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Courthouse 12-31

District Court
CRIMINAL
Maurice C. Wilson appeared Dec. 30 and was found guilty and convicted of unlawful consumption of a cereal malt beverage by a minor, second offense, and sentenced to the custody of the Cloud County Jail for a period of 30 days. He was ordered to pay a fine of $200 and costs of the action, $86. His sentence was suspended with defendant being placed on unsupervised probation for a period of six months with specific terms and conditions.

CIVIL
Settled:
CitiMortgage Inc. received a judgment of $99,433.69 plus fees and costs from Karla M. Koester, et al, Mannford, Okla.
Chase Home Finance LLC received a judgment of $53,898.76 plus interest and costs.
Dismissed:
The case of Ty R. Solt vs. Tonya L. Budke, Concordia was dismissed with prejudice.
Filed:
James C. Walker et al seek a temporary restraining order from Mitchell P. Snell, et al, Concordia.
State of Kansas seeks forfeiture of a 2005 Dodge Magnum, VIN: 2D4FV48V55H591175 used to facilitate or was intended to facilitate violation(s) of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
State of Kansas seeks forfeiture of $6,543, proceeds derived directly or indirectly from or realized through unlawful activity intended to facilitate violation(s) of the Uniform Controlled Substances act.

LIMITED CIVIL
Settled:
John Fischer DDS received a judgment of $170.47 plus interest and costs from Reanne Emmel, Concordia.
Kansas Gas Service received a judgment of $1,115.87 plus interest and costs from Becky Cardenas, Concordia.
Kansas Gas & Electric received a judgment of $380.65 plus costs and interest from Danielle Wilson, Concordia.
Angel Square Inc. received a judgment of $2,200 plus interest and costs from Julie Townsend, Minneapolis.
Cloud County Health Center received a judgment of $3,899.23 plus costs and interest from Beverly S. Snyder, Concordia.
Cloud County Health Center received a judgment of $2,796.11 plus interest and costs from Jeffrey A. Edwards, Beloit.
Midwest Checkrite Inc. received a judgment of $412.82 plus interest and costs from LaDonna M. Bigelow, Clyde.
Midwest Checkrite Inc. received a judgment of $392.64 plus interest and costs from David A. Larson, Glasco.
Cloud County Health Center received a judgment of $1,101.91 plus costs and interest from Jay Kroulik, Concordia.
Kansas Gas Service received a judgment of $2,626.18 plus interest and costs from Lois Steele, Concordia.
Citibank received a judgment of $16,651.13 plus interest and costs from Alan D. Johnson, Concordia.
Midland Funding LLC received a judgment of $1,870.20 plus costs and interest from Amber R. Fellows, Concordia.
Kansas Gas Service received a judgment of $548.57 plus interest and costs from Kristina Eakins, Clyde.
Credit Management Services Inc. received a judgment of $315 plus costs and interest from Gilbert Walbridge, Concordia.
Central National Bank received a judgment of $1,259.54 plus costs and interest from Debra L. O’Toole, Concordia.
Dismissed:
The case of Assett Acceptance LLC vs. James E. Strait, Concordia, has been dismissed without prejudice.
The case of Citibank (S.D.) vs. Jerry J. Trude, Jamestown, has been dismissed without prejudice.
The case of Kansas Gas Service vs. Juanita J. Peters, Ames, has been dismissed without prejudice.
The case of Kansas Gas Service vs. Kerry LeClair, Concordia, has been dismissed without prejudice.
Filed:
Credit Management Services Inc. seeks a judgment of $1,273 plus interest and costs from Sharon Valeka, Concordia.
Credit Management Services Inc. seeks a judgment of $231.62 plus interest and costs from Allen Peetz, Concordia.
Midwest Checkrite Inc. seeks a judgment of $750.92 plus interest and costs from Michael J. Hutsen, Concordia.
GE Money Bank seeks a judgment of $1,177.38 from Melissa D. Hyman, Glasco.,
Strecker Inc. seeks a judgment of $147.77 plus interest and costs from Jerry A. Junker, Belleville.
John Fischer DDS seeks a judgment of $159.42 plus interest and costs from Donald Barnes, Jamestown.
Greg Hattan DDS seeks a judgment of $602.17 plus interest and costs from Elaine M. Charbonneau, Clyde.
Kansas Gas Service seeks a judgment of $450.69 plus interest and costs from John Palmgren, Concordia.
Capital One Bank (USA) seeks a judgment of $2,964.86 plus interest and costs from Terry Delforge, Concordia.
Dillon’s Companies Inc. seeks a judgment of $1,039.52 plus costs and interest from David B. Reasher, Concordia.

SMALL CLAIMS
Dismissed:
The case of Kansasland Tire vs. Brenden and Kathy Thiessen, Concordia, has been dismissed without prejudice.
The case of Koch CPA chartered vs. Brett Berndt, Minneapolis, has been dismissed with prejudice.
Settled:
James C. Walker DVM received a judgment of $47 plus $54 costs and 12 percent per annum interest from Michelle Monroe, Concordia.
Filed:
Krier Auto Parts Inc. seeks a judgment of $535.55 from Brenden and Kathy Thiessen, Concordia.
Gordon W. Fahring seeks a judgment of $1,500 from Angela Bloomer, Concordia.

LEGAL TRANSFERS
Warranty Deeds:
Kerry N. Smith to Danny R. Conn and Vickie L. Conn, all of lots 26 and 27 in block 134 in the city of Concordia Cloud County Kansas according to the recorded plat thereof together with that portion of vacated Seventh Street adjoining said lots on the south.
Kenneth G. Dockins and Joyce Dockins to Douglas D. Derusseau, a tract of land in Huntington’s addition in the city of Clyde, Kansas and in the northeast quarter of section 26 township 5 south range 1 west of the 6th P.M. Cloud County Kansas. See record.
Kenneth G. Dockins and Joyce Dockins to United Farmers Cooperative, a tract of land in the northeast quarter of section 26 township 5 south range 1 west of the 6th P.M. Cloud County Kansas, commencing at the southwest corner of lot 7 block 6 in Huntington’s addition of the city of Clyde. See record.
Rory McSpadden and Mark Freimuth to Kolt A. Ringer, the north 60 feet of lot 11 and the north 60 feet of the west half of lot 12 of block 13 in the city of Concordia, Cloud County Kansas.
Dennis L. Koch and Mary C. Koch to Luke M. Koch, the southwest quarter of section 12 township 5 south range 1 west of the 6th P.M. in Cloud County Kansas except that portion described as the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 12 township 5 south range 1 west of the 6th P.M. in Cloud County Kansas.
Mildred Snavely to Leo Ninemire and Mary Lou Ninemire, all of lot 18 in block 188 in the city of Concordia, Cloud County Kansas.
Donald Collins, Pauline Collins, Dennis Collins, Karen Collins, Diane Sothers, Rod Sothers, Ronda Gumm, Jeff Gumm, Phyllis Ostrom and Larry Ostrom to Donald Collins and Pauline Collins, the west 2 feet of the north half of lot 2, all of lot 3 and the east half of lot 4 in block 48 in the original town of Concordia, Cloud County Kansas, according to the recorded plat thereof.
Maxine L. Wheeler, Donna Plunkett and Alvin Plunkett to Marcus Pierson, lots 12 and 14 in block 6 in the town of Dell Ray, now city of Glasco, Cloud County Kansas, according to the recorded plat thereof.
Karen S. Barberio to Jean D. Hamel, the west 72 feet of the east 99 feet of lot 3 in block 41 in the city of Concordia, Cloud County Kansas, according to the recorded plat thereof.
Douglas D. Derusseau to United Farmers Cooperative, a tract of land in Huntington’s addition in the city of Clyde, Kansas and in the northeast quarter of section 26 township 5 south range 1 west of the 6th P.M. Cloud County Kansas. See record.
Earl Hale and Myra Pfeifer to Bill Jones, the south 14 feet of lot 2 and all of lots 3, 4 and 5, block 2, in the city of Jamestown, Cloud County Kansas, according to the recorded plat thereof.
David M. Empson to Gregory J. Schneider, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in block 3 Rice’s addition city of Ames, Cloud County Kansas, according to the recorded plat thereof.
Quit Claims Deeds:
Milford R. Trowbridge and Ruth E. Trowbridge to Milford R. Trowbridge, Ruth E. Trowbridge, Tenna R. Trowbridge and Renita R. Brown, the north 88 feet of lot 10 and the north 88 feet of the west half of lot 9 in block 193 in the city of Concordia, Cloud County Kansas.
Faye Frybarger, trustee, to Larry W. Ring and Roberta Sue Ring, the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter except highway right-of-way in section 9 township 8 south range 3 west of the 6th P.M. Cloud County Kansas.
Gregory K. Dockins and Lucinda J. Dockins to Trisity R. Pope, the south half of lot 10 in block 9 in the city of Clyde, Cloud County Kansas.
Kay F. Stephens and Guy Stephens to Kay F. Stephens, Guy Stephens and Kisty Stephens, all of lots 19 and 20 in block 2 in Loftus Addition in the city of Jamestown, Cloud County Kansas.
Trustee’s Deeds:
Mellany S. Maxwell to Mellany S. Maxwell, trustee, and Mellany S. Maxwell Kansas Farm Trust, south half of the southwest quarter of section 14 in township 7 south range 4 west of the 6th P.M. in Cloud County Kansas, the south half of the southeast quarter of section 14 in township 7 south range 4 west of the 6th p.m., except the south 50 feet thereof.
Carole Lagasse, co-trustee, Marcia Lanoue, co-trustee, C. S. Anderson, co-trustee, Francis L. Odette Trust No. 1, Fern Odette Trust No. 1 to Jeffrey J. Koch and Jennifer L.F. Koch, the northwest quarter of the norhtwest quarter of section 27 in township 5 south range 1 west of the 6th P.M. Cloud County Kansas.

EARLY HISTORY OF CLOUD COUNTY
THE LONE CABIN
BY H.E. Smith
“I’ll go with you as far as the forks,” he said, as two of them came out with the coffin and slid it into the body of the wagon. They then stepped back, probably to call the others. At that moment, a wild and desperate plan entered my brain, but feeling for my knife. I found that it was missing, along with the belt to which it was attached. In the sudden jostle which the falling steed had given me, the girdle had been snapped and lost without my knowledge. The horses of the three renegades—my own, which had been retained by the hostler at the inn, among them—were hitched on the farther side of the door, where the moonlight, striking by the end of the cabin, rested fully upon them. It was suicide to attempt seizing one of them; but as the woman, with some purpose in her mind, sang out to the men to come back and get the last dipper-full of liquor which she had mixed, I seized the only alternative.
I sprang lightly into the wagon, lifted the coffin lid, and again crawled into the long, narrow prison. There was no choice. The flood of moonlight had swept so far toward my hiding place that only a part of my body was concealed by the barrel, and I knew that discovery was inevitable, for the man’s horse stood in such a position that in order to recover the reins he must have trodden upon me, and there was no earthly thing, as far as the eye could reach over the plain, behind which a man could hide. Ah, but what if he should readjust his freight? Can you think how my heart pumped away at the thought?
You wonder what my plan could be. I had none, other than the hope of having only one man to deal with, if he went on his way as he calculated. The three ruffians were mounted, and all were about to start, when the woman ran out with some sort of a blanket, and muttered something about covering the coffin. The man yelled out to her to mind her own business and let the thing alone.

She retreated with the cloth, but she had accomplished her purpose. In its folds she had concealed a bowie knife; under its cover she had raised the lid and dropped the weapon inside, risking giving me a cut as it fell upon me; but in the momentary noise and confusion I had got the weapon in my hand, and with its point raised the heavy lid of the rough box the fraction of an inch, so that breathing was easy if my position was cramped.

The three horsemen spread out, remarking to each other: “Beat up the game now speedily before, by any miracle, he gets into the wooded belt by Buford’s Springs.”
They continued to halloo at each other for some time: their liberal potations surmounting their discretion. “Dick,” they called back as they were driving off, “a cool twelve hundred apiece; throw out your old shell and join the hunt.”
The driver mumbled something, but the whisky had thickened his speech so that it was unintelligible to me. If he did attempt to move the coffin, I was lost. They kept within hailing distance for the length of some three or more miles, Dick smashing the heavy wagon along at a stunning gait; and I expected every moment that my shell would be jostled out.
By and by, there was shout off the right of a “tally ho” as if the huntsmen had sighted the quarry. Nothing but an unwarrantable amount of liquor could have influenced them to conduct themselves as they did, for no sooner had they called out from the right, than Dick came to a sudden halt, leaped from the seat, and ran off toward those who were hallooing.
For one instant my heart stopped beating at the thought of the hazard which I was about to run. The next moment, I sprang from the coffin to the ground. A few lightining-like strokes and I had severed the traces and the hold-backs of the harness.
The whole scene is vividly pictured in my mind. The moon-lighted prairie, the little ravine toward which the renegades were dashing, the wagon standing in the trail—then the rattling of the falling thrills reached the ears of the party, and with a wild shout, they turned toward me. I was on the horse’s back, but boldly defined by the moonlight. There was the sharp report of two rifles. I felt a sting in my foot, another in my shoulder, but the horse was unharmed and the race for life began.
There was disheartening disadvantage for me, for I had no saddle, but I was riding for my life, and I held my steed between my knees, and took the broad trail with the fury of a tornado. The issue would rest mostly with the horse. I knew nothing of the one which I rode; I knew nothing of those that were pursuing me, excepting my own white-faced mare. She could run like an antelope and out-wind a hurricane.
Register of Deeds
Judy Lambert
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