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Public meeting on historic district on Tuesday The City of Chanute is conducting a public meeting regarding a proposed historic district in the downtown area. The meeting will be held at Central Park Pavilion at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 17 with city commissioners being in attendance. Notices have been given to property owners with a 500-foot radius of a proposed historic district. Math students bring medals home to CHS A group of Chanute High...
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Mopar Cruise includes stop in Chanute
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter The Kansas Mopar Cruise rolls through Chanute today, and about 25 cars are expected to be in town. The Cruise was started four years ago by Jamey Hancock to encourage people with Mopar vehicles, which are Chrysler or Dodge built vehicles, to get out and see Kansas. The Chanute stop was organized with the assistance of Shields Motors. “The Kansas Mopar Cruise is about driving our beloved cars and experiencin...
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NCCC graduation ceremony Friday night
Neosho County Community College graduation is Friday night at 7 p.m. at Chanute’s Memorial Auditorium.    A reception for Neosho County Community College Distinguished Alumus Dr. Marllin Simon is 4 to 6 p.m. today in Room 213 at NCCC. Simon will be speaker for Friday’s graduation. Names of graduation of students who gave permission: Candidates for Associate degrees Associate of Arts Jonathan A. Arnold, Ralph A. Bayles, Michelle B. Beer...
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Erie senior’s project flag table
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter ERIE — Erie High School senior Jakob Hendrix spent a good deal of his senior year designing and building a unique American flag table. The table is made out of three different types of wood — cherry for the red stripes, birch for the white stripes and stars, and walnut for the blue union. “It’s very unique because it is 100 percent to scale,” said Hendrix’s teacher Eric Craft. “The width of the stripes, the...
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City considers renewable energy sources ordinance, water tower repair
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter At the city commission meeting Monday night Director of Utilities Larry Gates led a discussion of net metering, in order to move toward creating an electricity policy for members of the community who would like to own renewable energy sources for personal use. “Really we are trying to allow people to build renewable resources within our community, whether that is a small wind turbine or a solar panel on thei...
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Humboldt journalism earns 15th sweepstakes
Humboldt High School’s journalism students received their 15th sweepstakes state championship at the Kansas Scholastic Press Association’s State competition at the University of Kansas on Saturday. With 15 state championships, HHS journalists have the most sweepstakes wins of any other school in the state. The next closest school is Kapaun Mt. Carmel of Wichita with 10 championships. HHS journalists entered 33 entries in the competition and ...
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Building pond fills in former city pool
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter The Parks Advisory Board has devised a plan to fill the old Chanute public pool with minimal cost to the city. A project to create a walking and bike trail beginning at Katy Park brought along the idea of building a second pond to compliment the pond that currently is at the end of the trail, and created the perfect scenario for filling the old pool. “This is where I think we’re brilliant: we needed fil...
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Court sets bonds in Labette drug case
PARSONS — Three people, arrested Wednesday after the discovery of a large amount of marijuana and cash, made first appearances Friday afternoon on drug charges. Robert Michael Tang, 25, Linda Huong Lo, 27, and Jason Hunter Reinier, 24, are charged in Labette County District Court with distribution of marijuana, failing to affix a drug tax stamp to marijuana and possession/use of drug paraphernalia, all felonies. The most serious of the charg...
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CHS Journalism earns second at State
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter The Chanute High School newspaper and yearbook classes made their way to Lawrence on Saturday for the State Journalism competition held on the University of Kansas campus. The team managed to bring home a second place finish to trump last year’s third place. “I thought it went pretty well, just little things could have been better,” CHS senior and Editor-in-Chief of the Comet Amy Weilert said. “If we’d...
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Chanute native appears on TV’s Deadliest Catch
Tribune staff Teresa and Jeff Dimond were surprised to see a familiar face when they watched an episode of Deadliest Catch on the History Channel this week. He is on the crew of the Seabrooke. On the television was Mike Bouray, former Chanute resident and a cousin of Jeff. His a capsule of what was said about Bouray, 55, from Kodiak, Alaska, on the Deadliest Catch website. “A seasoned fisherman with decades of experience, Mike is a longst...
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Bike safety lessons learned
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter The 2nd annual State Farm Bike Rodeo was held at Chanute Elementary School Friday morning. The program was geared toward teaching students bike safety. Jennifer Dietsch, State Farm Agent, was able to get a grant through Safe Kids Kansas in order to provide 50 bike helmets for the event. Each year State Farm hosts the event before school is over for the summer to help educate third graders on bike safety. “...
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Guitarist with Chanute ties starts new band, new label
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter Chanute native and former Puddle of Mudd guitarist Jimmy Allen has had a busy and successful past couple of years. Since 2008, Allen, now living in Los Angeles, has managed to create his own record label, form a new band from the ground up, and just after releasing the first album, managed to reach the Billboard Hot 100 with two singles. Against All Will, Allen’s newest project, released its first album, A...
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Mopar Days at Shields Motors on Thursday
A fantastic collection of older and later model cars will be on hand for Mopar Days at Shield Motors on Thursday, May 12. Mopar Across Kansas will have more than 40 cars on display. Everyone is welcome to come and join the fun. Free hamburgers will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Baby Contest planned at Chanute Healthcare In honor of National Nursing Home Week, Chanute Healthcare will be having a “Baby Contest” on Tuesday, May 10. Are...
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Talk of the Town expands
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter Since taking over Talk of the Town in August, new owner Betsy McReynolds has made several changes along with expanding her downtown store. The business, along with adding more in-store prom, bridesmaids and wedding dresses, has made the move to a larger location next door as a way to expand retail. Talk of the Town is an event planning business, specializing in everything from dresses to glassware, to fl...
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Court system discussed
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter The Blue Ribbon Commission, a committee appointed to review all facets of the Kansas judiciary, held two meetings in Chanute on Wednesday. The first meeting was attended by about a dozen stakeholders from the area, those who are part of the judicial system or tied to it. The goal of the commission is to find ways to make the Kansas Judicial System function more efficiently and effectively across the state. ...
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Parsons bust nets 58 lbs. of marijuana, $105,000 in cash
Parsons Sun PARSONS — Law officers found a large cache of drugs and cash Wednesday afternoon in a Parsons home. The find is among the biggest drug busts in recent memory, law officers said. Three people were arrested. Labette County Sheriff William Blundell said officers from the sheriff’s department and Parsons police were surprised at what they found at 3 p.m. Wednesday at 2507 Clark.  “During the course of the search officers located 5...
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USD 413 works on wrapping up school year
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter The USD 413 Chanute School Board’s agenda Tuesday night included several tasks that would wrap up the school year as there is only the June meeting left before Superintendent Steve Parsons and Assistant Superintendent Kathryn Taylor retire from their respective positions. Parsons gave his annual report with three major things he wanted to point out to the board. The first was an announcement that Royster M...
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St. Paul student toots horn for others
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter ST. PAUL  — St. Paul High School junior Grant Smith was honored by the Army National Guard Tuesday morning and presented with an engraved bugle for his dedication to playing Taps, a bugle call of the U.S. Army, at military funerals. Smith has been playing Taps at military funerals since eighth grade, and travels around the state to play the call. “This ritual is being performed over 1,000 times a day for al...
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Railroad-theme lighting installed in library’s children’s department
Connie Woodard Special to the Tribune Last week, the remaining historical ceiling lights installed during the restoration of the Santa Fe Depot for the Chanute Public Library were replaced with something more practical and creative. “There was a definite need for improvements to the lighting on both floors,” said Library Director Susan Willis. “Over time, the lighting just didn’t prove to be adequate for library needs.” In addition, the ba...
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Chanute Mexican Fiesta queen candidates announced
Two candidates are vying for 2011 Chanute Mexican Fiesta queen. They will be selling donation tickets throughout the summer, prior to the announcement of the winner at the Queen’s Dance August 20. The royalty will reign at the annual Chanute Mexican Fiesta scheduled Sept. 9-10 at Santa Fe Park. Tania Joselin Anaya is a junior at Chanute High School. She is the daughter of Jesus and Griselda Ayala. “My family and I are Mexican, I am proud o...
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