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No follow up call required
It seems more and more, the words “follow up” crops into conversations. Here are a few scenarios: The woman goes shopping and sees something she needs but they do not have enough in stock. The sales person tells her he will check on it and get back with her right away. She goes home and waits…and waits. No call comes. She decides way too much time has elapsed so she has to follow up with a call to the store. She reminds the sales person ...
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City approves contract with Mira Tech
Steve Orr to manage Safari Golf Course Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter Chanute City Commissioners authorized City Manager J.D. Lester to sign a contract with Mira Tech Corporation for the construction and installation of equipment for the compliance of EPA’s RICE rules at Monday’s regular meeting. The final rule published by the EPA on March 3, 2010 entitled National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for stationary Rec...
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Boeing presents excellence award to HBD/Thermoid
HBD/Thermoid, Inc., Chanute, is the proud recipient of a 2011 Boeing Performance Excellence Award. The Boeing Company issues the award annually to recognize suppliers who have achieved superior performance. HBD/Thermoid, Inc. maintained a Silver composite performance rating for each month of the 12-month performance rating period, from Oct. 1, 2010, to Sept. 30, 2011. HBD/Thermoid, Inc. is one of only 407 suppliers to receive the Silver Level...
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Erie council approves .50 cent raise for city workers
ERIE — At Monday’s meeting of the Erie City Council, the council authorized Fire Chief Jeff Bohrer to proceed with repairs on the fire department pumper truck to be done by Maxfire at an estimated cost of $4,105. In other business, the council: • Authorized a $100 donation to help with the $500 fee for an e-waste collection set for May 1, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the County Extension Office. • Approved paying the 2012 membersh...
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Bell to serve as liaison for Salina Regional
Salina Journal SALINA — Journal Editor and Publisher Tom Bell is leaving his post at the Journal after 13 years to accept a newly created position as executive director of governmental and public relations at Salina Regional Health Center. Bell , 57, said he looks forward to helping inform lawmakers and the public about what is happening at the hospital. “I love Salina, and I love what the hospital is doing,” Bell said. “When you help the hos...
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Humboldt man pinned by dump truck in Iola
An injury crash involving a pedestrian and a dump truck occurred in Iola on Friday. Richard A. Carr, 61, Moran, was backing up the dump truck he was driving around 1:30 p.m. at 1720 N. State in Iola. Larry Gene Castel, 51, Humboldt, was behind the dump truck, and became pinned between the truck and a salt spreader. Castel was taken to Allen County Hospital for disabling injuries. Shaw River bridge project meeting moved to Erie The KDOT Shaw ...
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Familiar face at NCCC to retire
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter Brenda Rowe, director of human resources at NCCC, will be retiring after 32 years at the end of January “I’m excited and I think I’m ready for a career change,” Rowe said. “I’ve only had one other job, when I was in high school.” Rowe said retiring is part of the plan for both she and her husband. “We both had made it our goal when we reached our retirement points that we would both retire fairly young and move on ...
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Local woman tells of area’s first camper/trailer
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter The year was 1969 when Rueben Willis broke ground for NuWa Industries’ first camper/trailer manufacturing company in Chanute. Willis is also credited with the building and design of the first camper in the area. “My first husband and I and the kids got the first camper built by my father in the 1960s” said Willis’ daughter Kathleen McGaugh Terflinger. “I moved down to McCune in 1971 and still had the camper a...
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County Commission reviews Micro-Loan quarterly report
ERIE — At Friday’s meeting of the Neosho County Board of Commissioners, County Treasurer Charla Sands reported RLR News, St. Paul, has made the final payment on its Micro-Loan. Special Counsel Chance Martin, with Hines Law Firm in Erie, was present concerning a Micro-Loan recipient that is delinquent on payments but has indicated he plans to pay the loan off by Feb. 1. Mike Schoenhofer moved and was approved to authorize Chairman Nicholas Gal...
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CRDA completes first year of operation
Next step is to hire director Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter The Chanute Regional Development Authority has wrapped up its first year of operation and according to Chairman Steve Parsons, elements are nearly in place for hiring a full-time director. “The first year has been more of an organizational period as we form our committees and subcommittees,” Parsons said. “Now that we have the financial resources, we look to make a formal announcem...
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Moran tours Greenbush as part of SEK swing
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter U.S. Senator Jerry Moran continued his visit of southeast Kansas on Wednesday with a visit to the Greenbush Southeast Kansas Education Service Center. Moran had a previous stop at Fort Scott during the day for a Rotary Club luncheon. The Greenbush visit focused on a walking tour of the Abernathy Science Education Center. “The center features a 3-D digital immersion theatre and planetarium, bio science laborator...
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Labette County investigates shooting
CHERRYVALE — The Labette County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shooting at Big Hill Lake Tuesday afternoon. Labette County Sheriff Robert Sims said the department received a report at 4:52 p.m. Tuesday of a person with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the face. The man was reportedly at a campsite at Big Hill. Deputies and medical personnel arrived and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the face. Ricky A. Bigley, 51, Che...
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Thirty plus years of service at NMRMC ends with retirement
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter Deanne Schoenberger has always had a heart to serve others. It was the medical field she chose as an avenue to express her desire to help alleviate human suffering, a career which spanned nearly half a century and has touched multiple lives of folks living in Chanute. Schoenberger, a registered nurse, closed the book on her career this week and was honored for her 31 years of service at Neosho Memorial Regional ...
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City approved for CDBG grant
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter A $360,428 Community Development Block Grant has been awarded by Gov. Sam Brownback for a water improvement project in the Ronda Lane area in Chanute. The grant will cover about 50 percent of the total cost of the project, according to City Manager J.D. Lester. “There are several buildings and homes in this area on septic systems and there is also an old lift station which needs upgrading,” said Lester. Lester...
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Chanute prepares for Ralph Miller Classic
Brian McDowell Sports Editor The eight-team Ralph Miller Classic tournament, named after a Hall-of-Fame basketball coach who was a native of Chanute, will bring three days of high school hoops excitement to the gymnasium of Chanute High School. The event, which starts Thursday at 3 p.m., will feature some of the top high school teams from Kansas, as well as the basketball team from Joplin High School in Missouri. This will be the 40th year ...
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Spending broken down for NCCC softball project
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter On Tuesday, NCCC President Dr. Inbody filled in some blanks about the new softball field project. Inbody said the total budgeted cost of the project is about $516,000. That total is being paid by donations, student fee accounts, and the general fund. A total of $180,000 is coming out of that student fee. The fee being used is the out district fee, which applies to students who come from outside Neosho County. Most...
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Governor asks for $500k to bolster SEK economy
Iola Register IOLA — The southeast Kansas economic improvement initiative got a victory of sorts last week when Gov. Sam Brownback included a $500,000 allocation to the Project 17 efforts in his proposed budget. State Sen. Jeff King, and the other three southeast Kansas legislators spearheading the effort to improve economic and health conditions in the state’s poorest region, have said the project needs about a half million dollars. The gove...
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Vehicle drives into Santa Fe Lake
On Monday at 6:40 p.m. officers with the Chanute Police Department were dispatched to Santa Fe Lake in regards to a vehicle in the water. Raymond Hale, public information officer, said upon arrival they discovered that a vehicle with one occupant had left the roadway and driven over the fence barrier into the lake. The occupant was able to get out of the vehicle on her own and was evaluated by emergency personnel with minor injuries. The inv...
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Night at the museum seeks paranormal activity
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter Several stories about haunting in the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum have drawn the interest of paranormal investigators. Friday night, members of the community were able to participate in a paranormal investigation at the museum. Paranormal Research Investigators, a group out of Topeka founded by Nick Spantgos and Danny Howard, has investigated 368 locations throughout the midwest, and investigated the museu...
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St. Paul baseball may get lights
Parsons Sun CHETOPA — The St. Paul High School ball field, installed and used for the first time last spring by students thanks to the generosity of many volunteers, could see new improvements this spring. Chetopa/St. Paul USD 505 superintendent Mark LaTurner told the Board of Education this week that he is looking into adding lights at the baseball field at St. Paul, and a large donation accepted by the district in December should help defra...
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