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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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Thayer man injured in crash at 35th and Plummer
An injury crash occurred at 10:40 p.m. Saturday at 35th and Plummer. The Neosho County Sheriff’s Department said Craig Powers, Thayer, was southbound on Plummer, driving a 2007 Dodge Truck, and dropped a couple of tires off the road. Powers overcorrected and struck the 2001 Pontiac driven by Earl Roberts Jr., Chanute. Powers was taken from the scene by helicopter. Roberts and his passenger, his wife, were taken to Neosho Memorial Regional M...
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Ash Grove announces all manufacturing plants ISO certified
Jacqueline Clark Ash Grove public relations OVERLAND PARK -- Ash Grove Cement is the only domestic cement manufacturer to have its entire fleet of eight operating clinker manufacturing facilities earn the prestigious ISO 14001 certification, according to Curtis Lesslie, PE, vice president of environmental affairs. In 2010, seven of the company’s facilities earned the designation; its reconstructed Foreman, Ark., plant earned it in December, 2...
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Local eight-year-old featured in TV commercial
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter Ethan Henry’s ability to memorize large volumes of text landed him in a key role in a Southeast Kansas Trauma Advisory Council television ad currently airing on Pittsburg’s Fox 14 and CBS affiliate KOAM. Ethan, a second grader at Chanute Christian Academy, starred with grandmother Marilyn Henry in the 30 second commercial with grandfather Jack Simone providing voiceover. The ad is a collaboration between SEKTAC ...
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SEK, Inc., holds annual meeting
GIRARD — Southeast Kansas, Inc. held its annual meeting and banquet Thursday evening at the Triple S Steakhouse in Girard. The keynote speaker for the annual banquet was U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kansas), who spoke about the issues facing Congress this session. Carolyn Kennett, economic development director for the City of Parsons, was honored with the “Jim Dahmen Professional Excellence Award.” David Toland, Thrive Allen County, Iola, rece...
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Galemore to head commission in 2012
ERIE — Nicholas Galemore will be Chairman of the Neosho County Board of Commissioners for 2012, it was decided at Friday’s meeting. The commissioners were asked by Charlie Morse if he could have the discretion of giving some of his employees 1 percent raises or no raises instead of the 2 percent raises in the 2012 budgets. Galemore moved that they are authorizing the 2 percent raises they included in each department’s 2012 budgets and allowin...
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College continues softball field, gym projects
The Neosho County Community College Board of Trustees held their monthly business meeting Thursday at the Ottawa Campus. “This was an opportunity for employees at that location to meet our Trustees and see how the business of the college is carried out,” said NCCC President Brian Inbody. Board members also took the opportunity to view the newly completed science lab, Inbody said. That lab was paid for by a U.S. Department of Education Title I...
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Spirit offers training program through NCCC
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter A work readiness training course is available at Neosho County Community College for individuals interested in employment with Spirit AeroSystems. The training is a collaborative effort between the college and the company, and was one reason Spirit chose to locate in Chanute. “When Spirit was courting different communities to open an operation, one of the first things they looked for was adequate training facil...
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Humboldt High Honor Roll 2011-2012 second quarter
Principal’s Honor Roll Grade 12 Katie May Roseberry, Jeremy Lucas Setter, Darrah Ann Tinkler Grade 11 Robb Philip Hauser, Kristin M. McClanahan Grade 10 Sheri E. Middleton, Zackary T. Osborn, Haley Marie Riebel, Anna Christine Setter Grade 9 Joshua Lee Hawley, Rachael Marie Taylor Teacher’s Honor Roll Grade 12 Michaela Renee Bartlett, Carrie Lee Cady, Katy L. Hill, Nichole Jackilyn Huse, Hunter Taylor Isaac, Hannah M. McCall, Nathan Alex Mill...
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