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Total lunar eclipse coming Monday night
Mike Myer Special to the Tribune It has been almost three years since people living in southeast Kansas have been able to watch a total lunar eclipse from their backyard. That eclipse took place on the 20th of February 2008. There is going to be a total lunar eclipse on the night of the 20th of December, or should I say, on the morning of the 21st of December. The timing of this eclipse will mean that you will need to give up some of your ...
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Google delays choice
Google reported on Wednesday that its announcement on a Google community has been delayed. Milo Medin, vice president, access services, wrote to the City of Chanute. “Earlier this year your community expressed interest in our experimental ultra high-speed broadband network, and I wanted to send you a quick update on where that project stands. “First, I’m excited to announce that this week I joined Google as Vice President of Access Servic...
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Rifle season keeps deer processors busy
OVERBROOK (AP) — Shannon Bollinger wishes he had a four-wheeler. It sure would help with the grocery shopping. Instead, it is not even 9 o’clock in the morning and Bollinger already is worn out. He has an 11-point buck deer on the back of a flatbed pickup to thank for that. Not that a man who just shot an 11-point buck — on the first day that he hunted that particular spot, no less — has much right to complain, but the deer did fall in a b...
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Black Friday spirit continuing in Chanute
Marilynn Rutledge Tribune Reporter With Black Friday behind them and Christmas just around the corner, retail stores in Chanute are benefiting from the large amount of last-minute shoppers this year. Many of the downtown stores in Chanute can count on the fact that when the holidays come around, there will be a plethora of late shoppers, looking to stay in town to shop. “Always the last couple weeks we will have a lot of people getting l...
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Residents paying taxes on the south wind?
Stu Butcher Tribune Editor Whenever property tax statements come in the mail, the city of Chanute begins receiving phone calls. “When taxes go up, we hear about it,” said City Manager J. D. Lester. Neosho County residents have been notified first-half taxes are due Dec. 20. The second half will be due on May 10. Lester noted that the city’s mill levy raised for 2010 just 1.157, from 40.611 to 41.768 over the 2009 budget. The county rai...
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City OKS employment agreement
Stu Butcher Tribune Editor In a less-than-an-hour meeting on Monday night, the City Commission approved the employment agreement between the City of Chanute and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 304 (IBEW). “Both sides worked in good faith,” said City Manager J.D. Lester. Changes made include: • Employees having accumulated the maximum number of days of sick leave will earn a bonus day on Jan. 1, May 1 and...
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— Community Corrections & Juvenile Justice Administration Advisory Board of 31st Judicial District, 7:30 a
Thursday, Dec. 16 — Community Corrections & Juvenile Justice Administration Advisory Board of 31st Judicial District, 7:30 a.m., jury room of Chanute Judicial Center, 102 S. Lincoln. — Christian Women’s Club “The Perfect Gift Brunch,” 9:30 a.m., Mo-Gedi’s at Quarry Stone. — Chanute Senior Citizens Center Christmas dinner, noon, 1717 W. Main. — NMRMC Board of Trustees, noon, East Classroom. — Chanute Public Library storytime, 4 p.m. ...
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NCCC making half-a-house energy efficient
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter A sustainable energy laboratory is being built on 7th Street and Santa Fe by students in the Construction Technology classes offered by Neosho County Community College. NCCC is partnering with the City of Chanute to create a lab where students can learn about energy efficient construction methods and what benefit they provide to the home owner and to the environment. “So one half of the house will be very...
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Pitt State gives Mildfelt Meritorius Achievement Award
PITTSBURG — Chanute’s Dan Mildfelt will be honored as recipient of Pittsburg State University’s Meritorious Achievement Award. Pittsburg State University will host a reception at 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 17, in the Wilkinson Alumni Center in honor of the newest recipients of the award. Recipients are Daniel L. Mildfelt, president and chief executive officer of Community National Bank & Trust and Community Bancorp, Inc., in Chanute, and Ca...
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Animals part of lessons learned in NCCC science labs
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter A couple of the science labs at Neosho County Community College hold live animals, including snakes and cockroaches, so students can learn about and interact with the natural world around them. “In my experience it has always been really effective to have live animals to talk about when we are describing things like hunting activities, camouflage patterns, all kinds of biological concepts,” said Instructor...
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— Pictures with Santa at Total Image, 9:30 a
Today, Dec. 11 — Pictures with Santa at Total Image, 9:30 a.m. to noon. Sunday, Dec. 12 — 28th annual International Tasting Tea featuring the food and culture of South Africa, 2 to 4 p.m., Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum, Depot Lobby, Free and open to the public. — VFW Bingo, 6 p.m., 1654 W. Main. Monday, Dec. 13 — Chanute High School choral concert, 7 p.m, CHS Auditorium. — Chanute City Commission, 7 p.m., Memorial Building. Tu...
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County Commision business
ERIE — Hugo Spieker acted as chair on Friday for the Board of County Commissioners because Nicholas Galemore was attending by speakerphone. The commissioners: • Heard from George Finical, inspection personnel with Cook, Flatt & Strobel Engineers, P.A. (CFS), updated the commissioners on Phase II of the 160th (Shaw)-Elk Road Improvement Project. The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) walk through on this project is next Wednesda...
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Author, counselor to share enzyme nutrition lesson
Tribune staff The Chanute Art Gallery will be hosting author and healthfood enthusiast, Rachel Ruth Unruh, Independence, at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, at the Tioga Hotel, east entrance. Unruh is a public school teacher with a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of Arkansas. She has a certificate in Wellness Counseling and is an active Health Minister. Her children’s book, under the pen name Rachel Ruth, is called McGrew and the ...
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NCCC getting new Ottawa campus ready
Neosho County Community College President Brian Inbody told the Board of Trustees Thursday, “Ottawa campus is on time and on budget! “If you have not been on the live webcam recently, you should take a look. It is spectacular,” he said. “The funds are coming from the production budget for the building, or from grants, such as Carl Perkins or HSRA.” The board reviewed resolutions in regard to the new Ottawa campus. In the consent agenda, the ...
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— Chanute Senior Citizens, 11:30 a
Today, Dec. 10 — Chanute Senior Citizens, 11:30 a.m., CHS Select Ensemble at noon, Central Park Pavilion. — Dance with Joe Harris, 7 p.m., Central Park Pavilion. Saturday, Dec. 11 — Pictures with Santa at Total Image, 9:30 a.m. to noon. Sunday, Dec. 12 — 28th annual International Tasting Tea featuring the food and culture of South Africa, 2 to 4 p.m., Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum, Depot Lobby, Free and open to the public. — VF...
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Birthday bash again supports Toys for Tots
Tristyn Stanislaus again used her birthday as a way to assist Toys for Tots, with older children in mind. This year’s theme at Central Park Pavilion was Mardi Gras for Stanislaus’ second annual Toys for Tots birthday party. Tristyn hatched the idea last year and with her parents, Kirby and Debby Stanislaus, who put on Tristyn’s now annual Toys for Tots Birthday party event. This year’s turn out was huge, with approximately 100 youth coming...
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St. Paul celebrates season
ST. PAUL — The 4th annual Parade of Lights Christmas Parade was Sunday in St. Paul. In the parade were Santa, Santa’s helper, Stacie Becker, Frosty, John Huber, Krystal, Emily Richenburg and the Snowflakes, Camden Leonard and Samantha Turpen. This was the first year for the Frosty and Krystal/Snowflake Contest. St. Paul grade school kids kindergarten thru 2nd grade sold chances on a $100 bill for the crowns of Frosty and Krystal. St. Paul Co...
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4-H Club makes South African dishes for tasting tea
Kathleen Carney Tribune Reporter An International Tasting Tea, jointly sponsored by the Neosho Valley Busy Bess 4-H Club and the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum, is being held in the depot of the Safari Museum this Sunday from 2-4 p.m. Admission to the museum and the tasting is free. The tasting is featuring the food of South Africa primarily because of a South African family who lived in Chanute last year. Bruce and Ursula Kamanga a...
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Theme Thursdays with Andy Albright
Connie Woodard USD 413 When it comes to Andy Albright’s co-educational physical education class, the high school PE teacher is using different themes and music to get his students excited about getting fit. Albright said he wants his class to experience variety and to “have fun working out.” On Theme Thursdays, the students spend 45 seconds rotating through a series of stations set up around the gymnasium. At each station there is a diff...
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The spirit of Christmas: Simplicity
The spirit of Christmas is simplicity. We are drawn to the simplicity of the Christmas story. The story of how God and his love sent Jesus. We are drawn to the humbleness of a stable, of shepherds, and a manger. It is a beautiful story of a peasant girl and a miracle birth. The spirit of Christmas draws us back to the most important things… experiencing God’s love, the importance of family, a heart of compassion for the less fortunate, and ...
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