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USD 413 to continue long-term educational plan
Harold Campbell Tribune Reporter Work on a new long-term educational plan for Chanute public schools is expected to begin after the first of the year, the USD 413 Board of Education agreed during its regular meeting Monday night. Following a discussion with James Christman, Pittsburg State University associate professor of special services and leadership studies, school board members decided to resume the district’s long-term educational...
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413 assistant superintendent announces retirement plans
Harold Campbell Tribune Reporter Kathryn Taylor, USD 413 assistant superintendent, has announced her retirement effective at the end of the 2010-2011 contract year in June. Taylor’s retirement was one of several retirements and resignations approved Monday night by the USD 413 Board of Education. “There will be plenty to do between now and then,” said Taylor, who is in her fifth year with the Chanute school district. Other retirements ...
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CHS grad seeks contest votes; will donate winnings
Tribune Staff A Chanute High School graduate who now attends college in California is asking for help to win a contest in which he intends to donate half the winnings to go toward a scholarship for CHS art students and the other half for a trip to Africa to help build a school and start an arts program there. “If I could get our community behind this cause, I believe I can win,” said Jason Harris, son of Donna and Bob Miller of Chanute an...
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SRS expands blind or visually impaired services
Kansans who are blind or visually impaired will have greater access to services to support independent living and employment as a result of three major contracts recently awarded by the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS). Contracts totaling $1.3 million over two years have been awarded for the provision of independent living services for persons who are age 55 and older who experience blindness or visual impairmen...
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— Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p
Today, Nov. 2 — Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Classes of 1935/50 get-together, 11 a.m., Mo Gedi’s at Quarry Stone. — Just Another Tuesday Meal, 5 to 6 p.m., Otterbein United Methodist Church, 7th and Kansas. — Lost a loved one? Come to grief share, Zion Lutheran Church, 6 p.m. — Diabetes Support Group, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center Classroom, insulin pump therapy, speaker Susie Vietti. — Compassionate Friends...
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Gift-filled shoe boxes help needy kids
Chanute is ready to collect Christmas cheer — in the form of a shoe box. Local residents have set a goal of 350 gift-filled shoe boxes and by end of National Collection Week, every Operation Christmas Child drop-off site hopes to be bursting with these gifts of love that bring joy to needy children worldwide. Chanute residents are joining Operation Christmas Child, the world’s largest Christmas project, to help send shoe box gifts this yea...
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Iola physician to see Humboldt patients
HUMBOLDT — Dr. Becky Lohman will begin seeing patients at a new clinic in Humboldt beginning the first of the year, the Iola Register reported. Lohman, a former Chanute native, is the daughter of the late John Watson. Lohman, a physician with Iola-based The Family Physicians, will offer family medicine, general women’s health and obstetrical care. The clinic is a joint effort between The Family Physicians and Allen County Hospital. It will...
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Family of six loses everything in house fire
Tribune Staff Donations are being sought for a rural Wilson County family that lost everything in a house fire Saturday night. The fire took place at a residence on Thomas Road near the Wilson County-Neosho County line. The family, Ed Turner and his wife, Sarah Brunner, and their four children lost everything, said Brunner’s mother, Virginia Bays, Chanute. The father had just started work at Gates Rubber Co., while the mother works at Eve...
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KDWP reports where the ducks are
Kansas Wildlife and Parks PRATT — Waterfowl season is upon us, and hunters have patterned shotguns and restrung decoys in preparation. But there’s no more important piece of “equipment” than knowledge of where the ducks (and geese) are hanging out. To provide this all-important hunting information, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) offers waterfowl reports on its website, www.kdwp.state.ks.us. Reports on waterfowl numbers, ...
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Two win back-to-back State Fair titles
Glendolyn Neely, 18, and Kaley Umbarger, 12, both of Chanute, had a repeat performance at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson. Both girls won their respective divisions, Glendolyn in seniors and Kaley in juniors, defended their titles in barrel racing. Kaley made a clean sweep, not only winning Grand Champion Barrel Racing, but also bring home Grand Champion Flag Racer and Grand Champion Pole Bender. Glendolyn was the Grand Champion Flag R...
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— Stark United Methodist Church Fall Festival, 6 to 8 p
Today, Oct. 30 — Stark United Methodist Church Fall Festival, 6 to 8 p.m. Chili Cook-off and Pie Contest, Un-scary Costume Parade, games and prizes and hay ride. — Chanute Historical Museum, 0 E. Elm, open 1 to 4 p.m. — Haunted Farm, dark till midnight, 730 Illinois Road, 1 mile north of Humboldt then 2 miles west. Free hot dogs and soda, while supplies last. Freewill donation. Sunday, Oct. 31 — Chanute Historical Museum, 0 E. Elm, ope...
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37-year-old headed to Mayo to find out fate on heart problems
Stu Butcher Tribune editor A 37-year-old Chanute resident has had heart problems all his life. Now he is facing either open heart surgery, fixing a replacing a leaky heart valve, or a heart transplant. Faron Morales was born a blue baby, and at the age of 21/2 in 1976, he had transposition of the great vessels/arteries, a congenital heart defect in which the two major vessels that carry blood away from the heart -- the aorta and the pulmo...
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Houser responds to Tribune article
Pat Houser, St. Paul, submitted to a Tribune article printed this week: “While working in the Road and Bridge Department, I always did my best to perform the various tasks I was assigned. My ex-supervisor, Mr. Dillinger, did not have anything good to say about me because he crossed a boundary with me a supervisor should never cross with one of his employees. After I made a complaint, I was transferred full time to the Engineering office.Whe...
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De-clutter: Getting organized for Thanksgiving
Presented by Neosho County Family, Community & Education Council (FCE) In cooperation with Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service This week, as part of the educational emphasis on the lesson “Cut the Clutter and Get Organized” we will be sharing ideas that will continue to help with the de-clutter process. Now that you have been in the de-clutter process for several weeks you may have already encountered thoughts of this...
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Candidate choices and where to vote
Tribune Staff Neosho County residents will go to the polls Tuesday, although there is only one local race in the county and Chanute residents won’t be deciding that election. Voters in the 1st county commission district will be choosing between Republican candidate Patricia Houser, Democratic candidate Michael Schoenhofer and write-in candidate and incumbent Commissioner Donnie Yarnell. The 1st District consists of Centerville, Chetopa, ...
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EPA, KDHE report county’s cancer rate within state’s statistical range
Harold Campbell Tribune Reporter Neosho County has a higher incidence of asthma among young people than the state average, but the county’s rates for cancers and infertility all fall within the statistical range for the state, according to a report given Thursday evening by federal Environmental Protection Agency and Kansas Department of Health and Environment officials at Neosho County Community College. “We don’t know the reason (for t...
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Clean air director: Any hazardous waste burning too much
Harold Campbell Tribune Reporter For Neil Carman, any hazardous waste burning is too much. Carman, clean air director for the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter based in Austin, Texas, was contacted several months ago by the Chanute Environmental Rights Group to study the environmental impacts of the local Ash Grove Cement Co. plant. After 30 years of environmental work, first as a regulator with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality...
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Erie makes plans to improve city park
ERIE — The Erie City Council took action on Monday evening to allow the city to apply for a grant to upgrade the city park. During its regular meeting, the council voted to allow contractors without liability or worker’s compensation insurance to volunteer labor or donate materials to city projects. However, the policy remains that any contractor hired to perform work for the city and is paid compensation must provide proof of liability and...
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Ash Grove proud of compliance record
Harold Campbell Tribune Reporter The Chanute Environmental Rights Group website links to articles about mercury emissions from Ash Grove Cement Co.’s cement plant in Durkee, Ore., but Ash Grove officials say a number of differences exist between the Oregon and the Chanute plants. “The most important difference between the two plants is that the limestone at our Durkee plant contains unusually high amounts of mercury, on the order of 100 ...
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Financial transaction tax bill sans co-sponsors; kiss of death?
Harold Campbell Tribune Reporter Internet websites and blogs have been full of talk lately about a House bill introduced by a Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania that would add a 1 percent tax on all financial transactions. Introduced by Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., the bill, HR 4646, is called the Debt Free America Act. Fattah’s bill seeks to eliminate the national debt, repeal the individual income tax and add a new 1 percent tax on a...
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