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Several resignations, hirings at NCCC
At Thursday’s meeting of the Neosho County Community College Board of Trustees, a budget hearing was held due to the re-publication of the budget. The college had a larger than expected transfer to the vocational fund and as a result, had to reprint the budget. This in no way affects the mill levy, but is merely a “transparency of government” issue that is part of state law, said Dr. Brian Inbody, president. No one spoke at the hearing. Und...
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4-H youth successful in judging competition
Twenty-two 4-H members from the Southwind Extension District participated in the Southeast Area Livestock Contests in Yates Center on Thursday, June 14. Youth judged in three separate contests - Meats, Livestock, and Livestock Skillathon. In the Meats Contest, Southwind Extension District captured 7 of the top 10 individual senior division placings, and were named both Champion and 3rd Overall Meats Judging Teams. In the Junior Meats Judging...
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Community garden in full swing
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter About a dozen local participants are taking advantage of a community garden in Chanute with hopes of expanding the concept for future growing seasons. “This is the second year we have held a community garden in Chanute. Our growing season usually runs from February through November,” said organizer Gary Kilgore. “This year we have two different spaces available, a 12 by 24 square foot area, which most gardeners ...
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Rock and roll blood drive June 25-26
American Red Cross blood donors rock! Whether you’re a fan of Bill Haley and his Comets, the Rolling Stones or Bon Jovi, the Red Cross invites you to Rock and Roll Up Your Sleeves this summer to give blood or platelets. Donating blood can help save up to three lives because your blood is separated into its components – red cells, plasma and platelets – to treat patients with different needs. Donating platelets primarily benefits cancer patie...
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Commissioners plan county-wide bridge tour next week
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter ERIE -- Neosho County commissioners met in regular session Friday and approved a tour of county bridges for next Friday, June 22, following next week’s meeting. The bridge tour will be conducted by Road and Bridge Director Charles Morse. Following the tour, a public hearing for citizen comments and input will be held at 11:30 a.m. at Big Ed’s Steakhouse in Thayer. Morse informed the commission that the county’...
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Vilas Rural High School holds reunion
The Vilas Rural High School Alumni held the annual meeting at the High Prairie United Methodist Church on June 10. Sharon Reaves welcomed the alumni and guests. The alumni recalled what they remembered about attending Vilas Rural High School. A slideshow of Vilas activities and sports was shown. Vilas memorabilia and pictures were on display. Classes honored were 1927-1932-1937-1942-1947-1952-1957. Attending from the Class of 1932 was Leona Ha...
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Cherry Berry to raise money for FCCLA trip
Another Cherry Berry fundraiser is planned to help send three Chanute High School students to the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America national conference. Dalton Noakes is going as a national officer candidate. Noakes’ mother and FCCLA adviser Deborah Noakes said it is a big process to get that point. Lacey Whitworth and Courtney Becher are also going to participate at the national level in a Students Taking Action with Recognit...
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CHS students study Chinese in two-week program
Joshua Vail Tribune Chanute High School students are finishing a two-week course in Chinese this week with a trip to the University of Kansas. The StarTalk program, from The University of Kansas Confucius Institute, is designed to give beginners a jump start in the Chinese language. Students are taught using various methods by instructors at the Confucius Institute through an online video chat. The class meets every weekday from 8:30 a.m. t...
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Factory Connection fashion announces Chanute location
Factory Connection has announced a new location in Chanute. Factory Connection offers a wide selection of fashion forward clothes in Junior, Misses, Plus Size, Young Men’s/Men’s, Accessories and Shoes for that fashion conscious individual, who wants the latest styles and trends. Factory Connection advertises between 25 and 70 percent off department store prices on name brand clothes. The new location will open around the middle of July, at ...
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Dads and babies
The best birthday present was when my oldest daughter arrived on my 26th birthday. I will never forget holding her at two o’clock in the morning and I swear she looked right into my eyes. Doctors say that is impossible but I know better. I bonded with her. I remember the first of many diapers. My gag reflex was in full operation. The strongest, strangest smells come from the most beautiful babies. Babies come ready to bond. Bond now because t...
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AT&T expands Aspire program that benefitted Erie High School
TOPEKA — As access to skilled workers becomes increasingly vital to the U.S. economy, AT&T* has launched a quarter-billion-dollar campaign to help more students graduate from high school ready for careers and college, and to ensure the country is better prepared to meet global competition. AT&T held an event Tuesday in Topeka with Gov. Sam Brownback to discuss the latest 5-year, $250 million nationwide commitment the company has made to its A...
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Taco Tuesday returning next week
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter The long wait will end on Tuesday, June 19, as Taco John’s will reopen its Chanute location at 1503 South Santa Fe. Two VIP events, by invitation only, are planned for Monday, June 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. A fire in December 2011 forced the Chanute operation to close its doors for a seven-month period. “The VIP will serve as a dry run and will allow us to put all the pressure on the e...
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Prairie Peddlers Flea Market to hold grand opening Saturday
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter Prairie Peddlers Flea Market, 24 West Main, will hold its grand opening on Saturday, June 16 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Hot dogs and refreshments will be served, said owner Royce Mueller. “We’ll also hold drawings for in-store coupons and merchandise,” Mueller said, adding that selected items will be marked half-price. Mueller and co-owner Barbara Bogle opened Prairie Peddlers in mid-April. The store features anti...
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City accepts 2011 audit
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter Chanute city commissioners approved the adoption of the 2011 audit at their regular meeting Monday. The audit was presented at the May 29 meeting by the public accounting firm of Jarred, Gilmore and Phillips. State statute requires municipalities with receipts or bonds in excess of $275,000 to have an annual audit prepared. In other business, commissioners accepted the 2013 tourism budget. Per an agreement bet...
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Bunch plans retirement, Jones taking over practice
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter Dr. Scotty Bunch is making plans to retire after 30 years at Alphacare Chiropractic and Rehabilitation Center. Alphacare does chiropractic, rehabilitation, and nutrition. They have patients from a large portion of southeast Kansas. Bunch graduated from the National College of Chiropractic in Lombard, Ill., in December of 1982. He came to Chanute in February of 1983 and opened the practice in April of that year. H...
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Haire opens working museum for Civil War Days
HUMBOLDT — Patrick Haire’s cabinet making business at 118 8th street in Humboldt was open for tours on Sunday during Humboldt’s Civil War Days. Haire uses woodworking equipment from the Civil War era to create custom furniture and cabinets. The shop is a “working museum.” “I’ve got pieces going back to 1865 and some as ‘modern’ as about 1910,” he said. Haire gave tours of his business to show the way that woodworking was done in that time ...
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Professor Farquar show at Humboldt for first time
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter HUMBOLDT — Professor Farquar’s Great American Medicine Show came to Humboldt’s Civil War Days for the first time this weekend. Professor Farquar and Polecat Annie, husband and wife Sanford and Mary Kay Lee, perform in about 10 states a year, recreating an 1860s medicine show. “We’ve played all over the great state of Kansas,” Mary Kay Lee said, “All the way to the Colorado border and back.” The medicine show was...
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Love in the face of death
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter Pam and Kenny Woods, Chanute, know firsthand the bittersweet blend of love and death. Like many relationships, the Woods have tasted bounty and hardship since their first meeting 46 years ago. “Our story is one of love and fate. I believe in both,” said Pam who is a native of Washington State. “I met Kenny, the love of my life, in 1966 in my home state. His family is originally from Kansas but his father was i...
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Two-seater bike renovation honors 50th anniversary
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter Dave and Alice Robinson of Chanute celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last weekend and were honored with the renovation of the tandem bicycle that they have owned for more than two generations. “My sister and I grew up riding that bicycle,” said daughter Amy Hendrickson. “It had been in storage for over 20 years and my sister and I snuck it out of their storage unit and decided to give it a makeover.” Ent...
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Main and Lincoln construction to begin
On Sunday, June 10 by approximately 11 p.m., city crews will begin to close the intersection of Main/LIncoln from old Santa Fe to the first alley east of Main and Lincoln and Elm and Lincoln, south to First and Lincoln. Traffic will be rerouted around the construction site. Traffic has been temporarily changed to two-way traffic on the first block of South Santa Fe with parking prohibited to allow for the flow of traffic around the constructi...
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