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Therapy dogs great help to students, teachers
They take a bite out of bad behavior Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter Chanute Elementary counselor Tracy Tallent always knew the CES therapy dog program was important, but she didn’t realize how much of an impact there was until last year. Vinny, the Papillon who served as the Chanute Elementary therapy dog at the time, was attacked by a neighbor dog last November. Students at the elementary school asked how Vinny was doing on a daily basis while ...
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POWER TO THE PEOPLE: Distributing power into, and across, Chanute
Editor’s note: This is the last of a four-part series about power and utilities in Chanute. Tim Erickson Tribune Reporter Bouncing around county roads in a city truck with Power Plant Superintendent Dave Hawkins, he is patient to explain the mystery of wires, poles, transformers, sub-stations and power distribution. “To understand the story we need to start at the beginning,” Hawkins says, tracing overhead power lines westward along 230th Roa...
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Final week for ticket sales supporting Legion Memorial
Ticket buyers may not be winning a car this Friday evening when Chanute’s American Legion draws for its prize, but a $30 ticket may still net $10,000 in the giveaway. Earlier this year, American Legion Post 170 announced a giveaway for a 2013 Camaro SS1 Coupe valued at $35,640. The drawing was going to be held on 12/21/12, and odds of winning were listed at 1 in 4,000. If all 4,000 tickets had been sold, net proceeds from the donation drawin...
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Area students graduate at PSU
Area students graduate at PSU On Friday, Dec. 14, more than 400 students participated in Pittsburg State University’s fall commencement exercises in the Garfield Weede Physical Education Building on the PSU campus. Here is a list of those students who are tentatively scheduled to graduate: Buffalo — Dustin Jerome Glynn BSE Chanute¬†— Lisa M. Kuhn¬†BSE, Maxwell Vaughn BGS, Nicky D. Haviland BS Erie¬†— ¬†Candace R. Sinclair¬†BFA, John L. Mcva...
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New books available at Historical Society
The Chanute Historical Society has added to its collection of items for sale. In addition to the books about buildings and businesses of past and present Chanute, the society now has books about people.¬† Stories about Alfred Sater, Miriam Colt, Bill Slane, Nelle Stevens, the Laura Klingner family, and many more are well-kept secrets that are now available to the public. “We have heroes among us, right here in Chanute and it’s time to introdu...
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Shaw Bridge to open; Elk Road contract awarded
Tim Erickson Tribune Reporter ERIE — It may have been bluff or posturing when Neosho County Commissioners started putting the pressure this fall on their Shaw Bridge inspector, insisting he complete the project before year’s end. Easy-going inspector George Finical took it all in stride. He kept assuring commissioners the bridge would be finished by year’s end. Finical is employed by Cook, Flatt & Strobel, the engineering firm with overall re...
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County health dept. move on hold
Tim Erickson Tribune Reporter ERIE — Dr. No was back in the house today, strongly rebuffing Neosho County Health Administrator Teresa Starr’s aggressive push to either buy or lease a building on Chanute’s south end. Starr is operating the health department in a leased building on east Main. With approximately 1,000 square feet to operate out of, the cramped headquarters have exceeded capacity. Last week Starr approached commissioners about b...
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POWER TO THE PEOPLE: How power gets generated in Chanute
Tim Erickson Tribune Reporter Generating electricity and distributing electricity are two different things, and it is helpful to keep the distinction in mind when trying to understand Chanute’s power grid. In the early days of electricity, there were no power lines running across the country. Power was generated locally and stayed local. Cities defined their service area by boundary lines and city limits. Even today, Chanute serves a very loca...
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History of city’s utilities
Tim Erickson Tribune Reporter Chanute was incorporated in 1873 and seven years later the population stood at 887. By 1890, the town had 2,826 residents, adding them at a rate of 200 per year. By 1900, the figure was 4,208, a rate of 138 new residents per year. Those residents could read local news from The Chanute Daily Tribune, Chanute Times, Chanute Chronicle, The Daily Sun or The Daily Blade. City government was trying to keep pace with th...
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Chanute man found guilty in drug trial
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter After a two-day jury trial Tuesday and Wednesday, a Chanute man has been found guilty of selling methamphetamine. Charles Garber, 60, had entered a plea of not-guilty to the charge, which is a Level 3 Drug Felony. District Court Judge Daryl D. Ahlquist presided over the trial and Neosho County Attorney Linus Thuston prosecuted the case in what Thuston said was the first drug sale trial in the county since at least...
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POWER TO THE PEOPLE: The beginning of Chanute’s power play
Tim Erickson Tribune Reporter Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series on power and the City of Chanute. Since its beginnings, the City of Chanute has been an early adopter of new technology. Although the moniker of “A Tradition of Innovation” may sound self-promoting, it accurately describes the city’s historic willingness to embrace new technology. Nowhere is this more apparent than the city’s electric utility. When Kansas Mun...
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City wrangles with code violation issues
Tim Erickson Tribune Reporter A mostly-empty public gallery watched and waited Monday night as Chanute City Commissioners handled a light agenda before going into two 30-minute executive sessions. Early in the meeting, Commissioner Martha McCoy requested an executive session be added to the agenda to discuss “non-elected personnel.” The session was held in the city’s downstairs conference room. At the end of the first 30-minute period, commi...
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Chanute 4th grader is Don’t Spoil It! calendar contest winner
A Chanute 4th grader is the grade level winner and Grand Prize Winner of the annual Kansas Don’t Spoil It! Calendar Contest. Florence Felipe M. Barles, a 4th grader at St. Patrick School, was recognized along with his family by Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Robert Moser, MD, in the Governor’s office at the State Capitol Building in Topeka on Monday. Thousands of entries were received f...
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Year of Faith Concerts continue at St. Patrick
St. Patrick Catholic Church, Chanute, is inviting everyone to join the congregation for another concert in a yearlong series of Sacred Music Concerts. The concert will be Sunday, Dec. 16 at 4 p.m. in the church sanctuary, and features Celtic Spirit (Kathleen McCollam and Robert Horn) presenting “Ancient Carols.” Celtic Spirit has presented music performances in the Celtic tradition for more than 15 years, and has performed at many different v...
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Safari Museum holds New Year’s gala at the Venue
Joshua Vail Tribune The new Venue will be host to a New Year’s Eve party for Chanute and the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum. Casino Night on the Serengeti will be held at the Venue New Year’s Eve. Dinner will start at 7:30. Tickets are $50 for couples and $25 for individuals, and all ticket sales benefit the museum. Ticket cost includes dinner and starting money for the gaming tables. There will be six black jack tables, a craps tabl...
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Injury accident involves black cow
An injury accident occurred in Allen County on the corner of U.S. 59 and Missouri Road on Saturday. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Dinah M. Giefer, 64, of St. Paul was southbound on U.S. 59 around 5:43 p.m., driving a 2006 Toyota when she struck a black cow in the road.  Giefer was not injured. Her passenger, Deborah A. Jarboe, 48, of St. Paul was taken to Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center for a possible injury. Both Giefer and Ja...
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County takes bids for final phase of Shaw-Elk Road project
Tim Erickson Tribune Reporter ERIE — In a split meeting, Neosho County Commissioners Hugo Spieker and Mike Schoenhofer met Friday afternoon in the courthouse basement to open bids for the final phase of the Shaw-Elk Road Improvement Project before moving back upstairs to conduct regular business. Engineering firm Cook, Flatt & Strobel had sent out 15 sets of plans prior to the bid letting. Kenny Blair, the firm’s Chairman, said before the me...
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Remembering Jake - Laughter amid tears
Shanna Guiot Tribune publisher As many in the Chanute community prepare to say goodbye to Jake Galemore, his fellow Chanute High School students are often found reminiscing about good times they had with him. Jake was born and raised in Chanute, so there are 16 years’ worth of such stories to share. The common threads throughout the tales are that Jake had a great sense of humor, was more than a little ornery, and he liked to eat – a lot. And...
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Safari Museum host for International Tasting Tea
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter The 31st International Tasting Tea will bring a taste of Madagascar to the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum. The event will be open to the public from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Safari Museum, in the depot lobby. It is put on by the Neosho Valley Busy Bees 4-H Club, Chanute. The Thompson family has been involved in the 4-H club for several generations, and involved in the Tasting Tea since its beginnings. Russ...
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Grant will fund field trip for CHS art students
Connie Woodard USD 413 public relations Following a “day trip” last August to Arkansas to see an American art museum that opened in 2011, art instructor Rick Bushnell returned to Chanute High School eager to share with his students what he’d seen. Last week, he learned that a grant program through the museum would fund a field trip for a bus load of his students to see the collections at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonvil...
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