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Library sweetens deal on Valentine’s Day
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter All things chocolate were definitely available at All Things Chocolate at the Chanute Public Library on Valentine’s Day. Head librarian Susan Willis said in addition to the regular cakes, pies, cookies and other foods that traditionally contain or are covered in chocolate, there were more interesting items for sale. “We have pretty much anything you can imagine with chocolate in it, including chocolate covered po...
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Walk Kansas registration is open; kickoff March 20
Walk Kansas registration packets are now available from local Southwind Extension District offices. The Kansas State University Research and Extension’s fitness program is scheduled to begin locally on March 18 and continue through May 12¬†The program is designed for teams of six friends, neighbors, family, or co-workers to cover the distance across Kansas during the eight week program. This breaks down to about 30 minutes of activity five da...
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Couple celebrate first anniversary after 20-year courtship
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter After being together for more than 20 years, an Iola couple decided it was time to tie the knot. Ina and Jack Day celebrated their first wedding anniversary on Jan. 3 of this year. And they marked the event by attending the First Thursday Dance at Chanute’s Central Pavilion. Jack Day had actually asked Ina to marry him two months into their relationship, which began August 17, 1991, but Ina was only fairly recentl...
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FET audit reveals little, lawsuit possible
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter The City of Chanute has completed its audit of Fry Environmental Technology (FET) and city officials did not get exactly what they were after. The city is trying to verify the original cost and manufacturer of a processor used in FET’s prototype. The processor was to be used to house the tires, according to JD Lester, City Manager. It is also the most expensive part of the prototype, with total payments of more...
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Vault Denim jeans, home parties make perfect fit
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter Business is a lot like sports. In a competitive sense, everyone puts on their pants “one leg at a time.” The adage is no intended pun for Tina Gossett, a Chanute consultant and regional coordinator for Vault Denim, a direct sale women’s designer jeans company. “I began my business with Vault Denim after attending a few open houses. I joined the company in August, 2011 after seeing what a fast-growing, dynamic c...
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American Idol dream postponed
The American Idol dream was sidetracked, but isn’t over for Thayer native Kayla Thornton. Thornton, actually Kayla Satterlee now that she is married, confirmed by phone from her home in Tulsa that the group round was her undoing in Hollywood. “The group audition was really bad. The guy who forgot the lyrics was the only one to go through,” she said. Kayla said her group, who got about two hours of sleep, spent too much time on choreography an...
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Shaw Bridge closed for construction work
The Shaw Bridge project is under way. At Friday’s meeting of the Neosho County Board of Commissioners, George Finical, inspection personnel with Cook, Flatt & Strobel Engineers, P.A., updated the commissioners on the pre-construction work being done on the Shaw River Bridge Project. 160th (Shaw) Road is open to local traffic only on each side of the Shaw River Bridge between U.S. 59 Highway and Elk Road. The Shaw River Bridge is closed. Eve...
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Thayer student wins bee, Royster 8th grader advances
Trenton Smedley, an 8th grader from Thayer Middle School, became the Neosho County spelling champion Friday with the word “poisonous.” Jenny Angleton, an 8th grader from Royster Middle School, was declared the runner up with “scenario,” after a protracted back-and-forth with Angelo Andoyo, grade 5, St. Patrick’s Catholic school. Eleven students participated in the Neosho County Spelling Bee, which was held in the library in Royster Middle Sc...
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Take precaution to provide cybersecurity
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter It’s always interesting when Tim Fairchild, the branch manager of the Chanute Commercial Bank, is around. Fairchild was at the Chanute Public Library Thursday to lead the first in this year’s jump start series, a series of educational events sponsored by the Friends of the Chanute Library. “We have probably the best library on the planet,” Fairchild said. “They’re always doing stuff, the collection’s great and the...
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FCE trip to travel on Historic Route 66
We have had several questions and requests for information about this years Family Community Education sponsored trip. If you are interested in traveling and learning more about the Historic Route 66 that was the major highway across this country from Chicago to Santa Monica, CA from the 1920s to the 1980s.  This historic route was some 2,400 miles long, went through eight states and three tim e zones.  We will be driving through four of t...
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NCCC imposes tuition, fee hikes for 2012-13
New tuition and fees were established for 2012-2013 at Thursday’s meeting of the Neosho County Board of Trustees. Here are the changes: • $2 per credit hour increase in tuition • $5 per credit hour increase to the book rental fee • $1 per credit hour increase to the incidental fee • $150 increase to campus housing charges • $3 increase to the transcript fee • Deletion of the graduation fee • Deletion of the laundry fee “It is never an easy de...
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Clopp newest addition at Weilert Chiropractic
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter Kristin Clopp will be the newest addition to the staff at Weilert Chiropractic in Chanute. Clopp is a certified massage therapist and will begin work at the Weilert Clinic on Monday, Feb. 13 on a part-time basis before moving into a full-time position in March. “I’ve worked in massage therapy for three years but received my license in 2010 from the Massage Therapy Training Institute in Kansas City, which is now...
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CES to present comedy jugglers
The Gizmo Guys, a winning combination of jugglers and humorists, will be performing from the stage at the Chanute Memorial Auditorium on Wednesday, Feb. 15 beginning at 7 p.m. The show is part of the current series of concerts provided by The Chanute Entertainment Series. A special pre-show is planned.  The Gizmo Guys are Allan Jacobs and Barret Felker. They work in a great variety of venues including theaters, Concert Associations, Arts Coun...
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Thayer’s Thornton on Idol’s Hollywood stage
Stu Butcher Tribune editor The Kayla Thornton family of Thayer was glued to the television on Wednesday night. They were hoping to get a glimpse of Kayla while she competed in the Hollywood portion of Fox TV’s American Idol. Both the Wednesday and Thursday shows this week focus on the contestants who earned tickets to Hollywood during auditions throughout the U.S. Kayla sang for the judges in Portland, Ore., said her sister Shannon Bogle, a t...
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IDL autopsy more than visual experience for students
Connie Woodard USD 413 public relations Chanute High School’s human physiology and advanced placement biology students were able to do more than watch an autopsy this year. They researched body organs, wrote an autopsy plan and then tested substances to try and determine a cause of death. The “In Depth: Autopsy” program put together by The Ohio State University Medical Center and its Center of Science and Industry was purchased by the SEK Regi...
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CES students earn pizza party with principal
Connie Woodard USD 413 public relations Chanute’s fourth and fifth graders have a new reason to get their homework done every day. Each month at a school assembly, Chanute Elementary Principal Jim Goracke draws the names of eight students who will get to eat pizza with him for lunch. To get their names placed in the fourth grade or fifth grade boxes, the students have to complete all their homework for school. The reward is more than sitting...
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Erie first graders adopt Afghanistan unit
An Erie Elementary first grade class has adopted a military unit in Afghanistan. First grade teacher Becky Oplotnik’s brother, Sergeant Tim Geier, is stationed in Afghanistan on his 3rd tour. Oplotnik’s students have been doing creative projects to let the troops in Geier’s unit know that they are thinking about them. They sent a Christmas care package with snacks and handmade decorations in December. Oplotnik said the soldiers decorated thei...
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Are you patient?
Road Rage is not pretty. You’ve been there. Four lanes of Interstate traffic at ground to a stop.¬†You’re late. You feel tempers radiating from the roof of adjacent cars. Suddenly a car races down the shoulder intent on passing everyone and then forcing his way into the line. Your slow burn gets hot.¬† Unholy pastoral wrath comes streaming from the mouth. Roadside rage is not pretty. Roadside rage is cured with patience. But patience is not n...
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Two businesses share Main Street storefront
Joshua Vail Tribune reporter Two very different businesses have opened under one roof on Main Street. Kristy’s Touch and Chanute Studios TV-5 Digital Media Services are now sharing 114 W. Main Street, the former home of Young America. Kristy’s Touch, owned by Kristy Ammons, carries jewelry, wallets, hairbows and tutus among other similar products. They will be adding dancewear in the future. Digital Media Services, owned by Chris Conklin, ...
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Contract approved for Royster project
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter At the Monday night meeting of the USD 413 school board, the board approved entering into a contract with Integrated Consulting Engineers to design an HVAC (heating, ventillation and air conditioning) system for Royster Middle School. Last month, representatives of the school board visited Uniontown. A system similar to the one that they are hoping to install in Royster has already been in place in Uniontown middl...
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