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o Notice – Ronald Regester estateo Notice – Primary election

***************************************(First published in The Osage County Herald-Chronicle Thursday, April 9, 2020, and subsequently Thursday, April 16, 2020, and Thursday, April 23, 2020.)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF OSAGE COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate ofRonald E. Regester, Deceased

Case No. 2020 PR 22 NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that on April 1, 2020, a Petition was filed in this Court by Thomas R. Ratcliff, Executor named in the Last Will and Testament of Ronald E. Regester, deceased, dated September 20, 2019, praying the instrument attached thereto be admitted to probate and records as the Last Will and Testament of the decedent; and Letters Testamentary be is-sued to Executor to serve without bond. You are further advised under the provisions of the Kansas Simplified Estates Act that the Court need not supervise adminis-tration of the Estate, and no notice of any action of the Executor or other proceedings in the administration will be given, except for notice of final settlement of decedent’s Estate. You are further advised if written objections to simplified administration are filed with the court, the court may order that supervised administration ensue. You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before May 6, 2020, at 9:00 A.M. in the District Court in Lyn-don, Osage County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition. All creditors 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, they shall be for-ever barred. Thomas R. Ratcliff PREPARED BY:/s/ Jeffrey W. JonesJeffrey W. Jones #11202Hamilton, Laughlin, Barker, John-son & Jones3649 S.W. Burlingame Rd.Topeka, Kansas 66611(785) 267-2410;

(785) 267-2942 Faxjjones@hamiltonlaughlin.comAttorney for Petitioner***************************************(First published in The Osage County Herald-Chronicle Thursday, April 9, 2020, and subsequently Thursday, April 16, 2020, and Thursday, April 23, 2020.)

NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that a Primary Election will be held on the 4th day of August, 2020, this being the first Tuesday in said month, at which time candidates for the following offices will be nominated, ac-cording to the provisions of law, by each political party which has qualified to participate in the Pri-mary Election:

One candidate for United States Senate One candidate for United States House of Representatives, 2nd DistrictOne candidate for State Senate, 19th District One candidate for State Repre-sentative, 54th, 59th and 76th DistrictsOne candidate for Member, State Board of Education, 4th District One candidate for County Com-missioner 2nd, 3rd DistrictOne candidate for County ClerkOne candidate for County Trea-surerOne candidate for County Register of DeedsOne candidate for County AttorneyOne candidate for County Sheriff One candidate for Township Trust-ee in each township listed below:Agency, Arvonia, Barclay, Burlin-game, Dragoon, Elk, Fairfax, Grant, JunctionLincoln, Melvern, Olivet, Ridge-way, Scranton, Superior and Valley Brook

One candidate for Township Treasurer in each township listed below:Agency, Arvonia, Barclay, Burlin-game, Dragoon, Elk, Fairfax, Grant, JunctionLincoln, Melvern, Olivet, Ridge-way, Scranton, Superior and Valley Brook

The following officers will be elect-ed in each political party which has qualified to participate in the Primary Election:

One Precinct Committeeman in each PrecinctOne Precinct Committeewoman in each Precinct

The polls in the precincts will open at 7:00 a.m. and will close at 7:00 p.m.

I hereto set my hand and official seal this 3rd day of April, 2020.

(SEAL)

RHONDA BEETSOSAGE COUNTY ELECTION OFFICER***************************************

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downtown Overbrook, who are providing mask making kits to those in need.

“I help in making the kits by ironing and cutting,” said Kevin Safarik, but his wife, Amy, conceded his involve-ment was much greater.

“With these kits we are making, if the end product is for personal use or to be made and given away to oth-ers in need, they are free,” Amy Safarik said. “If the in-tention is for them to be sold, we will sell them the fabric to make their own kits. People have donated money when accepting kits, but our true intent is to simply give them away for all those in need.”

The need does appear to be great, as Amy said some

individuals have picked up as many as 50 kits at a time.

“Kevin and I make the kits here at the store because we simply do not have the time to sew them all up ourselves,” Amy said. “We use our own fabric for the kits, but we did have one of our fabric suppliers, Northcott Fabric of

New Jersey, donate four bolts of fabric to be used for the mask kits.”

Even those who do not commonly sew are get-ting involved. “I can sew, but I hadn’t done so since I was 12,” said Barb Reyes, a neighbor of Lynn Drake, who jumped in headfirst to help with the cause. “The people at the bank (Kansas State Bank of Overbrook) asked for some masks. I originally made one mask, but then the rest of the people at the bank asked for one as well. Now I get several requests every day from people who want masks.”

“We have had other nursing homes in other communities ask for our masks,” Drake said. “But it is as much as we can do to keep the citizens in need in our area supplied. We are still working, however, and we will continue to do so

until all this ends.”“I believe the need for

masks will continue even beyond the pandemic,” Amy said. “All this has caused an awareness that may spread into wearing masks for the deterrence of even the com-mon flu when all this is over.

“It begs to be said the com-munity, our town, has really stepped up to this and met the needs of Brookside,” she continued. “We have enough people doing this to a point where all we would need to say is the retirement cen-ter needs more masks and everyone would do their part. In a matter of a few days, we would, again, meet their needs no matter how great.”

These are the people of Osage County. In Overbrook, as well as other communities within this county, the desire to help has spread even faster than the virus itself.

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Anshutz inquired, with concerns toward the online classroom format.

“Grades have been pretty much frozen since we shut the school doors,” Denk replied. “Grades are not to go down unless a student refuses to participate. This whole ordeal has put unusual pressure on our students, and we are trying to be con-siderate of that. Grades can go up with exceptional stu-dent work, but they can not go down unless there is no participation by the student.”

“I have heard from several people who have said every-one is doing a really good job with all of this,” Black said.

Moving forward with the evening’s agenda, Denk presented bids on the project to complete the entirety of Overbrook Attendance Center roofing needs. The board accepted the bid with a 15-year warranty as opposed

to a more costly and less economic bid with a 20-year warranty. Projected comple-tion is slated for prior to the beginning of classes in the fall of 2020.

“What are we hearing from the state concerning sum-mer school,” inquired Board Member Amy Crotinger.

“I agree, we need to hold summer school for the high school students at the very least,” Denk said. “With the older students, we have to be concerned with credit recovery. With the current state stipulations, however, summer school will have to be completed with the online format.”

“I would definitely prefer the younger students be on campus for summer school,” Crotinger said. “Most defi-nitely if the bans and stay-at-home orders have been lifted.”

The board agreed to table the summer school issue for a future meeting to allow for the gathering of further information from the State of Kansas.

Gary Rush/Herald-ChronicleLynn Drake models one of the count-less masks she has made, for use in the community and beyond.

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continued use on city streets.

The final item on the agenda was a formal re-quest from City Police Chief Cory Hamilton, also not in attendance, for finances to purchase a third hand radio for use by his department. The police force possesses two radios and desires a third as a backup.

“The extra radio might be considered a luxury item by some,” Ming said. “If one breaks down during an emergency situation, however, the luxury will quickly become a necessity. Anytime we are dealing with public safety, it is a poor feeling to think we are cutting corners.”

Ultimately, a unanimous approval was given to pur-chase the third radio.

As the meeting moved to-ward completion, City Clerk Bobi Morris interjected from her precautionary sta-tion in an adjoining room to the council chambers. “We have people who have stopped paying their utility bills because they know we cannot turn them off,” she said. “They are not even trying.”

“I intend to address this in my next town social media post,” Ming replied. “If people neglect their utility bills now, they will find themselves without services when all of this is over. They need to know the stimulus money they are receiving is intended for paying bills and not to buy a new flat screen televi-sion.”

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was called, lasting nine minutes, with the board and administrators, to discuss potential certified posi-tions, classified positions and supplemental positions. Upon return to open session, the board approved, in a 4-3 vote, that under the current extreme circumstances, an ex-tension will be given to Carly Spicer to pass the praxis one year from July. Voting against the motion were Bailey, Linton and Johnson.

The board also accepted the

resignation of Steven Rathert as fifth to 12th grade band instructor and supplementals, effective at the end of the 2019-2020 school year; the resignation of Cheyenne Rath-ert as fourth grade teacher, effective at the end of the 2019-2020 school year; and the transfer request of Diane Vaughn from first grade to fourth grade for the 2020-2021 school year.

In other action, the board approved reimbursement of the middle school petty cash fund for $135; approved pay-ment of bills in the amount of $255,083.91; and approved March payroll in the amount of $434,542.69.

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