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Parsons Movie Gallery to close; Chanute store moot
Tribune staff The reorganization of a company under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code means that a Parsons video store will close soon. Movie Gallery, 1306 Main, announced last week that it is selling its DVDs in anticipation of the store closing. The Movie Gallery manager told the Parsons Sun on Monday that she doesn’t know when the store will close and is not allowed to answer questions about the closure. The Tribune was also told empl...
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City commission briefs
Meeting on hazardous materials on April 1 A discussion of hazardous materials storage and transportation in Chanute will be the focus of a meeting at 6:30 p.m. April 1 at the Memorial Building auditorium, City Manager J.D. Lester said Monday. The meeting will feature representatives from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad and Ash Grove Cement Co. Volunteers sought for committee on cable ...
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Patrol steps up seat belt enforcement
Tribune Staff Neosho County will be part of a 10-county enhanced seat belt enforcement effort in southeast Kansas, the Kansas Highway Patrol said Monday. State and local law enforcement are utilizing a special federal grant to step up enforcement of Kansas seat belt and child passenger safety laws in the area The enforcement campaign is designed to promote a higher level of seat belt usage and compliance with seatbelt laws in rural areas ...
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USD 413 outlines effect of funding crisis
Melissa Smith Assistant Managing Editor Only a handful of citizens showed up at Monday night’s community meeting to explain the effect the state funding crisis is having on school districts. A lively discussion followed the informational meeting and a variety of ideas were presented to bridge a possible $900,000 gap in Chanute school’s 2010-11 budget. The meeting started with Superintendent Steve Parsons explaining to the audience how the...
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City considers pool management plan
Costs thousands higher than originally anticipated Harold Campbell Tribune Reporter City staff has been asked to whittle down costs on a proposed management plan for the new aquatic center under construction as well as schedule a special meeting with the Chanute Recreation Commission to finalize operations plans for the center. With slightly more than two months remaining before the center’s opening, Chanute city commissioners ins...
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Humboldt selects contractor for city hall renovation
Tribune Staff HUMBOLDT -- Hofer and Hofer of Humboldt has been selected as contractor for the new city hall renovation project. The Humboldt City Council voted at a special meeting Tuesday afternoon to select the local firm at a cost of $139,990. Work will include addition of an elevator, improvements to the city clerk and police area and a corridor in the basement leading from the elevator to the Community Room. The council also approved...
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Health campaign leads to happy ending
Kansas State Extension GARDEN CITY -- What some might consider old advice -- “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again”-- proved to be a winner for a Garden City, man who is a repeat participant in Finney County’s Corporate Meltdown. Here’s what happened: In 2009, a middle-aged gentleman signed up to participate in Corporate Meltdown, an eight-week community-based health promotion, said Linda Beech, Kansas State University Research ...
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Snow, ice causes several accidents in rural Chanute
Tribune Staff While kids on Spring Break were busy playing in the snow Saturday, adults were left trying to keep their vehicles on the road. Most were successful; others were not. Neosho County Sheriff’s Office reports attribute five accidents to the six to seven inches of snow on the road Saturday. Erie resident Joshua Head hit an icy spot on Highway 39 near Grady Road around 4 a.m. Saturday and slid off the roadway as he was traveling east. ...
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Obama may sign health care bill today
Kansas Rep. Lynn Jenkins says the American people ‘deserve better’ Staff and Wire Reports WASHINGTON (AP) — A transformative health care bill is headed to President Barack Obama for his signature as Congress takes the final steps in Democrats’ improbable and history-making push for near-universal medical coverage. On the cusp of succeeding where numerous past congresses and administrations have failed, jubilant House Democrats voted...
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— SEK Pioneers quarterly luncheon, 11 a
Today, March 23 — SEK Pioneers quarterly luncheon, 11 a.m., Opie’s Pizza, 122 E. Main. — Just Another Tuesday meal, 5 to 6 p.m., Otterbein United Methodist Church, 7th and Kansas. Everyone welcome. Thursday, March 25 — Birthday dinner at Senior Citizen Center, noon, 1717 W. Main. — TOPS KS 779, weigh-in 5 p.m., meeting, 5:30, 521 W. 14th, Hampton Apartments community room. Call 431-1196 for information. — The Green Parade rescheduled, ...
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Holy Week services announced
The 2010 Community ACCL Holy Week Services will be held at First Christian Church, 102 N. Grant, beginning Sunday night. Janet Hampton, a member of First Christian Church, will be the organist for the prelude and postlude. Herb Correll, First Baptist Church, will serve as song leader. Tom Eastman, pastor of First Christian Church, will preside over the service at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 28. The anthem will be provided by the First United Methodi...
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Exemptions severely erode Kansas tax bases, audit finds
Gene Meyer KansasReporter TOPEKA — Kansas property tax exemptions for machinery and equipment created in 2006 have significantly eroded local tax bases across the state, state auditors reported Wednesday. In its latest study examining impacts of tax policy changes in the Sunflower State, the Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit calculated that the exemptions will cost local county governments more than $400 million in the first five ...
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Call out for volunteers, projects for Mission Blitz
Idea came in 2003 from similar program in Memphis, Tenn. Tribune staff Chanute’s Mission Blitz will be moved up this year to May 1-8, and the deadline for filing project request forms is April 12. Charlotte Clum of First United Methodist Church said the Blitz began as a church project in 2003. The idea for the event came from a youth group from the church. While on a trip to Memphis, Tenn., they saw a Mission Blitz being done by the Chri...
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Safari Museum on pages of New York Times
Tribune Staff Residents of Chanute may be used to seeing the Safari Museum on a daily basis but our small town treasure has received more national recognition. On March 14, Monica Davey published a story in the New York Times about the museum and the lives of Martin and Osa Johnson. The article quoted director Conrad Froehlich as saying the museum draws 5,000 to 6,000 visitors annually, some who have heard of the Johnsons, some who haven...
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Disposal team picks up grenade found in Altoona
Wilson Co. emergency management FREDONIA — Altoona resident Richard Allen discovered an old hand grenade Friday while cleaning out a shed on his property and notified 911. The Wilson County Sheriff, several deputies and Emergency Manager Rick Brown initially responded to the report at about 9:30 a.m. According to Sheriff Dan Bath, the grenade appeared to be an older style which hasn’t been used since the era of the Korean War. Cassandra Ed...
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Brandon receives lungs in St. Louis, rehabilitation begins
Melissa Smith Assistant Managing Editor At about 4:30 Thursday morning, the Dennis family got the call they had been waiting on for months. Lungs that match 21-year-old Brandon had been found. Chanute resident Brandon Dennis has lived in St. Louis, Mo., near Barnes-Jewish Hospital for six months awaiting a double-lung transplant. The transplant will not cure his Cystic Fibrosis, but it will dramatically extend his life. Colleen Dennis, B...
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Commissioners to consider management of pool
Tribune Staff Management of the new aquatic center under construction and banners for downtown will highlight discussion at the next Chanute City Commission meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday. City Manager J.D. Lester said one of the reasons the city selected the design/build team of McGown/Gordon and Westport Pools is because of Westport’s experience in, not only constructing aquatic facilities, but its expertise in managing pools throug...
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St. Patty’s activities to go on today
Tribune staff Despite predictions for rain, snow and cold weather, St. Patrick’s Day activities today are going on as planned, according to Sharon Stirewalt, Main Street Chanute director. “We’re not canceling anything,” Stirewalt said Friday. “Everything is continuing on schedule.” The day will begin with the Blarney Breakfast from 7 to 10:30 a.m. at the Masonic Lodge. As part of the breakfast, CHIPS registration will be from 7 to 11 a.m...
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— Blarney Breakfast, 7 to 10:30 a
Today, March 20 — Blarney Breakfast, 7 to 10:30 a.m. at the Masonic Lodge, 102 N. Highland. CHIPS registration will be from 7 to 11 a.m. — Community clothing giveaway, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Reachout Christian Center, 201 S. Malcolm. Open to everyone. — The Green Parade, featuring a bagpipe and drum band consisting of members of the Isis Shrine of Salina and the Ararat Shrine of Kansas City, noon on Main Street. Parade divisions will be decor...
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Humboldt honors Walburns for their years of community service
Harold Campbell Tribune Reporter HUMBOLDT -- For Don and Ellie Walburn, Humboldt has been home for more than four decades. Thursday night, the Humboldt Chamber of Commerce honored the couple for their many years of service to the community by presenting them with the Dr. Edward E. Long Community Service Award. “We had no idea,” a surprised Don Walburn said Thursday night after the chamber’s annual Volunteer of the Year Banquet at St. Pe...
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