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Sen. Moran ‘listens’ to SEK residents
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter ERIE — Senator Jerry Moran, R-Kan.. made the 33rd stop on his Listening Tour in Erie at the Brickaus on Wednesday. Sen. Moran has made it his goal to visit all 105 counties in the state to hear questions and concerns from Kansans to take back to Congress. “This is a very important part of who I am and how I conduct myself and how I vote, what issues I pay attention to,” Moran told the Erie audience. “The t...
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Thursday briefs
Blood drive to have 'Elvis' theme All presenting donors at the American Red Cross bloodmobile today and Friday at Central Park Pavilion will receive a specially designed Elvis themed rocl and roll t-shirt, and will be eligible for "Ultimate Elvis Sweepstakes" prizes. Hours are 1 to 7 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. Call 431-2054 to make an appointment. City special meeting to discuss CCB grant The Chanute City Commission will hold ...
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Maring Aquatic Center earns design award
Tribune staff The transportation theme that highlights some of the history of Chanute was key in gaining recognition and an award for Chanute’s Maring Aquatic Center. The pool earned the Silver Award for innovative swimming pool designs and construction techniques in the Commercial-City or Municipal facilities category by the Aquatech Society of Pool Building Professionals. The Maring Aquatic center features a lazy river, competitive sized ...
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Exhibition about Johnsons’ two expeditions in Borneo opens in Malaysia
Tribune staff On Tuesday, it was reported from Bernama, the Malaysian National News Agency, about the opening of the Martin and Osa Johnson North Borneo Safari exclusive gallery exhibition at the Muzium Warisan Sandakan. Sandakan is the second-largest city in Sabah, East Malaysia, on the northeastern coast of Borneo. This exhibition about the Johnsons’ two Bornean expeditions was designed by Sabah Museum curator Stella Moo and Jacque Borges...
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A.C.C.L., food pantry benefits from concert
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter The Chanute Parks Advisory Board, which sponsored the Hot Licks for Warm Hearts benefit concert on Sunday afternoon at the Chanute Memorial Auditorium, said the concert brought in $631 and 260 pounds of canned goods. The concert featuring local musical entertainment raised $363 for the Alliance of Churches for Christian Living utility fund, and the food along with money raised in the pie auction, will go...
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Suspect charged in Olathe death
Derek Deon Owens, 29, faced charges in court Tuesday of first-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old Laura K. Coltrane of Humboldt. Owens, who lived in Olathe, was arrested by police as officers discovered Coltrane’s body at an apartment Friday afternoon. Olathe police responded to a call on a medical emergency. Coltrane was declared dead at the scene. Owens, whose address listed on his booking information is in the same block, was arreste...
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20-year Cherry Street volunteer leaves home to good causes
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter When Chanute resident Dorothy Hunt passed away in July of last year she left her house to the organizations that helped shape her life — Cherry Street Youth Center, First Baptist Church, and the FireEscape Coffeehouse. “She was a very close friend,” said Barb Prier, director of Cherry Street Youth Center. “We had gone to church with her for 36 years. In ‘95 when we started Cherry Street, all I had to do was ...
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Humboldt woman homicide victim in Olathe
Staff and wire reports A 25-year-old Humboldt native was a victim of a homicide over the weekend. Olathe police said 25-year-old Laura K. Coltrane was found dead in an apartment. The Kansas City Star reported that police responded to a report of a medical emergency at 1:06 p.m. Saturday. Police initially classified the case as a "death investigation" but upgraded it Saturday afternoon to a homicide. KSHB Channel 41 reported that a 29-yea...
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TV provides one more way for USD 413 students to reach public
Connie Woodard USD 413 Video production students at Chanute High School will soon have the option of creating stories for broadcast on the school’s TV Channel 14. “It is up and running – but there are still kinks to work out,” said Shannon Hill, technology teacher at CHS. After the move to the new school site on 35th Street, the district had to resolve getting cable across the railroad tracks and to the school, as well as some technical ...
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Not all in favor of proposed liquor law
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter A tentative proposal to allow grocery and convenience stores to sell wine and full-strength beer in Kansas being considered by the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee is getting mixed reviews in Chanute. Kansas is one of five states with unique liquor laws requiring that grocery and convenience stores only sell 3.2 beer and no liquor or wine. The proposal in consideration suggests that more stores be ...
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CRC's first year at new location a work in progress
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter The Chanute Recreation Commission has completed its first year in the new location, and there are new ideas and programs in the works. Some are in the planning stages while others are ready to begin this spring. With more than $700,000 in the CRC’s bank accounts, city administration and community members alike are wondering why more hasn’t already been done to improve and expand the Rec Center’s offerings....
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CHS senior designed drum corps’ first uniforms
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter When the Chanute High School Drum and Bugle Corps was in its prime, it was one of the most popular groups for students to join. Former members and directors reunited at halftime during the Chanute High School basketball game last Friday night. The reunion stirred up lots of memories for those involved. One of the most memorable for those in the Drum and Bugle Corps, post 1949, were the spectacular unif...
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Lightbulb exchange offered at concert
Sunday’s concert will be the site of the next Take Charge Challenge! lightbulb exchange. The booth will be open 1:30 to 5 p.m. at Chanute Memorial Auditorium. The exchange booth was first held at last week’s Operation Soupline with 1,361 bulbs being exchanged for CFL’s (compact fluorescent lightbulbs). At Chanute High School last Friday night 655 bulbs were exchanged and at NCCC on Saturday 638 were switched out. Approximately 90 people have...
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Hot Licks benefit concert on Sunday
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter The Chanute Memorial Auditorium will be hosting a Hot Licks for Warm Hearts benefit concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20 to collect canned goods for local food pantries and money for the Alliance of Churches for Christian Living (ACCL) utility fund. “There has been, for decades, a fund that has been supported by the community, that helps pay for utilities for people that can’t pay their utility bills,” Audito...
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Gallery celebrates Kansas’ 150 years
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter The Chanute Art Gallery has put together a special exhibit to commemorate the history of Kansas during the 150th anniversary of statehood. Gallery director Elly McCoy has collected articles and artifacts for the exhibit, and worked hard to catch the spirit of Kansas in a fun and educational way. “I love Kansas, so we have a Kansas exhibit every year. It’s special this year with Kansas’ 150th birthday,” McC...
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Aikins part of Teacher Leader pilot program
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter The Kansas Department of Education recently completed a pilot program to add to teaching licenses in Kansas. Royster Middle School teacher Julie Aikins was one of the select few involved in launching the program in the state of Kansas and has added Teacher Leader to her resume. When the program began, 300 teachers across the state of Kansas registered to help with the pilot, of those 300, only 100 met th...
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Erie man hurt in auger accident
Parsons Sun WALNUT — An Erie man suffered minor but disabling injuries to his leg, ankle and foot after his leg was caught in a grain auger Monday afternoon at Beachner Grain Co. According to Crawford County Undersheriff Dan Peak, Daniel Mason, 44, was working at Beachner in Walnut when he lost his footing and fell into the operating auger of a grain storage building that holds an estimated 300,000 bushels of corn. Mason called the sheriff ...
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Operation Soupline brews more success
Tribune staff The delay in putting on the 29th annual Operation Soupline did little to dash the spirit of the event held Feb. 10 at Masonic Hall. On that day, 2,952 meals of soup and pie were served, 1,527 at Masonic Hall and 1,425 through the satellite site at St. Patrick Church. And what about the bottom line? $20,000 will be donated to the Alliance of Churches for Christian Living utility fund. This year's Soupline raised $25,589.75 le...
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Royster team takes 1st at MathCounts
Connie Woodard USD 413 It’s been more than a decade since a team of math students from Royster Middle School has come out on top at a regional competition. So it’s no wonder that MathCounts coaches Heidi Bolt and Sandy Erikson are walking around with big smiles on their faces. At the Feb. 5 competition at Pittsburg, the Royster team of Danny Benevidas, Bailey Herzberg, Mike Churning and Jake Galemore took first place and qualified to make ...
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Arson suspect posts bond
Tribune staff Delana Capps, 26, Chanute, the woman who allegedly set the Rendezvous Club on fire the night of Feb. 6, has posted bond and is no longer in custody at the Neosho County Jail. Bond was set earlier at $150,000. A video arraignment was originally scheduled for today, but now a hearing has been scheduled for March 22 in Erie. Capps was charged with one count of aggravated arson, as the fire endangered many lives and destroyed the R...
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