PUBLIC NOTICE
First published in the Gyp Hill Premier, Monday, March 10, 2025. 3x

IN THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DISTRICT COURT OF BARBER COUNTY, KANSAS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:
BOBBIE D. LONKER,
Deceased.
Case No. 2022 PR 4

(Petition Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59)

NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that on February 28, 2025, a Petition was filed in this Court by James Dale Lonker, duly appointed, qualified and acting Executor of the Estate of Bobbie D. Lonker, deceased, praying Petitioner’s acts be approved; account be settled and allowed; the heirs be determined; the Will be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; the Court find the allowances requested for attorneys’ fees and expenses are reasonable and should be allowed; the costs be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the Estate be closed; upon the filing of receipts the Petitioner be finally discharged as the Executor of the Estate of Bobbie D. Lonker, deceased, and the Petitioner be released from further liability.
You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before April 3, 2025, at 1:30 o’clock p.m. in the District Court, Medicine Lodge, Barber 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.
James Dale Lonker,
Executor
Matthew W. Ricke, #20995
ATTORNEY AT LAW, LLC
349 North Main, P. O. Box 113
Kingman, KS 67068
(620) 532-3103
Attorney for Petitioner

PUBLIC NOTICE
Published in The Gyp Hill Premiere Monday, March 17, 2025

CITY OF MEDICINE LODGE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
OFFICIAL NOTICE

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN AND TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES:
Notice is hereby given that on Monday, April 7, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall at 114 West First Ave., Medicine Lodge, Kansas. The City of Medicine Lodge officials will hold a public meeting to consider:

(1) Revisions to Floodplain Regulations in Ordinance 860

For more details or to see flood maps in advance of the meeting, call the City of Medicine Lodge, City Clerk at (620) 886-3908.

IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION (I.E. QUALIFIED INTERPRETER, HEARING ASSISTANCE, ETC.) IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING, PLEASE NOTIFY THE CITY OF MEDICINE LODGE CITY CLERK (620) 886-.3908 NO LATER THAN 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED COMMENCEMENT OF THE MEETING

Certified this 12st day of March, 2025
City Clerk, City of Medicine Lodge, KS

Public Notice
Published in The Gyp Hill premiere Monday, March 17, 2025

NOTICE OF HEARING: PETITION TO VACATE ROAD

WHEREAS, The Board of County Commissioners of Barber County, Kansas (Hereinafter “the Board”), is the governing body of Barber County, Kansas (hereinafter “the County”), and is charged with the responsibility of determining whether roads within the County should be laid out, altered, or vacated, pursuant to K.S.A. 68-102 et seq.; and

WHEREAS, the Board has received a Petition dated the 5th day of March, 2025, executed by petitioner Mark J. Dugan, Dugan Farm & Ranch, LLC, praying for an order vacating of that certain opened but not yet built or numbered road located approximately on the section line between Section 20 and Section 21, Township 31 South, Range 13 West, on the grounds that there is no public necessity for such road and said road is not a public utility due to nonuse;

WHEREAS, the Board is required to hold a public hearing on the Petition in the manner prescribed by law;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE ADVISED as follows:
1. That a Petition pursuant to K.S.A. 68-102 has been received praying for vacation of:
That certain unnamed and unconstructed road located on the section line between Section 20 and Section 21, Township 31 South, Range 13 West beginning at present River Road and proceeding due south until approximately the south edge of the cultivated field. From there, the road should jog southwesterly to avoid a natural obstruction, then return southeasterly to the existing barbed wire fence, wherein the road should proceed due south along the barbed wire fence and entirely on the west side of the section line between Section 20 and Section 21.
2. That a public hearing shall be scheduled for the purpose of determining whether the above described roads should be vacated. Said hearing shall be held in the Commission Chambers of the Barber County Courthouse, Medicine Lodge, Kansas, on the 24th day of March, 2025, at 10:30 a.m.
3. That any person wishing to appear at the aforementioned hearing and give evidence or testimony thereon may do so.
4. That at the conclusion of the aforementioned hearing, the Board shall determine whether the road or any portion of the road described herein is to be vacated.
5. That the County Clerk shall send a copy of this Notice by certified mail to each owner of property adjoining the above described road, at the address where the owner’s tax statement is sent.
6. That this Notice shall be published once in the official County newspaper.

COUNTY CLERK
OF BARBER COUNTY, KANSAS
/s/ Amy Sill
Amy Sill, Clerk