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Overpass, airport long range projects
Stu Butcher Tribune Editor A couple of long range good news projects are on the horizon for the city of Chanute. Improvements for the east overpass coming into Chanute from K-39 has been on the horizon as a state project for a long time, said John Neff, director of community development. Engineers from GBA Architects in Lenexa have done preliminary survey work on the existing right-of-way infrastructure. KDOT has said there will be no a...
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Author returns to roots in 1920s tale
Book available at Allen County Historical Society Museum Kansas-born author Douglas Armstrong returns to his roots in “Even Sunflowers Cast Shadows,” chronicling the life of a girl growing up in a small town on the banks of the Neosho River in the 1920s. The novel, which Meg Kissinger of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel calls “charming, compelling and masterfully told,” is available at the Allen County Historical Society Museum, 20 S. Washin...
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City keeps busy working on roads
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter The city’s snow removal crews have been working long hours while most others were enjoying snow days. On Tuesday afternoon almost no one dared to venture out in the extreme weather, but by 3 p.m. the street crews had already stacked up large mounds of snow down the middle of Main Street. “We take graders and we plow up to the middle, and then we take loaders and dump trucks and haul it and stock pile it a...
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Free online access to The Chanute Tribune
To get free access, sign in as news@chanute.com. Password: news123. Because of the snowstorm and blizzard-like conditions, home delivery of the Wednesday morning edition of the Chanute Tribune will be delayed for at least one day. The Tribune will allow users free access to the website for the next few days until home delivery by carrier and mail can resume. Pages will be uploaded as normal for the Wednesday morning edition and the printed...
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Amman Brothers county banker award recipients
ERIE — Amman Brothers are the recipients of the 2010 Neosho County Conservation Banker Award, sponsored by the Kansas Bankers Association. Larry, Ed and Albert and Donna Amman farming operation is located in the Galesburg area. The 69th annual meeting of the Neosho County Conservation District will be 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7 at Erie American Legion Hall, 313 S. Main. Dinner will be served courtesy of the banks of Neosho County. At the meeti...
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Neither snow nor .... postal carrier slowed by storm
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter Chanute Mailman Phil Carter was on his route earlier than usual Wednesday morning. After getting stuck in his postal vehicle three different times on Tuesday, and walking through what the National Weather Service called “a winter storm of historic proportions,” Carter was not able to complete his route for the first time in his 20-year career. But it wasn’t for lack of effort. Many of the residents on Cart...
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Snow day times three
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter Chanute public schools have closed for the third consecutive day due to the mass amounts of snow and the safety hazard posed for students forced to drive to school on the icy roads. USD 413 School Superintendent Steve Parsons announced Wednesday afternoon that schools would be closed on Thursday, a decision that is usually not announced until early in the morning of the school day in question. Parsons s...
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Snow piles up, followed by bitter cold
TOPEKA. (AP) — People across eastern Kansas braved subzero wind chills Wednesday as they dug out from a massive winter storm that blanketed areas with heavy snow and kept schools and state government closed. The National Weather Service reported that the storm dumped more than a foot of snow Tuesday in a few places. Southeast Kansas appeared to be hit the hardest, with the National Weather Service reporting 18 inches on the ground in Labett...
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Five steps to deal with toxic people
There are toxic people. A widower who never paid any attention to his wife while she was alive found himself missing her desperately. He went to a psychic to see if he could contact his late wife. The psychic went into a trance. A strange breeze wafted through the darkened room, and suddenly, the man heard the unmistakable voice of his dearly departed wife. “Honey!” he cried. “Is that you?” “Yes, my husband.” “Are you happy?” “Yes, my husb...
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413 closed; Soupline postponed
Chanute USD 413 schools are closed again on Thursday. Operation Soupline, scheduled for Thursday, will be held a week later on Feb. 10, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., at Masonic Hall, Elm and Highland.
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Storm prompts emergency declaration
TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback urged people to avoid any travel Tuesday and declared a state of emergency in the eastern half of the state after a massive winter storm moved in, closing schools, shutting down state government and leaving roads packed with snow. The state Department of Transportation reported that most major highways in the eastern third of the state were snow-packed by morning, including around Lawrence, Topeka and...
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Meacham manager at Santa Fe Grill
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter What used to be Holiday Park Restaurant on South Santa Fe is under new title, ownership, and management. The restaurant is now called Guy’s Santa Fe Grill and has become a partnership between Mo Gedi’s and Mainstreet Family Restaurant owner Mo Gedi and Guy Meacham, previous owner of Guy’s Sandwich in Humboldt. “I took over about three weeks ago,” Meacham said. “We’ve been busy cleaning.” Meacham has be...
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Erie senior chosen as National Youth Delegate to D.C.
MaKayla LaRue, a senior at Erie High School, has been selected to represent Kansas as a National Youth Delegate to the 2011 Washington Youth Summit on the Environment at George Mason University. The Washington Youth Summit on the Environment (WYSE) is a unique student leadership conference designed to develop and encourage future leaders in the important field of environmental studies and conservation in the 21st century. LaRue joins a se...
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— Knowledge @ Noon, “Simple Steps to Reducing Home Energy Costs” with Carla Nemecek, agriculture agent, 12:05-12:50 p
Today, Feb. 2 — Knowledge @ Noon, “Simple Steps to Reducing Home Energy Costs” with Carla Nemecek, agriculture agent, 12:05-12:50 p.m. in the large meeting room in the Neosho County Courthouse. There is no required RSVP or fee to attend, and participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. — Ole Railroaders lunch, 11 a.m., Opies Pizza & Grill. — How Are You Doing? A Financial Check Up presented by Tara Solomon, 4 p.m., at Chanute Public ...
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Operation Soupline postponed a week
Tribune staff For the first time ever, Operation Soupline has been postponed. Tuesday is the day that food is picked up and delivered to the American Legion, local churches and Masonic Hall for soup to be made, so the call had to be made then. Janice Weeks, Soupline coordinator, said the roads in the next couple of days were expected to be too bad to make satellite deliveries as well as taking in consideration of the safety of volunteers ...
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Access temporarily free to Tribune website
Because of the snowstorm and blizzard-like conditions, the Chanute Tribune will not be able to print a newspaper for the Wednesday morning edition. The paper will be online here. The Tribune will allow users free access to the website for the next few days because of the interrupted print schedule. Pages will be uploaded as normal for the Wednesday morning edition and printed later. To get free access to the website, click on sign-in on the r...
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St. Patrick kicks off Catholic Schools Week
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter St. Patrick Catholic School kicked off Catholic Schools Week with mass and a balloon launch on Monday morning. Preschool through 5th grade students released Bible verses tied onto balloons. On the back of each bible Verse card the school address and email address information can be found. A parent said the school has previously received replies from verse finders as far away as Nebraska. “Catholic Schools...
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Light bulb trade-in booths available this week
Chanute vying against three other SEK cities in Take Charge! Challenge Tribune staff Now is the time for Chanute residents to get involved in the Take Charge! Challenge. Chanute is competing against four other southeast Kansas towns for the title of the most energy efficient. The winner will receive $100,000 to put towards a community lighting or efficiency project. The challenge involves 15 other cities in different regions of the sta...
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29th Soupline fund-raiser Thursday at Masonic Hall
Tribune staff For the 29th year, Operation Soupline will raise Alliance of Churches for Christian Living (ACCL) utility funds. The event is planned 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3 at Masonic Hall, Elm and Highland. Last year’s Soupline raised $28,377, less expenses of $5,165. The $22,000 donated to the utility fund and emergency fund topped the previous year’s mark by $1,000. Again this year, chili or vegetable soup, pie and drink will ...
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County hears about land restoration plan
ERIE — Neosho County commissioners heard about a land restoration plan that could include landowners in the county on Friday. The commissioners met with Leo Henning, director of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, John Miesner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist, and Lance Hedges, with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. The officials were in Erie to talk about a Cherokee County restoration plan. The plan includ...
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