Public Notices

(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal- World on 3rd of December, 2020) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC Plaintiff, vs. Aaron M Jessee; Elise S Bolton Jessee; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Aqua Finance, Inc.; Unknown spouse, if any, of Aaron M Jessee; Unknown spouse, if any, of Elise S Bolton Jessee, Defendants Case No. 2020-CV-000073 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SUIT THE STATE OF KANSAS, to the above-named defendants and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability; and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased, and all other persons who are or may be concerned. You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, praying to foreclose a real estate mortgage on the following described real estate: LOT 6, BLOCK 16, IN PRAIRIE MEADOWS NO. 7, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS, commonly known as 2712 Lawrence Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047 (the “Property”) and all those defendants who have not otherwise been served are required to plead to the Petition on or before the 13th day of January, 2021, in the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Prepared By: SouthLaw, P.C. Mark Mellor (KS #10255) 245 N. Waco, Suite 410 Wichita, KS 67202 (316) 684-7733 (316) 684-7766 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff (226489) ________

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(Published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World on 3rd of December, 2020) NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC The Lawrence Historic Resources Commission will hold a public hearing on December 17, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. The following agenda items will be considered: Consent Agenda: DR-20-00400 946 Tennessee Street; Residential Remodel; State Law Review, Certificate of Appropriateness, Oread Neighborhood Design Guidelines DR-20-00429 804 Massachusetts Street; Sign Permit; State Law Review, Downtown Design Guidelines DR-20-00430 7 East 7th Street; Plumbing Permit; State Law Review DR-20-00431 1035 Massachusetts Street; Sign Permit; State Law Review, Certificate of Appropriateness, Downtown Design Guidelines DR-20-00433 936 Missouri Street; Residential Accessory Structure; Oread Neighborhood Design Guidelines DR-20-00434 916 ½ Massachusetts Street; Sign Permit; Certificate of Appropriateness, Downtown Design Guidelines DR-20-00435 1023 New York Street; Residential Addition, Certificate of Appropriateness DR-20-00436 839 Pennsylvania Street; Commercial Remodel; Certificate of Appropriateness, 8th and Pennsylvania Design Guidelines DR-20-00438 700 Massachusetts Street; Sign Permit; State Law Review, Certificate of Appropriateness, Downtown Design Guidelines DR-20-00439 1653 Indiana Street; Residential Addition; Certificate of Appropriateness DR-20-00440 715 Tennessee Street; Residential Accessory Structure; State Law Review DR-20-00444 840 Connecticut Street; Sign Permit; Certificate of Appropriateness DR-20-00447 831 Massachusetts Street; Commercial Remodel; State Law Review DR-20-00449 835 Massachusetts Street; Sign Permit; State Law Review, Certificate of Appropriateness, Downtown Design Guidelines DR-20-00450 831 Massachusetts Street; Sign Permit; State Law Review, Certificate of Appropriateness, Downtown Design Guidelines Regular Agenda: DR-20-00414 1035 Massachusetts Street; Commercial Remodel; State Law Review, Certificate of Appropriateness, Downtown Design Guidelines DR-20-00415 906 Alabama Street; Residential Addition; Oread Neighborhood Design Guidelines DR-20-00416 1330 Rhode Island Street; Residential Demolition; State Law Review Miscellaneous Items: *Provide comment on Board of Zoning Appeals and Planning Commission applications received since November 19, 2020. *Review of any demolition permits received since November 19, 2020. *Committee reports. The legal description and case file for the public hearing items are available from the Planning Office. Please contact us at (785) 832-7700 or planning@lawrenceks.org for options to review these items. Communications to the Commission: Due to COVID-19 and social distancing rules, we are encouraging comments to be submitted in writing in advance of the meeting by emailing planning@lawrenceks.org. The Commission has established a deadline for receipt of all written communications of no later than 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 17, 2020 . Agenda details, meeting instructions and ways to submit and provide comments will be available online. Please check the online agenda for updates and changes https://lawrenceks.civicweb.net/portal/ . Lawrence/Douglas County Planning Office (785) 832-3151 Lynne Braddock Zollner Historic Resources Administrator lzollner@lawrenceks.org ________

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(Published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World on 3rd of December, 2020) NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed proposals will be received by the City of Lawrence, Kansas, in the Office of the City Clerk, 6 East Sixth Street until 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020, for the following: BID #B2052 – One (1) Front Load Refuse Truck Copies of the Notice to Contractors and specifications may be obtained at the Finance Department at the above address. The City Commission reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities. City of Lawrence, Kansas Sherri Riedemann City Clerk ________

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(Published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World on 3rd of December, 2020) Notice Concerning Proposed Kansas Air Quality Class I Operating Permit Significant Modification Notice is hereby given that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is soliciting comments regarding a proposed significant permit modification of an air quality operating permit. Renewable Power Producers LLC has applied for a significant permit modification of the facility’s Class I operating permit in accordance with the provisions of K.A.R. 28-19-513 et al. Only those provisions that are being revised by this permit action are open for comment at this time. Renewable Power Producers LLC, 10600 Nations Ford Rd., Charlotte, North Carolina 28213, owns and operates a facility that refines landfill gas into pipeline grade natural gas located at 338 Rice Rd., Lawrence, Kansas 66044. A copy of the proposed significant permit modification, significant permit modification application, all supporting documentation, and all information relied upon during the significant permit modification application review process are available for public review during normal business hours at the KDHE, Bureau of Air (BOA), 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310, Topeka, Kansas 66612-1366 and at the Northeast District Office 800 West 24th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66046. To obtain or review the proposed significant permit modification and supporting documentation, contact Keaton Abeln, (785) 296-8142 at the central office of the KDHE, and review of the proposed permit only, contact Pat Simpson (785) 842-4600 at the Northeast District Office. The standard departmental cost will be assessed for any copies requested. The proposed permit, accompanied with supporting information, is available, free of charge, at the KDHE BOA Public Notice website, http://www.kdheks.gov/bar/publicnotice.html . Please direct written comments or questions regarding the documents Keaton Abeln, KDHE, BOA, 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310, Topeka, Kansas 66612-1366. In order to be considered in formulating a final decision, written comments must be received no later than noon on Monday, January 4, 2021. A person may request a public hearing be held on the proposed documents. The request for a public hearing shall be in writing and set forth the basis for the request. The written request must be submitted to Keaton Abeln, KDHE, BOA, 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310, Topeka, Kansas 66612-1366, no later than noon on Monday, January 4, 2021 in order for the Secretary of Health and Environment to consider the request. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has a 45-day review period, which will start concurrently with the public comment period, within which to object to the proposed permit. If the USEPA has not objected in writing to the issuance of the permit within the 45-day review period, any person may petition the administrator of the USEPA to review the permit. The 60-day public petition period will directly follow the USEPA 45 day review period. Interested parties may contact KDHE to determine if the USEPA 45-day review period has been waived. Any such petition shall be based only on the objections to the significant permit modification that were raised with reasonable specificity during the public comment period provided for in this notice, unless the petitioner demonstrates that it was impracticable to raise such objections within such period or unless the grounds for such objection arose after such period. Contact Keith Johnson, USEPA, Region VII, Air Permitting and Standard Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219, (913) 551-7960, to determine when the 45-day USEPA review period ends and the 60-day petition period commences. Lee A. Norman, M.D., Secretary Kansas Department of Health and Environment ________

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(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal- World on 19th of November, 2020) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of Barbara S. Lytton, deceased. Case No. 2020-PR-000212 Div. 4 NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that on November 12, 2020, a Petition was filed in this Court by John M. Lytton, an heir of Barbara S. Lytton, deceased, requesting that Letters Testamentary under the Kansas Simplified Estates Act be issued to Petitioner to serve without bond. You are further advised under the provisions of the Kansas Simplified Estates Act the Court need not supervise administration 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 to the Petition on or before December 10, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. in the District Court, in Lawrence, Douglas 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. All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of the first publication of this notice, as provided by law, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred. John M. Lytton, Petitioner Submitted by: /s/ Edward S. Sloan Edward S. Sloan, #14161 Petefish, Immel, Hird, Johnson, Leibold & Sloan, L.L.P. 842 Louisiana Street Lawrence, KS 66044 785-843-0450 785-843-0407 Fax esloan@petefishlaw.com Attorney for Petitioners ________

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(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal- World on 19th of November, 2020) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of Hans J. Fischer, Deceased Case No.: 2020 PR 190 Division 4 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59 NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that on October 20, 2020, a petition was filed in this Court by Iris Smith Fischer, heir, devisee and legatee, and Executor named in the “Will of Hans J. Fischer,” deceased, dated May 23, 2016, praying the instrument attached thereto be admitted to probate and record as the Last Will and Testament of the decedent and that Letters Testamentary under the Kansas Simplified Estates Act be issued to the Executor to serve without bond. You are further advised under the provisions of the Kansas Simplified Estates Act the Court need not supervise administration 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 to the Petition on or before December 10, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. in the District Court, in Lawrence, Douglas 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. All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within four months from the date of the first publication of this notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred. /s/ Iris Smith Fischer Petitioner Prepared and Submitted by: /s/ Curtis G. Barnhill Curtis G. Barnhill, #14604 BARNHILL & MORSE, P. A. 900 Massachusetts Street, Suite 603 Lawrence, Kansas 66044 (785) 856-1628 Office (888) 980-1070 Fax cgb@barnhill-morse.law Attorney for the Petitioner ________

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(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal- World on 19th of November, 2020) IN THE 7TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF Kathleen Anne Plate To Change (His/Her) Name To: Elena Kathleen Barrera Case No. 2020-CV-235 Div. No. PURSUANT TO K.S.A. CHAPTER 60 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL WHO ARE OR MAY BE CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that Kathleen Anne Plate filed a Petition in the above court on the 14th day of September, 2020, requesting a judgment and order changing (his/her) name from Kathleen Anne Plate to Elena Kathleen Barrera. The Petition will be heard in Douglas County District Court, 111 E. 11th Street, Lawrence, Kansas, on the 30th day of December, 2020 at 9:15 a.m. If you have any objection to the requested name change, you are required to file a responsive pleading on or before the 30th day of December, 2020 in this court or appear at the hearing and object to the requested name change. If you fail to act, judgement and order will be entered upon the Petition as requested by Petitioner. /s/Kathleen Anne Plate Petitioner Pro Se 1317 Mulberry Court Eudora, KS 66025 (785) 690-7010 ________

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