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ALL Real Estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

(FIRST published in the Great Bend Tribune June 17, 2008)3t
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
BARTON COUNTY, KANSAS
CIVIL DEPARTMENT
Chase Home Finance LLC, successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation
Plaintiff,
vs.
Theodore A. Ocker and Dawn M. Ocker, et al.
Defendants.
Case No. 08CV29
Court Number:
Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Barton County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Barton County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Front Door of the Courthouse at Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, on July 9, 2008, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate:
Lots Nine (9) through Sixteen (16), inclusive, in Block Twenty-One (21), in the city of Claflin, Barton County, Kansas, according to the recorded plat thereof., commonly known as 101 5th Street, Claflin, KS 67530 (the “Property”)
to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com.
Buck Causey, Sheriff
Barton County, Kansas
SOUTH & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
Mark Mellor (KS #10255)
245 N. Waco Street, Suite 400
Wichita, Kansas 67202
316-684-7733
(316) 684-7766 (Fax)
Attorneys For Plaintiff (83630)

(FIRST published in the Great Bend Tribune June 17, 2008)3t
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
BARTON COUNTY, KANSAS
CIVIL DEPARTMENT
CitiFinancial, Inc.
Plaintiff, vs.
Merle C Scheuerman, et al.,
Defendants.
Case No. 2008CV52
Court No.
Title to Real Estate Involved
Pursuant to K.S.A. 60
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Barton County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Barton County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the 1st Floor of the Barton County Courthouse, Kansas, on July 9, 2008 at the time of 10:00 am, the following real estate:
ALL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE, SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF BARTON AND STATE OF KANSAS, TO-WIT:
LOT ONE (1) IN NEFF'S SUBDIVISION OF BLOCK EIGHTY-ONE (81), OF THE ORIGINAL TOWNSITE OF ELLINWOOD, BARTON COUNTY, KANSAS, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. BEING A PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW 1/4) OF SECTION THIRTY-ONE (31), TOWNSHIP NINETEEN (19) SOUTH, RANGE ELEVEN (11) WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., IN BARTON COUNTY, KANSAS., Commonly known as 308 W 6th St., Ellinwood, KS 67526 (“the Property”) MS#79784
to satisfy the judgment in the above entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court.
Barton County Sheriff's Office
Barton County Sheriff
MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC
By:
Matthew S. Layfield, #22449
Kip J. Bilderback, #21350
Aaron M. Schuckman, #22251
612 Spirit Drive
St. Louis, MO 63005
(636) 537-0110
(636) 537-0067 (fax)
79784
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS ATTORNEYS FOR CITIFINANCIAL, INC. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

(FIRST published in the Great Bend Tribune June 17, 2008)3t
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF BARTON COUNTY, KANSAS
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF BARTON COUNTY, KANSAS,
Plaintiff,
vs.
T & L RENTALS, et al.,
Defendants
Case No. 08-CV-0044
AFFIDAVIT FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
STATE OF KANSAS, COUNTY OF BARTON, SS:
Richard A. Boeckman, of lawful age, being first duly sworn, states:
1. That he is the Barton County Counselor and attorney for the plaintiff in the above-entitled action and makes this Affidavit for the purpose of obtaining service by publication upon the parties named herein.
2. The defendants on whom service by publication is sought whose names are known but whose residences are unknown notwithstanding reasonable effort of the affiant to ascertain the same are as follows:
TRACT 0003 - Pauline Flores
Lot One (1), in Block Four (4), of John F. Lewis’s Subdivisional Addition to the City of Great Bend, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0003 - Estate of Marcus Flores, c/o Pauline Flores
Lot One (1), in Block Four (4), of John F. Lewis’s Subdivisional Addition to the City of Great Bend, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0007 - Antonio Carrasco
Lot Twelve (12), in Block Forty-five (45), in the City of Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0022 - Noe Torres
Lot Ten (10), in Dahm and Deyerle’s Subdivision of Block Fifty-three (53), in the Arkansas Valley Town Company’s Addition to the City of Great Bend, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0022 - Beatriz Santana
Lot Ten (10), in Dahm and Deyerle’s Subdivision of Block Fifty-three (53), in the Arkansas Valley Town Company’s Addition to the City of Great Bend, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0022 - The Pacesetter Corporation
Lot Ten (10), in Dahm and Deyerle’s Subdivision of Block Fifty-three (53), in the Arkansas Valley Town Company’s Addition to the City of Great Bend, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0030 - Amanda N. Frost
Lot Three (3), in Block Three (3), in Lakeview Addition to the City of Great Bend, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0033 - Daniel G. Huskin
Lot Ninety-six (96), Hacienda Subdivision to the City of Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0041 - Elinda Lujan
Lot Twelve (12), Block Six (6), Riverside Park Addition to the City of Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0042 - Ismael Montelongo
Lot Three (3), in Block Seven (7), Riverside Park Addition to the City of Great Bend, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0043 - Barton Hills Corp
Lot Seven (7), in Block Seven (7), in the Riverside Park Addition to the City of Great Bend, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0043 - Guadalupe Orozco
Lot Seven (7), in Block Seven (7), in the Riverside Park Addition to the City of Great Bend, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0044 - Darren Vinsonhaler
Lots One (1), Two (2), Three (3), Four (4), Five (5), Twelve (12), Thirteen (13), Fourteen (14), Fifteen (15), and Sixteen (16), in Block Eight (8), in the Riverside Park Addition to the City of Great Bend, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0045 - Davis Jimenez
The South 13 feet of Lot Nine (9) and the North 92 feet of Lot Eight (8), in Block Nine (9), of Riverside Park Addition to the City of Great Bend, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0045 - Daniel Jimenez
The South 13 feet of Lot Nine (9) and the North 92 feet of Lot Eight (8), in Block Nine (9), of Riverside Park Addition to the City of Great Bend, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0045 - Amy Jimenez
The South 13 feet of Lot Nine (9) and the North 92 feet of Lot Eight (8), in Block Nine (9), of Riverside Park Addition to the City of Great Bend, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0047 - Arturo Moraga
SURFACE RIGHTS ONLY IN AND TO: Lot Eight (8), Block Eight (8), in Barton Estates No. 1 Addition to the City of Great Bend, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0049 - Lisett Roman
SURFACE RIGHTS ONLY IN AND TO: Lot Five (5), Block Eleven (11), Barton Estates No. 1 Addition to the City of Great Bend, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0049 - Jaime Roman
SURFACE RIGHTS ONLY IN AND TO: Lot Five (5), Block Eleven (11), Barton Estates No. 1 Addition to the City of Great Bend, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0051 - Raymond Rowley
Lot Eight (8), in Block Eighteen (18), in the City of Hoisington, Barton County, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0055 - Sheryl Merkich n/k/a Sheryl Miller
Lot Ten (10) and the West Half (W/2) of Lot Eleven (11), in Block Two (2), Town Company’s First Addition to the City of Hoisington, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0060 - Harold Lee Kilgore, Sr.
Lot One (1) and the North Half (N/2) of Lot Two (2), in Block Twenty-four (24), in the City of Ellinwood, Barton County, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0061 - Heather R. Atteberry
Lot One (1), in Block One (1), Ramsey’s Subdivision of Block 28, Original Town, Ellinwood, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof filed in Plat Cabinet 1, Envelope 198C, office of the Register of Deeds, Barton County, Kansas.
TRACT 0068 - Ronald F. Mermis
The West 45 feet of the South 10 feet of Lot Twenty-two (22), and the West 45 feet of Lots Twenty-three (23) and Twenty-four (24), in Block Three (3), Pawnee Rock, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
TRACT 0072 - Linda A. Morris a/k/a Linda A. Jeroue
The Subject Premises: SURFACE RIGHTS ONLY IN AND TO: A tract of real estate situate in the East Half of the Northwest Quarter (E/2 NW/4) of Section Twenty (20), Township Twenty (20) South, Range Twelve (12) West, Barton County, Kansas, described by metes and bounds as follows: Commencing at a point 1312.98 feet West and 1815.00± feet South of the Northeast corner (NEc) of said East Half of the Northwest Quarter (E/2 NW/4) for point of beginning; thence North 165 feet; thence East at a right angle a distance of 627.49 feet to a point; thence South at a right angle a distance of 165 feet to a point; thence West at a right angle a distance of 627.59± feet to the point of beginning; also described as the North Half (N/2) of Lot Six (6), in Commanche Estates Subdivision, according to the survey of record in Book 378, Page 350, General Records, office of the Register of Deeds, Barton County, Kansas.
TRACT 0077 - Don Erickson
SURFACE RIGHTS ONLY IN AND TO: The Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4 SE/4) and Lot Four (4) in Section Thirty (30), Township Nineteen (19) South, Range Twelve (12) West, excepting the following described tract, to-wit: A strip of land running across Lot 4 and the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4 SE/4) of Section Thirty (30), Township Nineteen (19) South, Range Twelve (12) West, beginning at the intersection of the north line of the public highway with the east line of said section, 1086.8 feet, more or less, north of the southeast corner of said section , thence in a westerly direction parallel and eighty (80) feet, more or less, north of the north right of way line of the A.T.&S.F. Railroad and along the north line of said public highway, a distance of 2163.5 feet, more or less, to the west line of Lot Four (4) in said Section Thirty (30), thence north along the west line of said Lot Four (4) to the northwest corner of said Lot Four (4), thence east along the north line of said Lot Four (4) and the north line of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4 SE/4) of said Section Thirty (30), a distance of 2163.5 feet, more or less, to the east line of said Section Thirty (30), thence south along the east line of said Section Thirty (30), 233.2 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning, EXCEPTING the following described tract, to-wit: The surface only in and to a tract of land beginning at the Southeast corner of Section Thirty (30), Township Nineteen (19) South, Range (12) West, in Barton County, Kansas, thence North along the Section line of said section a distance of Nine Hundred Two and 9/10 (902.9) feet; thence West at an excluded angle of 88º21’ a distance of Nine Hundred Fifty-six and 4/10 (956.4) feet along the South line of railroad right-of-way, thence South at right angles a distance of Nine Hundred Nineteen and 3/10 (919.3) feet; thence East at right angles a distance of Nine Hundred Fifty-six (956) feet to the point of beginning.
TRACT 0078 - Don Erickson
SURFACE RIGHTS ONLY IN AND TO: North Half of the Northeast Quarter (N/2 NE/4) of Section Thirty-one (31), Township Nineteen (19) South, Range Twelve (12) West.
TRACT 0079 - Jay F. Holloway
Lot Four (4), in Block Two (2), of Zarah Cliffs No. 1 Subdivision, according to the recorded Plat thereof, Barton County, Kansas.
TRACT 0079 - Dawn Meredith
Lot Four (4), in Block Two (2), of Zarah Cliffs No. 1 Subdivision, according to the recorded Plat thereof, Barton County, Kansas.
TRACT 0080 - Western Credit, Inc.
SURFACE RIGHTS ONLY IN AND TO: A tract of real estate situate in the East Half of the Southwest Quarter (E/2SW/4) of Section Two (2), Township Nineteen (19) South, Range Eleven (11) West, Barton County, Kansas, described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast corner (SEc) of the SW/4 of said Section 2, thence West on and along the South line of the SW/4, 1018.42 feet to the point of beginning; thence North at right angles 368.0± feet; thence West and parallel to the South line 315.0± feet; thence South on and along the West line of the E/2SW/4, 368.0± feet, to a point on the South line of the SW/4; thence East on and along said South line, 315.0± feet, to the point of beginning.
The affiant does not know and with reasonable diligence is unable to ascertain the names and residences of any of those classes of unknown persons who are or may be concerned
in the subject of this litigation, as mentioned in K.S.A. 60-307, subsection (a)(5) and amendments thereto, but that affiant desires to include all such in the affiant’s constructive service.
4. That affiant is unable to procure personal service of summons on any of the specified defendants within this state.
5. This action is one mentioned in K.S.A. 60-307, subsection (a)(1) through (4), and amendments thereto.
FURTHER AFFIANT SAITH NOT.
Richard A. Boeckman #9928

(FIRST published in the Great Bend Tribune June 10, 2008)3t
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
BARTON COUNTY, KANSAS
In the Matter of the Marriage of
YESENIA RAMIREZ
ALEJANDRO RAMIREZ Case No. 2008-DM-097
NOTICE OF FILING
STATE OF KANSAS, TO: ALEJANDRO RAMIREZ
You are hereby notified that a petition for divorce has been filed in the District Court of Barton County, 1400 Main, Great Bend, Kansas by Yesnia Ramirez, praying for a decree of divorce. You are hereby required to plead to the petition on or before July 18, 2008 in said Court at Great Bend, Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition.
s/Yesenia Ramirez
Petitioner
Robert L. Feldt
PO Box 388
Great Bend, KS 67530
Attorney for Petitioner
620/792-3595

(FIRST published in the Great Bend Tribune June 10, 2008)3t
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS PROBATE DIVISION
In the Matter of the
BARTON P. COHEN AND MARY DAVIDSON COHEN, CHARITABLE FUNDS
Case No. 07 PR 42
Division 15
NOTICE UPON ORDER FOR
SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:
ALL NOT-FOR-PROFIT,
TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED IN OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS,
ALL NOT-FOR-PROFIT,
TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED IN KANSAS CITY,
KANSAS
ALL NOT-FOR-PROFIT,
TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED IN JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS
ALL NOT-FOR-PROFIT,
TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED IN WYANDOTTE
COUNTY, KANSAS
ALL LIBRARIES OR FACILITIES IN A LIBRARY LOCATED IN THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA
ALL JEWISH HISTORICAL
ORGANIZATIONS
ALL TAX-EXEMPT ART
GALLERIES LOCATED IN THE STATE OF KANSAS
ALL TAX-EXEMPT HISTORICAL MUSEUMS AND FACILITIES
LOCATED IN THE STATE
OF KANSAS
ALL TAX-EXEMPT
ORGANIZATIONS RELATING TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in this Court by Central Trust & Investment Company (formerly Metcalf State Bank) and Mary Davidson Cohen, CoTrustees of the Barton P. Cohen and Mary Davidson Cohen Charitable Fund, praying:
An order authorizing the reformation of the Barton P. Cohen and Mary Davidson Cohen Charitable Fund to comply with the requirements for a private foundation under the Internal Revenue Code.
The names of all parties to this action are stated in the petition and the name, address, phone number and e-mail address of the attorney for the petitioners is Christine M. Graham, Shugart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C., 32 Corporate Woods, Suite 1100, 9225 Indian Creek Parkway, Overland Park, Kansas 66210, (913)451-3355, cgraham@stklaw.com.
You are further notified that, unless you file an answer or other pleading or shall otherwise appear and defend against the aforesaid petition on or before July 29, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., judgment by default will be rendered against you.
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL of the District Court this 29th day of May, 2008.
Diane Schrader
District Court Clerk
Submitted by:
Christine M. Graham KS#16695
Greg L. Musil KS#13398
Shugart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C.
32 Corporate Woods, Suite 110
9225 Indian Creek Parkway
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
(913)451-3355
(913)451-3361 fax
Attorneys for Petitioners