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USD 413 works on wrapping up school year
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter The USD 413 Chanute School Board’s agenda Tuesday night included several tasks that would wrap up the school year as there is only the June meeting left before Superintendent Steve Parsons and Assistant Superintendent Kathryn Taylor retire from their respective positions. Parsons gave his annual report with three major things he wanted to point out to the board. The first was an announcement that Royster M...
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St. Paul student toots horn for others
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter ST. PAUL  — St. Paul High School junior Grant Smith was honored by the Army National Guard Tuesday morning and presented with an engraved bugle for his dedication to playing Taps, a bugle call of the U.S. Army, at military funerals. Smith has been playing Taps at military funerals since eighth grade, and travels around the state to play the call. “This ritual is being performed over 1,000 times a day for al...
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Railroad-theme lighting installed in library’s children’s department
Connie Woodard Special to the Tribune Last week, the remaining historical ceiling lights installed during the restoration of the Santa Fe Depot for the Chanute Public Library were replaced with something more practical and creative. “There was a definite need for improvements to the lighting on both floors,” said Library Director Susan Willis. “Over time, the lighting just didn’t prove to be adequate for library needs.” In addition, the ba...
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Chanute Mexican Fiesta queen candidates announced
Two candidates are vying for 2011 Chanute Mexican Fiesta queen. They will be selling donation tickets throughout the summer, prior to the announcement of the winner at the Queen’s Dance August 20. The royalty will reign at the annual Chanute Mexican Fiesta scheduled Sept. 9-10 at Santa Fe Park. Tania Joselin Anaya is a junior at Chanute High School. She is the daughter of Jesus and Griselda Ayala. “My family and I are Mexican, I am proud o...
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Bond revocation considered for arson suspect
Tribune staff A bond revocation hearing was held in Chanute Tuesday afternoon for Delana Capps, the woman charged with allegedly setting fire to the Rendezvous Club in early February. Neosho County Attorney Melissa Dugan stated that Capps was out of custody less than a month and she had already had another interaction with law enforcement. “It was for unlawful burning, which is unique because she was charged with aggravated arson. In additi...
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NCCC Distinguished Alumnus reception scheduled May 12 Neosho County Community College has announced that Dr. Marllin Simon, Physics Instructor at Auburn University, has been named the NCCC 2011 Distinguished Alumnus.  Dr. and Mrs. Simon (the former Mary Parsons of Chanute) have been residents of Auburn, Ala., for 39 years. Simon received his A.A. degree from NCCC, B.S. from Emporia State, M.S. from Michigan State and a Ph.D. in Physics from ...
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County to tour Ash Grove
ERIE — A company’s tax-exempt status on most of its plant in Chanute has expired, and Neosho County will examine the plant to determine its valuation next week. Neosho County Appraiser David Thornton told county commissioners Friday that he, a Hadco International appraiser and representatives from the engineering firm of Pearson Watson Mullican and Co., plan to inspect the Ash Grove Cement plant in Chanute on Wednesday and Thursday. They also...
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Information found on people in lost photos
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter After a story about lost photos appeared in the April 13 Tribune many people called and emailed various bits of information about the old family photos. Donna Osiek, who works for the corporate Ash Grove Offices in Kansas City, called with an abundance of information shortly after the article ran. She found copies of Harry Enos Beals World War I registration card, census data from as far back as 1905, and t...
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Chanute USD 413 to meet on Tuesday The Chanute USD 413 Board of Education regular meeting will be 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3 at the board office, 315 Chanute 35 Parkway. The meeting is Tuesday due to the Chanute High School awards banquet on Monday. Agenda items include: • District/School Handbook Revisions/Adoption (second reading) •Kansas Association of School Boards 2011-12 Membership Dues • Kansas Association of School Boards 2011-12 ...
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SEK area now can tune in KPR radio
Kansas Public Radio is on the air with a new signal, based near Chanute, to supply public radio programming to several southeast Kansas counties. KANQ 90.3 FM, a 17,000-watt transmitter, will broadcast a KPR signal to Neosho, Wilson and parts of Allen, Woodson, Greenwood, Elk, Montgomery, Labette and Crawford counties, including the cities of Chanute, Iola, Fredonia, Yates Center, Neodesha, Independence and Parsons. The area will hear KPR2, ...
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Vocal Plus presents Fiddler on the Roof, Jr.
Connie Woodard USD 413 Wearing their skirts or prayer shawls, scarves or hats, a few dozen Royster Middle School students are learning about life in Tsarist Russia in 1905. Royster’s Vocal Plus class will perform a junior version of Fiddler on the Roof this Friday and Saturday at Chanute’s Memorial Auditorium. Show times are 7 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday. The show is under the direction of vocal teacher Lance Burnett, counselor Bruce Tu...
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Music in the Park begins May 15
The schedule for this season’s Music in the Park, presented by the Parks Advisory Board, has been announced. The first concert will be Saturday, May 15, featuring Hillbilly Bus Stop. It will be at 6 p.m. at the Santa Fe Park Fiesta Grounds. The schedule also includes: Saturday, June 11 — Salty Dog Saturday, July 9 — The Oliphants Saturday, August 13 — The lizards Saturday, September 10 — Annual Mexican Fiesta Saturday, October 8 — Sky S...
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CNB’s Mildfelt receives National Guard award
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter Community National Bank & Trust President Dan Mildfelt received an award on Wednesday afternoon from an organization called ESGR, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense group that promotes and awards employers for dedication and value of their National Guard employees. Nominated by CNB&T Executive Vice President, Jonathan Johnson, Mildfelt received the Patriot Award. Johnson ser...
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Aging with Attitude Expo on Friday An Aging with Attitude Regional Expo is planned Friday at First Baptist Church Good News Center. There are breakout sessions at 10:10 (Gardenning, Dementia, Putting ‘Arthur” in his place), 11:15, (Gardening, Dementia, Medicare Basics), 1:30 (ABCs of Diabetes, Elder Law, Speech, Hearing and other challenges), and 2:15(Arches, Aches and Aging Feet, Elder Law, Speech, Hearing and other challenges), with lunch ...
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Jenkins’ tour stops in Chanute
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins made her way to Chanute on Tuesday morning as part of her Congress to Kansas tour. She was hosted in the Alliance Room of the Chanute Memorial Auditorium by the Chanute Chamber of Commerce and Area Tourism. Jenkins will traveling through Kansas all during this year, hearing concerns, questions or suggestions to take back to Washington. Several members of the Chanute and surroundi...
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City awards bids for fifth round of housing rehabilitation contract
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter At the City Commission meeting Monday night Chamber of Commerce Director Jane Brophy reminded everyone about the Business Expo is taking place this weekend. It will be held at Neosho County Community College and will begin with the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center Health Fair. The Safari Film Festival will also take place over the weekend on Friday and Saturday. The commissioners also accepted bids...
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New guidebook spotlights Wonders
The “8 Wonders of Kansas Guidebook,” the latest book published by the Inman-based Kansas Sampler Foundation, is now found in retail stores around the state. The guidebook is a 272-page book showcasing more than 800 photos of the 216 entries in the 8 Wonders of Kansas contests. Between May and November of 2010, farmer/stockman Harland Schuster of Morrill took photos at each of the 216 places. Liz King, Penner’s sister, designed the book to be...
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State lawmakers prepare for wrap-up
Stu Butcher Tribune Editor Paul Davis, House Minority Leader from Lawrence, stopped in Chanute last week as part of a tour in southeast Kansas to give an update on legislative happenings before lawmakers return for their wrap-up session on Wednesday. In Chanute, Davis was accompanied by Rep. Jerry Williams, D-Chanute. Budget is the operative word for the returning legislators. Since 2008, the state has undergone seven rounds of budget cu...
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Ash Grove, EPA discuss monitoring plans in KCK
Ash Grove Cement Company representatives met last week with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Region 7 and Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) staff in EPA’s Kansas City, Kan., offices to discuss the air, water and sediment monitoring plans currently being considered by EPA for the Chanute area.  “We appreciated having the opportunity to meet with EPA and KDHE to learn about the specific objectives of the monitor...
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Stirewalt stepping down at Main Street
Sharon Stirewalt, executive director of Chanute Main Street, submitted her resignation on Thursday, which will be effective May 5. “We as a Main Street program have done many great things for downtown and I hope that will continue. The program is needed, but under some new direction and leadership,” Stirewalt said in her resignation letter to board members. “I am not going anywhere, so I will be more than willing to help with the transitio...
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