cite
seven recent studies.
The experts then
began recommending we wear face masks
when out around other people, as we increasingly are. The most dangerous places seem to
be big chain hardware, grocery and discount
The most dangerous places seem to
be big chain hardware, grocery and
discount stores and uncontrolled
crowds at recreational sites.
stores and uncontrolled crowds at recreational sites.
But lets make this clear. The mask isnt to
protect you. Its to protect everyone else from
you, should you chance to become infected.
Wearing a mask says to other shoppers, and
especially to store employees, that you are
thinking about their health. It says, I care
about you.
This is important for store employees,
since as shoppers, were seldom there for long
and perhaps run little risk of being infected.
Employees have to be there all day, wearing
their masks. They stand a much better chance
of getting sick.
Not wearing a mask says, simply, that you
dont care. About the employees, other shoppers, anyone else.
If thats your political statement, so be it.
This newspaper is known as solidly
Republican, conservatively leaning, but were
not antimask. Most of us are learning to wear
one when in stores and offices, because we do
care.
We commend it to everyone.
Its not about politics. Its not about not
spreading this virus.
Its about caring about others, being polite.
Steve Haynes is president of NorWest
Newspapers in Oberlin, Kan.
NATIONAL COMMENTARY
RICH LOWRY, King Features Syndicate
for the better.
He wrote the ringing lines in the preamble
of the Declaration that eventually took on
world-historical importance and were used as
a rhetorical and philosophical cudgel against
the slave system and white supremacy by the
likes of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther
King.
He was a theorist, champion and able practitioner of what we know as Jeffersonian
democracy, government of the people, by the
people, for the people, as Lincoln famously
put it at Gettysburg.
He wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious
Freedom that became a model for the First
If they practice social distancing, are nudists
required to wear masks?
To the name calling person who wishes someone to get sick because they say they will not
wear a face mask: you must be so hate-filled to
wish someone to get sick because they disagree
with you about masks. How hypocritical of you
to wish illness on someone. As a responsible,
independent person no one pays for my medical
but myself, and I ask no one to take care of me
if I get sick. Maybe you should not make judgments about someone you do not know.
I saw in the paper where theyre not going to
have a city wide clean up this fall because of the
pipeline dumping a lot of trash down there and
Ottawa Sanitation bringing their trasn down
here. We pay a lot of property taxes in this town
and if we cant have a cleanup day twice a year
what are we supposed to do, throw it out on the
street and you pick it up from the street? I dont
care I can do that.
I am calling about the article about the sheriff
and dectective not being at a funeral. I happen to be a relative and I happen to know the
sheriff was here at his house a few days before
he passed and as far as the dectective, I dont
know if youre talking about the undersheriff,
but he made food himself and brought it out to
the family and so did the chief deputy. So please
dont be hating on Blue Lives. Right now thats
not what we need and John would not like that
at all. Let it be. Thank you.
I see the city has new criteria for getting permits for these food trucks that want to come to
town and compete with the restaurants that pay
taxes here and support the community here. I
think at the very least one of these criteria to
grant a permit or not should be whether the
food truck company does a play on words thats
clearly innuendo for vulgarity. This has no
business on our streets. Im speaking about the
barbeque place north of Garnett on Wednesday
afternoon. Thank you.
Contact your
Kansas state legislators:
12 Dist. Sen. Caryn Tyson
Thomas Jefferson: Who he was must stand
Theyre coming for Thomas Jefferson.
Protestors in Portland, Oregon used axes
and ropes to topple a statue of President
Thomas Jefferson. The New York City Council
is agitating to remove a statue of the author
of the Declaration of Independence from its
chambers.
At this rate, the Sage of Monticello will be
lucky if the Jefferson Memorial isnt bulldozed
and if he isnt effaced from the nickel.
Jefferson is, to use the argot of the day,
the most problematic of the Founders. The
Virginian was a slave owner who, despite his
high ideals, never jettisoned an attachment to
the slave system that was a hideous injustice
and, in the fullness of time, nearly destroyed
the country.
But thats not what we honor him for.
Jefferson isnt memorialized on the Mall in
Washington, D.C., and elsewhere around the
country because of the racist things he wrote
in Notes on the State of Virginia.
He doesnt have a place of honor in
American history because of his (now widely
accepted by historians) sexual relationship
with one of his slaves, Sally Hemings, who was
the half-sister of his late wife.
He isnt held up as among our most exalted
Founders because of his fear of slave revolts
and his ever-closer association with the slave
South as he grew older.
No, Jefferson is on a pedestal for achievements that still define the country today, and
that. The yard sale signs and real estate signs
are up all the time, but now that we have political campaigns going on there are several places
that you cannot see oncoming traffic when
youre trying to cross the street because they
have huge political signs for various political
candidates posted right next to the street. I wish
Garnett would do something about it instead of
allowing it to continue.
Amendment, and he worked to abolish feudal
relics such as entail and primogeniture.
As president, he doubled the size of the country in a stroke with the Louisiana Purchase.
He was a man of the Enlightenment, with
incredibly wide-ranging interests from architecture to natural history and — in addition
to serving as president, secretary of state and
governor — founded the University of Virginia.
All of this speaks to his greatness, but none of
it is to deny his miserable human failures and
his woeful hypocrisy.
That Jefferson was deeply compromised by
the slave system and yet rose above his own
sectional and selfish interests to enunciate
timeless principles should be considered an
accomplishment, not a reason to relegate him
to the ash heap. He always maintained that
slavery was unjust and early in his career,
tried to abolish slavery in Virginia and prohibit the introduction of slavery in new Western
lands.
The woke philistines who are targeting him
are incapable of thought or discernment and
want to jettison much of the countrys heritage. A historian once said, If Jefferson was
wrong, America is wrong. Those who want to
grind his memory to dust clearly accept both
parts of that formulation — and indict not just
Jefferson, but the America he helped define.
Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.
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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.
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too. Wilper, who began working as an emergency services
dispatcher in October 1978,
remembers working when
the fire destroyed much of the
west side of the downtown
Garnett square. Fires are so
consuming because so many
people are doing so much,
especially for the fires that
last for several days, according to Wilper, who will be
retiring after 31 years as a
dispatcher.
June 2000
Last weeks discovery of
five womens bodies linked
to an Olathe man may help
bring closure to several missing persons cases, but many of
these cases remain unsolved,
as is with the Anderson
County case in 1973. On April
18, 1973, a man discovered a
badly decomposed body on a
farm south of Garnett. The
body was determined to be
that of a man age 18-20 with
wavy brown hair and medium build. Although officers
in the case were flooded with
inquiries from families of
missing persons, no identification was ever made. The
man was buried May 2, 1973,
and a group of local citizens
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banded together to purchase a
gravestone inscribed Known
Only To God A Mothers
Son.
June 1990
When a money problem
occurs, any action taken to
further reduce income can be
a disaster. But the shutting
off of Medicaid funds from
the Kansas Department of
Social and Rehabilitation
Services to the Anderson
County Hospital will not be a
devastating blow according to
Administrator Jim Johnson.
The SRS suspended Medicaid
payments to Kansas hospitals
last week due to a shortage
of funds in the coffers at the
end of the 1989-90 operating
year. The suspension would
cut the hospital out of about
$8,000 per month based on a
monthly revenue of $270,000.
June 1980
Seven horses have been
found recently and the
Anderson County Sheriffs
Office is wondering who
might have lost them. No one
has reported any missing
horses. In a report made to
the Sheriffs Office, Maurice
Lickteig, Greeley, said he
found an eight or nine-year
old Appaloosa stallion. So far
he has been unable to find the
owner of the horse. Tuesday,
Keith Harvey, Lone Elm, said
he found six horses. He told
the sheriffs department that
there were three Appaloosas,
two quarter horses, and one
foal. He has also been unable
to find the owner of the horses.
June 1920
Harris was thrown into a
spasm of excitement Tuesday
about noon, when it was
learned that two men had
entered the bank, put Roy
Jones, assistant cashier, in
the vault, and had taken all
the money in sight, together
with several thousand dollars
in bond. Then, they left in
an Oakland Six, going toward
Williamsburg. As soon as it
was recognized what had happened, Harry Chitwood and
D.H. Stiles, of Garnett, and
some Harris men, jumped
into a car and followed the
robbers, but how far they
went has not been learned at
this office.
I recently became the owner
of a book containing nothing but
pictures of old postcards. As I
looked thru it, I came upon this
very interesting picture and it
brought many memories back
to me. Through all my research,
I dont think I ever read about
our early towns not having a
General Merchandise Store.
Even the smallest of towns.
Many of which are now ghost
towns. I realize Princeton is not
in Anderson County, but it is
still a part of Kansas history.
The Smith Family of Princeton,
KS. ran a general store for many
years. Their two-story building
was photographed for this postcard in 1908. It was just one of
DIGGING UP THE PAST
Henry Roeckers
Call (785) 504-4722 for
local archeology information.
several stores serving the countryside south of Ottawa. Their
store carried a variety of items
from ready-made clothing to
grocery items, nuts and bolts
to cosmetics. Requested items
not in stock could generally be
obtained. Just inside the doors of
the business, a friendly checker
game was an ongoing contest.
Ohio City, a railroad stop for
the Leavenworth, Lawrence &
Galveston Railroad, began the
early history of Princeton in
Franklin County. When a new
townsite was platted closer to
the tracks, most families moved
their belongings and a few residential buildings to initiate the
new city of Princeton, KS.
Does anyone remember anything about this store or the
Smith Family?
Respectfully submitted by:
Henry Roeckers 23June2020
Greeley United Methodist Church – 160 years
by Nancy Rockers
The Greeley United Methodist
Church officially closed its
doors on December 31, 2019.
The tiny congregation held a
service to disband on Sunday,
December 29, 2019. It was with
great sadness that Pastor Bill
Driver read the order of disbanding saying, It was Gods
gift for a season.
The church had a long and
rich history reaching back to
westward migration and the
settling of the town of Greeley
before statehood. The Greeley
United Brethren in Christ
Church was founded June
of 1859. The small but stalwart German speaking congregation quickly worked to
build a sanctuary. The local
people did the labor. Trees
from along the Pottawatomie
river were felled. The wood
posts and planks to construct
the building were sawn at the
saw mill on the banks of the
river. The United Brethren
in Christ congregations in
Ohio donated money to help
with the construction. They
also sent doorknobs and hardware for the new church. That
material was shipped up the
Missouri river by steamboat to
Leavenworth, then transported
overland by wagon the roughly
75 miles from Leavenworth to
Greeley.
The sanctuary took several years to completely finish,
but services were held in the
building in 1860. The church
was described as orthodox,
meaning it conformed to the
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The original Greeley United Brethren in Christ which was built in
1860, the church was founded in 1859.
Christian faith as formulated
in the early ecumenical creeds
and confessions. The UB in
Christ members opened their
doors as the gathering place
for all denominations. From
1864-1869, the church building
was used as the Greeley public
school.
Around 1896, there was an
interesting split in the congregation. The issue was over
membership in secret societies. The old school, conservative, radical United
Brethren believed secret societies existed to protect disreputable business people from
their illegal dealings. The
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Out of 34 positions on the
county central committees
of both the Democrats and
Republicans (each voting
precinct or township has a
precinct man and a precinct
woman position on the committee) only six Republicans
filed for election to their party
committee. On the Democrat
side, no one filed at all.
That presents special problems if a sitting elected official
in Anderson County has to be
replaced. State law designates
the party of which an office
holder is a member to fill that
vacancy should he or she die,
resign or be removed from
office. Presently three elected
county officials county commissioners Jerry Howarter
and Dave Pracht and Register
of Deeds Sandy Baugher are
Democrats. The other four
elected offices- county clerk,
county treasurer, county sheriff and one county commissioner are currently held by
Republicans.
While filling such a vacancy
is the primary job of a county
party committee, those groups
of precinct members also make
up the grassroots county network to help other candidates
of their parties get elected, both
locally, on a state basis and
nationally. Campaign workers
in state legislative races as
well as races for U.S. Senate
and Congress hope to rely on
those county committees to
field interested workers willing to schedule appearances,
put up signs and sometimes go
door-to-door in their counties
for candidates they support.
Any registered Democrat or
Republican can take part in his
or her county party committee.
liberal UB members believed
secular organizations outside
of the church could work for
good in a community. The
disagreement came to a head
during the oppressive 100
degree heat of the summer.
The liberals wanted to take
down the 1860 church which
was located on Main Street,
south of Brown Street, and
build a larger church sanctuary. The old schoolers got
their Winchesters and holed up
in the sanctuary for at least 24
hours. The sheriff of Anderson
County and his deputy traveled by train from Garnett to
Greeley to calm and bring compromise to the situation. The
liberals acquired lots north
of the city park on which to
build their new sanctuary. The
old schoolers continued worshiping in the 1860 sanctuary
until 1915. At that time the congregation became too elderly
and too small to continue and
the old 1860 church closed.
In 1897, the liberal UB
members built a new sanctuary north of the city park and
dedicated it in November. The
congregation was younger,
larger and more active than
the old schoolers. Through
the first one-third of the twentieth century, the Greeley United
Brethren in Christ Church was
in a charge that shared a minister with Judy UB in Christ and
Eureka UB in Christ churches.
It should be noted that by the
1890s when Greeley reached a
peak population of 700+, there
were five active churches in
the community; Saint John
the Baptist Catholic Church,
a Presbyterian Church, a
Methodist Episcopal Church,
the old school United
Brethren in Christ Church and
the liberal United Brethren
in Christ Church.
In 1944, the disbanded
Bethel congregation of the
Berea Presbyterian Church
located on a ridge above the
Pottawatomie Valley between
Greeley and Richmond sold
their empty church building
to the Greeley UB members
to be used as a Greeley fellowship hall. Approval for
the sale of this building took
some time as the sale had to
be considered and sanctioned
by a Presbyterian board in
Scotland. The building was
moved from its site across the
Pottawatomie river to settle on
a lot west of the church building. Improvements were made
and the old Berea Presbyterian
church continues today to be
used as a community hall.
In 1946, the United Brethren
in Christ church and the
Evangelical
Association
church combined to form the
Evangelical United Brethren
(EUB) church.
These two
groups had been German
This Greeley United Brethren in Christ Church was built in 1897,
photo circa 1910.
speaking, Brethren in tradition and Wesleyan in theology.
They were successful on the
western frontier because of the
many German immigrants who
settled in Kansas and because
they were strongly antislavery.
By 1968, the now English
speaking EUB church and the
Methodist church, being both
Wesleyan in theology and
episcopacy, merged to form
the United Methodist Church.
Starting in the early 1960s,
the church members began
modernizing the sanctuary.
By 1972, the project was completed when modern, comfortable pews were purchased
and installed from the Garnett
church furniture factory.
Since 2015, membership
has declined. The work of the
church became difficult due to
the age of the members and the
shrinking size of the congregation. The small congregation heard these words In the
orders of disbandment: It has
accomplished its purpose,
But Christs holy church is of
God and will be preserved to
the end of time, for the conduct of worship and the due
administration of Gods Word
and Sacraments, the maintenance of Christian fellowship
and discipline, the edification
of believers and the conversion
of the world. We remain part of
Christs ongoing Church.
Sources
Anderson County Histories,
Anderson County Historical
Society. Garnett, Ks: 1977.
Gods Kingdom Grows in
Greeley. Mary Peterkord and
editor Dorothy Lickteig, an
essay written 1984.
Greeleys Golden Years.
Marceline, Mo: editor Dorothy
Kipper Lickteig, 1982.
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Richmond Museum opens over July 4-5 weekend
The Richmond Community
Museum will open for its 13th
year over the July 4-5th weekend, said Mary Tooley, president. It will continue to be open
each Saturday and Sunday,
1-4 p.m., with no admission
charge. The opening was
delayed from Memorial Day
weekend for obvious reasons.
Visitors are asked to practice social distancing and
wear masks. The building is
air-conditioned and bottled
water is available. Pat Vining
and Dennis Peters will be hosts
on opening weekend, so bring
your questions, and come visit!
There are some new things
to see, said Tooley, including several items from the
late Dorothy May (Horstick)
Stumpe, sister of the late Ed
Horstick. She is the girl in
the large framed picture with
her 1934 American Royal grand
championship steer in the 4-H
display.
Although it wont be noticed
by visitors, progress is being
made as Sarah Ben-Ezra and
Hannah Jumet photograph
and record each artifact, and
continue to scan the archival
materials so the Museum has a
better record of its collections.
The Museum will be open
Friday and Saturday, July 10
and 11, during the abbreviated
Richmond Fair, and closed on
Sunday, July 12.
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Cont – The Skinning Tree A novel by G. Dane Hicks
the other bent and pointed slightly outward with
the hand near the womans head. A long mass of
black hair billowed to the
left and over the top of the
head, partially obscuring the face on one side.
McKanes mind raced to
place the face, but nothing came to mind. He
zoomed in tighter on the
face of the corpse and
snapped a frame.
Think, he told himself.
Think. He widened the
frame up from the closeup and slowly scanned
the area around the body.
The debris field made it
hard to be certain, but
McKane didnt see anything that looked like evidence no spent shell casings indicating a shooting, no knife, no loose boards
that might have been used as a
club. He moved back to the body
and scanned the form. It was relatively clean no blood spatters,
no big bruises that he could see.
He lowered the camera,
adjusted his position at the parapet to give his now protesting
knees some relief, and watched
the cops. The two paramedics
were heading back out to the
street now, content their skills
at lifesaving wouldnt be needed. There was a slight call of
attention from the cop who minutes ago had pulled the sheeting
away as he knelt at the womans
head, and the subtle but direct
response from Bookman and the
other officer caught McKanes
eye. The three men knelt toward
the face of the corpse, and as
McKane zoomed in the lens to
the face as he viewed it over
Bookmans shoulder, the undersheriff pulled a mass of the hair
back with a rubber-gloved finger
and smoothed the shining black
strands back from her face.
The womans head was turned
so that most of one side was hidden, her pale, grayish lips open
slightly to partially expose her
teeth, and the visible eye not
completely closed. McKane
broke his gaze through the
lens and watched as Bookman
motioned for the cop with the
camera to move into position
as the senior officer pointed
toward the womans mouth.
Now through the lens, McKane
watched as Bookman pointed
to a small flat object protruding
from the mouth of the corpse.
McKane couldnt hear the conversation, but the tone and the
direction of the senior cop was
that he wanted a close-up. The
other man hesitated a little, then
knelt closer to the body as he
raised his camera to his face, and
McKane zoomed in even tighter
on the womans mouth and the
object stuck against her lower
lip.
The optics in the digital camera were vivid and incredibly
clear for this tight a frame from
better than sixty feet away.
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Large and deep red in color, the
base of the object gathered at one
end to form the tiny green stem
of a beautiful, lush rose petal.
Bookmans call to the Kansas
Bureau of Investigation office in
Topeka had opened a floodgate of
response at the agency, enough to
overwhelm the undersheriff and
make him leery of all the sudden attention from law officers
who knew one hell of a lot more
about this sort of thing than he
did. Now someone was calling
either the sheriffs office or his
cell phone every few minutes
with questions or instructions,
and with each call Bookmans
gut ached with dread and uncertainty; the emotion seemed to
press up around his throat as
the conversations whizzed over
the telephones to him with suffocating speed, only portions of
which could he decipher and
understand. The sensation was
almost like drowning.
Special Agents Garman and
Fromme were enroute from
Wichita and Garden City respectively within ten minutes of
Bookmans call, and wouldnt
be able to check the scene in
the daylight until tomorrow
morning. Fromme had called
Bookman back via cell phone to
double check that photos were
taken and specifics of the crime
scene noted by the local officers
for later evaluation.
The decision to send Garman
and Fromme to Henrysville was
made at the KBIs highest level
and with director Lloyd Koster
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Chapter 7 Cont
*picking up from where left on from
June 23rd edition
I want you to start talking to
people down there. Find out who
found the body, who reported
it. Talk to the folks at Margies
someone over theres going to
have some scuttlebutt. As soon
as Im done here, Ill head to
the sheriffs office, and Im sure
theyre not gonna have squat to
tell me, which is why I want
you to get something from anybody down there who seems to
know anything. Were not going
to have much time. McKane
held the phone tight to his ear,
and watched as two more officers joined the crew milling by
the body, apparently waiting for
someone to give an order.
Okay, I-I got it. Wendells
voice was a little unsure. What
What are they doing in there
exactly?
McKane glanced back down
toward the debris-strewn floor
of the old building. Theyve got
a body. Covered up with some
kind of plastic. Its back toward
the back of the building close
to where I am. One of the officers pulled a camera from a little
black bag, and another pulled
away the sheet. McKane felt a
twinge of emotion race through
him as the nude, limp corpse of
the woman was revealed from
the covering. He looked away
for a second. Nobody deserved to
go like this, he thought to himself. Naked and defenseless, with
people standing around gawking,
taking pictures. That thought
brought the guilt, which took a
solid bite out of him for a split
second, but he forced his gaze
back to the scene and reached
again for the camera.
God, Mac. Do they know
youre up there?
Get busy Wendell. Ill be
down in a little bit. He clipped
the phone shut with a beep.
The telephoto lens would produce pictures McKane knew he
could never publish, but he knew
having them to look over might
reveal some information which
the cops wouldnt cough up. The
scene through the lens expanded
in size and came to focus on the
graying flesh of the woman as
the cop pulled the sheet away so
the other officers pictures would
show the surrounding scene.
McKane fired a couple of frames
of the larger scene, then zoomed
in on the corpse, whose graying
skin nearly matched the color
of the chalky debris on which
the body lay. Her right arm was
tucked underneath her back,
involved, since the two made
up Kansas best special crimes
team and had just attended that
high-priced training in Los
Angeles. The two had actually
been between assignments when
the first womans body was discovered in Pod Tuckers well,
and the preliminary medical
examiners report led them to
head there straightaway when
otherwise the agency might not
have responded so quickly. News
of the discovery of the second
body so soon after the first and
its particulars spread like wildfire through the KBIs command
structure. Three non-specialized KBI agents were already in
town acting on instructions from
Fromme and Garman for evidence gathering and site inspection. Fresh information was critical, and neither Fromme nor
Garman wanted to wait until
tomorrow to start gathering. Nor
did they want to fully rely on
local cops who they knew didnt
have an agents level of training.
From the sounds of it, Kansas
now had its own serial killer
holed up in some little backwater
town, and the fact that the second
body was recovered in a place so
public and so soon after the first
rose petal victim was found, led
Garman and Fromme to believe
the killer was desperate to make
his presence known. Desperation
in such a mind was the last thing
the KBI wanted.
Bookman tried to follow and
understand the requests for
information from the agents,
but most of it was beyond him.
He understood why the back
entrance to the old building was
important, since that was probably the means of entry and exit
which the killer used to dump
the body. Indeed a couple of
footprints were found on some
soft ground near the alley where
an old piece of sign board had
recently been removed. Other
than that, it would take an eye far
better trained than Bookmans
to decipher whatever clues were
hidden at the scene.
It was nearly nine oclock, and
he sat at his desk taking a bite
out of the roast beef sandwich
his wife had brought him earlier
in the day. The KBI men had him
post officers at the front and rear
of the scene for security as they
waited for Garman and Fromme,
but beyond giving county attorney Josh Rudman the run-down
so far, Bookman couldnt think
of anything else to do but finally go home. Voices in the front
office broke through his tired
thoughts, and Rudmans signature fast-paced walk became
apparent as he headed down the
hall toward Bookmans office.
Got your message. So they
found another one, huh? said
Rudman as he slumped into
an old wood chair opposite
Bookman.
Bookman glanced up from
the sandwich. Yeah. Same deal.
Jess Simmons opened that work
site down at the old clothing store
this afternoon after his boys finished hauling a load of material
to another job and found her.
That cute little Mexican waitress
from the Dinner Bell.
Just down the street?
Yep. Gross says same deal.
Rose petals in the mouth. Raped
and strangled just like before.
Bookman set the sandwich aside,
leaned forward and looked earnestly at Rudman, his glassy
eyes full of concern. Josh, hes
right here in town. He aint some
guy passing through. Hes here.
The county attorney nodded,
his face solemn.
KBI guys are playing it
all pretty close to their vest,
Bookman continued, but I know
if youve got two of the same kind
of killings this close together, the
guys begging to get caught. Hell,
he dumped her in downtown
Henrysville, for Christs sake.
Suddenly a commotion up
the hallway broke up the somber evening quiet of the office.
Bo Walkers booming voice
whooped in delight, and his
heavy boot steps creaked the old
wooden floor of the hallway as he
approached the sheriffs office,
accompanied by his boisterous
bellow of jubilation. He turned
the corner of the office, his right
biceps bulging as he curled his
clenched fist into a victory thrust
and flopped an evidence file on
Bookmans desk, spilling its contents of papers slightly as it landed.
He grinned wide, his hands
resting on the sides of his service belt, his muscled chest and
shoulders inhaled into an almost
Roman pose. Rudmans eyes
flashed into a surprised smile at
the sight of the performance, and
flashed his glance at Bookman.
What? Bookman growled,
aggravated at the interruption.
Walker moved a stack of folders
from an oak office chair onto the
floor as he invited himself to sit
down, scooting the chair across
to the wall so he could lean back
in it.
We got him.
Rudman stood and moved
behind Bookmans chair to read
over his shoulder. Walker rattled
on as both the other mens eyes
scanned across the documents.
Couple of counties in the
Napa Valley in California picked
up the info off NCIC. They had
six murders there nine years
ago, happened over four months,
and all of them done just exactly
the same way ours was. Girls
raped, necks broke or strangled
and roses in their mouths. Same
exact thing. Papers out there
started calling him the Rose
Petal Killer.
Jesus. Rudman said under
his breath as he scanned the
papers.
And lookie at that list of folks
who were questioned during the
investigation. Look at that.
Rudman motioned toward the
page Bookman held as though
he was startled by it. Is that the
florist guy out on the highway?
My wifes out at his place all the
time.
Edward Raske, Bo blurted
out, nodding his head with gusto.
Dont worry Josh, from what
I hear shes safe. Hes already
got him a boyfriend, Big,
thick white teeth gleamed from
Walkers mouth as he grinned.
Ill be darn, Bookman said
to himself. KBI got this?
Walkers voice boiled with
indignation. I dunno if they got
it or not. What difference does it
make? We dont need KBI on this
now. Lets go pick him up.
Wait-a-minute, Rudmans
protest was quick and direct.
Wait for what? Bo bolted to
his feet, his arms outstretched
for the question.
Youre gonna arrest him
because hes a florist from
California? Rudman mocked.
He was a suspect in the same
kind of murders we got here,
Walkers voice pitched high in
defense. How much evidence do
we need? Rudman laughed.
Youre gonna need a heck of
a lot more than this gives you.
Josh, Bookman edged in. It
does seem like one heck of a coincidence. Walker stood fuming,
his hands on his belt.
Rudman moved back to his
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attended the centennial celebration. The Methodist bell
was rung at midnight, and at
daybreak all the bells in town
were rung. A salute of 100 shots
was fired by Dan Lindensmith
and John Pritchard to a musical accompaniment. (The
salute was given by explosions
of powder under anvils, and by
firing guns.)
By seven oclock the wagons began to come into town
from all directions. Among the
first to arrive was Captain C.
C. Leach of Indian Creek, a
distance of more than twenty
miles. By 9 oclock the streets
were literally packed with
vehicles of all descriptions.
Professor Frank Hayden and
his band discoursed excellent
music. At 10:30 a. m. the procession formed on Oak Street,
headed by the band (all towns
had community bands in those
days) Col. W. A. Johnson was
chief marshal of the parade and
was assisted by J. P. Crane, J.
E. White of Walker Township,
Thomas Gowdy of Jackson,
Miller of Rich, and Col. J.J.
Hoffman. After the band came
the
Garnett lodge, I.0.0.F.,
led by C. E. Dewey, noble
grand.
Maj. L. M. Earnest
and Capt. E. Denny were in
charge respectively of the
white and colored old soldiers
from Monroe Township. Also
from this township came wagons trimmed with evergreens
and flags to represent the
thirteen original states. Next
came a wagon nicely decorated, containing thirteen girls
from Jackson Township. Then
came the carriages in which
the orators and chaplain rode,
and the cavalry under the
command of Colonel Hoffman.
Next in line were the wagons
and the delegations from the
townships. There were fifteen
wagons from Rich Township,
forty from Jackson and fifty-five from Walker of which
four were drawn by four-horse
teams.
The procession was over
two miles in length and the
leaders had entered the timber
at South Fork before the last
teams had left town. On reaching the timber it was found
that thousands had come from
the south ahead of the pro-
cession, while hundreds had
come from Garnett. During the
program Dr. Delos Walker of
Greeley read the Declaration of
Independence. The Rev. A. K.
Johnson of Reeder Township
was the important speaker of
the day. Other speakers were
H . K . Robinson, Judge M. A.
Page, Colonel Hoffman, and R.
F. Bronston. G. A. Cook, Esq.,
was president of the celebration. A dance was held that
night at Vreelands Hall, where
about forty couples whiled
away the hours till nearly daylight.
The local history book
recounts that on July 4, 1932,
a county celebration was held
in Garnett at which time a
parade, representative of the
one held on this Centennial
Fourth, was staged, but few
old wagons and buggies could
be found to participate in this
recent procession.
One of the biggest issues of
those early days was the campaign against vices like gambling and drunkenness, and
the topic found its way into
both the celebrations and the
newspaper coverage of them.
Whether or not they actually
took place at the festivities, the
view on the subjects was certainly defined:
1915- Two balloon ascensions were given at the Fourth
of July celebration at Garnett.
Company K and the Garnett
band with numerous other
attractions put on a parade.
Richmond won the ball game.
Ancil Hatten of Westphalia
delivered a good address, and
a moving picture show was
given with the aid of a canvas
stretched against the courthouse wall. There were no shell
games and no drunks.
1879- The committee for
the North Reeder Fourth of
July picnic wants it distinctly
understood that there will be
NO beer sold on the grounds,
rumors to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sometimes, it rained:
1899 It rained most of the
day on the 4th and the streets
were a sea of mud. The parade
was formed near the furniture factory and after coming
uptown dragging the heavy
floats, the horses were fagged
out.
1895 At Lone Elm, the
largest crowd we have ever
seen was congregated at
Smiths Grove, two miles east
of Colony, at the Fourth of July
celebration. Senator Metcalf
and the Hon. E.H.Funston
spoke during the program.
Funston twisted the British
lions tail. That night between
four and five inches of rain fell
and Lone Elm was full of people
who were unable to go home.
In later years, the festivities were a time to show off a
little by bringing your auto to
town.
1922- The Fourth of July
picnic arranged by the sixteen
Farmers Union and Grange
associations of the county was
a big success. It was held at
the grounds on Cedar Creek,
midway between Welda and
Mont Ida, and furnished the
biggest collection of autos ever
seen in this county. Col. H.
F. Seafers made an unusually good presiding officer. The
principal address was given by
B. Needham of Lane, the master of the State Grange. The
baseball game between Blue
Mound and Colony was won by
the latter with a score of 1 to 0.
That same year, in Bush
City: More than 1,000 people
celebrated the Fourth of July at
Bush City. The Rev. V. E. Davis
of Garnett was the principal
speaker.
Though July 4ths were
typically big celebrations the
event of 1902 was bittersweet.
On the same day the Anderson
County Courthouse was dedicated on July 4th 1902, the city
also marked the passing of L.K.
Kirk, one of the towns earliest celebrities, bankers and
and Garnetts first Mayor. Kirk
volunteered with the 100th
Pennsylvania Regiment in the
Civil War, and later served the
Kansas Legislature as both a
senator and respresentative.
Kirk was the father of Sennett
Kirk, who continued the familys local banking tradition and
built The Kirk House which
still stands at the corner of
Fourth and Walnut in Garnett.
L.K. Kirk died from complications of a bullet wound
sustained in the Civil War at
the age of 61.
the bid by Thompson Brothers
for Vo-Ag shop equipment
and tools in the amount of
$46,822.87, and to accept a bid
from Midland Thermal for gym
pipe insulation for $7,658.
Board members approved
leaving the coming years student lunch prices the same, but
to increase adult breakfasts to
$2.25 and adult lunch to $4.25.
Board members discussed
the Local Option Budget mill
levy for the coming school
year.
gym bleachers were designated surplus property and a
bid for removal for $200 by Seth
Black was approved.
a floor scrubber was
approved for purchase at a cost
of $6,659.64.
Board members conducted two executive sessions, one
for employee negotiations and
one for non-elected personnel
staffing. At the conclusion
of the second meeting, board
members approved the hiring
of Kyle Huser ad K-12 music
instructor, Katie Yoder as high
school cheer sponsor and Holly
Ellington as Pre K-5 school secretary.
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 6-20-2020 / SUBMITTED
Brylee Zook won the Kansas Junior High Rodeo Association State
Championship in Breakaway Roping. She placed 1st with a score
of 89, the next closest competitor was Parker Penny with 75.5
points. Brylee is just 14 and will be a freshman this coming year at
Anderson County High School. She beat kids from all over the state
as well as some surrounding states. She placed in both rounds and
won the average for the weekend as well as winning the short-go,
which propelled her to the championship. Brylee would have been
going to Nationals but the COVID-19 epidemic cancelled them for
the first time in its history. She also competes in Team Roping and
Team Ribbon Roping. Brylee has a younger sister, Brekyn, that
also competed, placing 5th in the state in Ribbon Roping with her
partner Creed Shannon from Humboldt.
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FROM PAGE 2B
chair, sat down, and squirmed a
little. Yeah, it is. And its something to check into, but we cant
just tell the judge we want to
search a guys property cause
hes a florist and he helped the
cops in a murder investigation
in California, he shook his
head, amazed that he needed to
explain. Youre gonna have to
get a little more than that, he
glanced down and rubbed a hand
along the sole of his shoe, which
rested on his knee. Walkers
jaw jutted angrily forward, his
mouth open and his eyes wide
with disdain.
You need to start by bringing
the guy in first and just talking
with him, Rudman said. Find
out what he knows, and see if he
gives anything up.
And that tips him off, and
pretty soon hes gone, Bookman
snorted. Walker nodded his
head in agreement and glared at
Rudman.
Todd, relax, Rudman said,
holding his hands up in semi-defense. This thing is going to go
crazy fast enough once the word
gets out. What we dont want to
do is fan the flames and screw
up the case we make against
whoever we eventually make it
against. I know the heats gonna
come down, but weve got to stay
cool about it. He leaned forward
with his hands on his knees.
Did you talk to Art?
Walker rolled his eyes and
released a sigh he intended to be
noticed. Of course he talked to
Art, he thought. Bookman dont
take a crap less he asks Art first.
I was out there with him the
other day after the first one,
Bookman shook his head, his
voice drifting. But, hes real
sick, and he dont need to be
worrying with this. He said work
the local and let KBI do the rest.
So thats what Im trying to do.
Work the local.
Walker looked at the floor. A
slight smile began to edge at the
corners of his mouth.
There was a silence between
them. Bo crossed his arms, his
gaze drifting up the wall to Arts
big stuffed bass on the wall, the
plumage of the spinner lure still
concealing its secret. Finally
Rudman took a breath, his voice
low and level.
Make sure KBI gets this if
they dont already have it, he
said to Walker before turning
to Bookman. And start with
Raske. Bring him in and talk to
him.
McKane knew there wasnt
a chance in hell hed get a call
back from the KBI tonight, but
hed parked himself in the front
office, working on the story at
Sandys computer just in case
the phone rang. The main line
didnt ring on his office phone
or on the phone in the backshop,
and if he got lucky enough to
get a call before he finally gave
up and filed the story for tomorrows nine oclock deadline, he
sure didnt want to miss it.
His eyes itched from fatigue,
and the red coffee mug on the
table was cool to his lips as he
sipped at the now stale, heatless
beverage. In front of him sat a
notebook with his own writing, a
computer print-out of Wendells
notes from his conversations on
the street this afternoon outside
the murder scene, and several
black and white laser printer
copies of McKanes photos of
both the scenes. On top was the
close-up of Hanetta Sanchezs
mouth, lit nearly perfectly with
the position of her body by the
subdued afternoon sunlight, the
rubber-gloved hand of an officer
pressing her chin down, exposing the rose petal in full view.
Near the pictures was the photocopied preliminary examiners
report signed by Dr. Clark Gross.
McKane stared at the signature.
It was the real thing. McKane
had checked his copy of Grosss
penmanship against copies of
another report filed as part of
another murder case two years
ago up in Penland County, which
the editor of the paper there had
been good enough to scan and
e-mail to the Sentinel this morning upon McKanes request. The
signatures matched, as did the
layout of the statistical report
form inside. McKane finally
caught Gross at home about an
hour ago, and the pause that
preceded the no comment to
McKanes question about the
wide public speculation that the
bodies were found with rose petals in their mouths told McKane
that he had struck a nerve. He
had the report, anyway, and it
was signed.
He clicked back to the Internet
browser screen on the monitor
to a paper authored by a Dr.
Daniel Peertek at the University
of Colorado from five years ago,
which compared similarities
among three separate serial
killers from across the country
over a period of years. A man in
Oregon back in 1955 who killed
six younger men over two years,
each body blindfolded when
found; another string of eleven
deaths of young women with
their breasts mutilated, found
over a three-year period roughly
in a line between New Orleans
and Columbia, S.C. A third in
New York in the early 1970s in
which four people were killed,
each body containing numerous
punctures from an office stapler.
While some serial killers can
murder in obscurity for years,
some choose a unique and purposeful signature to their deeds,
a section of Peerteks report read,
some by virtue of their standard
method of capturing, transporting or killing, and some simply
because they hope to show a certain style to their crimes. Style
killers are the most unstable
and dangerous, because psychologically they enjoy not just the
brutality of the act of murder,
but also the fear and notoriety
they inspire through their deeds
which increases their own feelings of power and control. The
more public the illustration,
the closer the killer tends to be
toward announcing himself and
finally realizing his full glory,
sometimes with a simple declaration to law enforcement, and
sometimes through some sort of
violent finale.
***To be continued next week
beginning where Chapter 7 left
off this week.
in and had more in common
and had in recent years fought
the Civil War to forcibly unite
the nation and abolish slavery patriotism was a big
deal. Nothing stirred nostalgia
for the founding of the county
and its much celebrated values
more than the 4th of July.
Anderson County Histories,
the countys primary historical text drawn from gleanings
from numerous county newspapers since the late 1860s,
devotes ample space to descriptions of July 4th gatherings and
the passions kindled on these
patriotic days. Among those
collected stories, theres really no equal to the festivities
enjoyed on the Fourth of July.
1872 The Glorious Fourth!
A Great Multitude! The Fourth
of July celebration was held on
Judge Wm. Spriggs land, one
mile south of town. The Rev. J.
N. Smith opened the exercises
with prayer, after which the
Garnett band played a patriotic
air and the Union choir sang.
David W. Lindsay read the
Declaration of Independence,
and the Hon. E. S. Niccolls
delivered an oration of thirty minutes duration in which
he defined the causes that
prompted our forefathers to
forever sever all allegiance to
the British crown. The Rev.
A . K. Johnson also delivered
an oration. During the afternoon the Sunday schools sang,
the M. E. Sunday School of
Garnett under the leadership
of R. T. Stokes, and the Mt.
Zion group of 100 pupils from
Rich Township with Mr. Miller
as superintendent. The latter
organization had a large banner bearing the inscription, In
God We Trust. It was probably
the largest gathering ever held
in the county. There were no
accidents, no fights, no drunks,
no disorder. The refreshment
stand, managed by the band
boys, took in over $150.
Perhaps no celebration ever
rivaled that of 1876 however.
The centennial event of the
nations founding demanded a
blow-out celebration:
1876 How It Was
Celebrated at Garnett. A Grand
Success. Five thousand people
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Goppert Foundation grant, new
linear panel in the shop, new
doors and windows and major
enhancements to tools and CTE
equipment in the shop.
Other upgrades included air
conditioning and new bleachers in the gymnasium, new
playground equipment and
painting of the gyms interior,
with plans to paint the exterior of the buildings in coming
weeks.
Walter said board members
had not nailed down an opening
plan for the beginning school
next month, but those discussions are underway with consideration to opening recommendations from the Kansas
Department of Education when
those plans are released.
In other business at the
recent board meeting:
Superintendent Walter
noted a STEM grant application by Mrs. Bailey Lee was
selected to be a finalist with
the results to be received in
August. Walter also noted
hes been in contact with the
Anderson County Emergency
Management Department and
the state department of education regarding guidelines for
the reopening of school in the
fall, and will have more information at the July meeting.
Board members approved
City of Westphalia budget hearing
(Published in the Anderson County Review on June 30, 2020)
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Notice
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on June 30, 2020)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
ANDERSON COUNTY, KANSAS
PROBATE DIVISION
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
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Case No. 20 PR 14
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(Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59)
The State of Kansas To All Persons Concerned:
You are hereby notified that on May 13, 2020,
a Petition For Letters of Administration was
filed in this Court by Mary T. Milner, a sister of
Gregory Eugene Mader, deceased.
James R. Campbell
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COUNTY, KANSAS
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF THE COUNTY OF ANDERSON, KANSAS
Plaintiff,
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Defendants.
Case No. 2019 CV 000021
All creditors of the above named decedent are
notified to exhibit their demands against the
estate within four months from the date of first
publication of this notice, as provided by law,
and if their demands are not thus exhibited,
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THOMAS F. ROBRAHN
out of the Dish'ict Court of Anderson County,
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Thursday, July 23, 2020, at 1:30 p.m. on said
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City of Garnett, Kansas.
Per Diem: 0.00
Tax: 36.57
Specials: 0.00
Interest and Fees to
1/12/2018: 51.97
Total Due: $88.54
Page#26 1-00214460 DENISE G LAW
Complete Description:
Commencing at the northeast corner of Lot Two
(2) in Block Fifty-five (55) in the City of Garnett,
Anderson County, Kansas, thence South 140
feet, thence Vest 37 feet 3 inches, thence North
40 feet, thence East 9 inches, thence North 100
feet, thence East 36 feet 6 inches to the place
of beginning.
Per Diem: 3.77
Tax: 14336.72
Specials: 0.00
Interest and Fees to
l/12/2018: 3959.82
Total Due: $18296.54
Page#37 1-00500260 LOUIS NUNEZ JR
Complete Description:
Lots Thirteen (13) and Fourteen (14) and Fifteen
(15), in Block Nineteen (19), in the City of
Kincaid, Anderson County, Kansas.
Per Diem: 0.03
Tax: 140.99
Specials: 0.00
Interest and Fees to
1/12/2018: 98.06
Total Due: $239.05
Page#49 1-00701560 GILES BOUSE
(DECEASED)
Complete Description:
A parcel of land 20 feet by 50 feel in Lot Four
(4), Block Eleven (11), in the town of Westphalia
described as follows: Beginning 77 feet -7est
of the Northeast corner of Lot Four (4), thence
South 50 feet, thence Vest 20 feet, thence
North 50 feet, thence East 20 feet to the place
of beginning. The North 10 feet of said land
be dedicated to public use as a public alley.
Per Diem: 0.03
Tax: 87.22
Specials: 0.00
Interest and Fees to
l/12/2018: 187.61
Total Due: $274.83
Page#56
1-08000720
NANCY
AG
KEMPNICH
Complete Description:
Lots Seven (7), Eight (8) and Nine (9) in Block
Twenty-five (25) in Railroad Addition to the Town
of Welda, Anderson County, Kansas.
Per Diem: 0.08
Tax: 359.54
Specials: 0.00
Interest and Fees to
l/12/2018: 97.28
Total Due: $456.82
*Abstracting, publishing, postage and costs
as well as interest on the principal from and after
January 12, 2018 will be added to the Total Due.
The above described real estate is taken as
property of the respective defendants designated herein as the owner thereof and is to be sold
and will be sold without appraisement to satisfy
said Order of Sale and the respective adjudged
liens thereon.
WITNESS my hand at Garnett, Kansas, this
12th day of June, 2020.
/s/Vernon L. Valentine,
Sheriff of Anderson County, Kansas
ATTEST:
/s/Julie Heck Wettstein,
Clerk of Anderson County, Kansas
/s/JAMES R. CAMPBELL – S.C. # 14631
Anderson County Counsel, Anderson County,
Kansas
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Notice of 2020 Primary Election Certificate of Candidacy
hearing Kent Estate
(First Published in Anderson County Review, June 23, 2020)
(First published in the Anderson County Review
on June 30, 2020)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ANDERSON
COUNTY, KANSAS
In the Matter of the Estate of
JOHN A. KENT, JR., Deceased
Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59
Case No. 2020-PR-000017
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS
CONCERNED:
You are notified that a Petition has been filed
in this Court by Robert E. Kent, brother and
one of the heirs of John A. Kent, Jr., deceased,
requesting:
Descent be determined of the following
described real estate situated in Anderson
County, Kansas:
Lots One (1), Two (2), Three (3) and Four (4)
in Block Sixty-one (61) to the City of Garnett,
Anderson County, Kansas, except the following: Commencing 21 feet and 4 inches south
of the northeast corner of Lot One (1) in said
Block Sixty-one (61), thence North 21 feet and
4 inches, thence West 18 feet and 4 inches,
thence in an easterly angling course to the
point of beginning.
and
Lots Five (5), Six (6), Seven (7) and Eight (8)
in Block Sixty-one (61) to the City of Garnett,
Anderson County, Kansas.
and all personal property and other Kansas real
estate owned by decedent at the time of death.
And that such property and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by
the decedent at the time of death be assigned
pursuant to the laws of intestate succession.
You are required to file your written defenses to
the Petition on or before August 5, 2020 at 9:00
a.m. in the city of Garnett in Anderson County,
Kansas, 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.
Robert E. Kent, Petitioner
Gibson Watson Marino LLC
G. Andrew Marino, #21716
301 North Main, Suite 1300
Wichita, Kansas 67202
(316) 264-7321
Attorneys for Petitioner
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