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66th annual Lions’ Egg Hunt on Sunday
For the 66th year, the Chanute Lions Club is planning an Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday at Highland Park. But a new twist has been added this year. Radio Disney is scheduled to arrive with its characters at 1:30 p.m. The Egg Hunt starts at 3 p.m. with candy in every egg and “Special Eggs” with dollar coins and dimes in them. There will be two different age groups, pre-school and kindergarten, and first graders through sixth graders. “We hope all th...
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CASA director reports abuse stats to county
Physical abuse down; sexual, verbal abuse rises Jimmy Potts Tribune Reporter ERIE — The Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Executive Director for the 31st Judicial District Aimee Daniels reported an increase in sexual and verbal child abuse to Neosho County Commissioners Thursday. The weekly meeting was held Thursday because of Good Friday. During the meeting, Daniels told commissioners that instances of physical abuse had gone down, bu...
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CHS senior places in international reading challenge
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter A Chanute High School senior has placed in the top 89 highest scoring 12th-grade students in the nation in the third meet of this year’s WordWright Challenge. CHS senior Dalton Noakes made only one mistake in the February meet. The challenge consists of analyzing a piece of text and answering questions. The challenge is similar to the verbal SAT I, the SAT II in English Literature and the Advanced Placement test...
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City candidates participate in forum
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter Six Chanute City Commission candidates addressed a variety of issues at a candidate forum Tuesday night at the Memorial Building sponsored by the Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce & Office of Tourism. Three will be elected in next Tuesday’s General Election. Jonathan Johnson moderated, and nine questions were asked of the candidates: Incumbents Jim Chappell, Tim Egner and Martha McCoy and challengers Jeff Galemore,...
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Neosho County near bottom of Kansas health rankings
Jimmy Potts Tribune Reporter The 2013 County Health Rankings and Roadmaps survey shows Neosho County as one of the least healthy counties in Kansas. The survey, a collaborative effort by the Robert Wood Foundation and University of Wisconsin, seeks to give a snapshot of the overall health of a community using statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (LBS), Federal Bureau of Investigations (F...
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Safari Museum receives African masks
A West African Mwana Pwo carved wooden mask is one of seven artifacts just received by the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum in Chanute. The collection was donated by Dr. and Mrs. Pascal J. Imperato of Manhasset, New York. Dr. Imperato is a retired medical doctor, and honorary trustee of the museum, who practiced medicine in West Africa.¬† ¬†¬† “Dr. Imperato’s generosity is a wonderful opportunity for pieces like this to come into public o...
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NCCC Academic Excellence team preparing for state tourney
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter Neosho County Community College’s Academic Excellence Challenge team is expecting to do well at state after winning the regional tournament March 9. Team Captain Haylee Merrill, a sophomore from Dallas, Texas who also plays women’s soccer at NCCC, said the competition is kind of like Jeopardy. Each round is played between two teams of students and consists of 24 “toss-up” questions, which can be answered by which ...
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Voorhees’ preliminary hearing set for April 26; Shields on the lam
At her status hearing held in Erie Tuesday, the preliminary hearing for Michelle Voorhees was scheduled for 9 a.m. April 26 in Chanute. Police are still looking for Brian Shields, 26, wanted on charges of first degree (felony) murder and aggravated burglary. Any information on Shields’ whereabouts should be directed to the Chanute Police Department at (620) 431-5768 Thirteen days after a Jan. 25 fire that resulted in a $35,000 total loss of ...
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City Commission saddles next commission with spending decisions
Resolution reduces water restrictions to Stage 1 Jimmy Potts Tribune Reporter With three of five commissioners facing reelection next Tuesday, at its regular meeting Monday the current Chanute City Commission tabled the approval of bids for new police trucks and the possible purchase of $87,020 in other equipment until its next meeting April 8. Commissioner Greg Woodyard’s motion to table the bids and purchases came after Commissioner Tim Egn...
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Chanute residents have new cancer treatment option
Jimmy Potts Tribune Reporter Chanute residents have a new option for cancer treatment with the opening of the Artesian Cancer Treatment Center. The recently opened center, located just west of the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center (NMRMC), offers patients state of the art cancer treatment through its linear accelerator. “It’s a machine that generates precision radiation that tar- gets most of the cancers we treat there — prostate ...
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NMRMC nurse retires after nearly 30 years
Jimmy Potts Tribune Reporter Dozens of friends, family and co-workers gathered Monday afternoon to give their best wishes to Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center Case Manager Nancy Castellucci, who celebrated her retirement in the hospital cafeteria. Timing and health concerns prompted Castellucci’s departure from NMRMC following 29 years of serving Neosho County residents. “That’s a long time that Nancy was here and I had the pleasure of...
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Muralist, Cherry Street students repaint building
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter Cherry Street Youth Center West saw some revitalization this month. Chase Reed, Cherry Street assistant executive director, said the walls were repainted by Cherry Street students, and four murals of various sizes were done by local muralist Kerry Bowman, most well-known for her work at The Jazz in Kansas City and its chain locations. Bowman said she has painted about 85 murals in the past eight years. The wall pa...
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The third annual Chanute Elks Lodge 806 Easter Egg Hunt will be held 1:30 p
The third annual Chanute Elks Lodge 806 Easter Egg Hunt will be held 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 30 at Elks Lake. More than 6,000 eggs have already been filled with two pieces of candy each. Brenda Harrison, who will be the Exalted Ruler of the lodge as of April 1, said the candy is provided by monetary and direct candy donations. “To fund the entire Easter egg hunt, we do it out of our youth activities fund,” she said. Helping out at the hu...
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Chanute Commission to vote on lifting water restrictions
Jimmy Potts Tribune Reporter A vote Monday by the Chanute City Commission could lift a seven-month water restriction instituted after the Kansas Water District issued a water warning for Neosho County last summer. The commission will vote on a resolution initiated by Chanute Director of Utilities Larry Gates that seeks to reduce its water restrictions from a Stage 2 Water Warning to Stage 1 Water Watch, which makes water conservation efforts ...
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CITY COMMISSION PROFILES
The six candidates vying for three City Commission seats in the April 2 election are profiled here. On Tuesday at 6 p.m., the Chanute Greater Area Chamber of Commerce and Office of Tourism will sponsor a candidate forum at 6 p.m. in the Chanute Memorial Auditorium. Uncumbent Martha McCoy A Chanute native, Martha McCoy is a retired educational administrator and currently owns McCoy Consulting LLC, a grant writing business. She has served as a...
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Chanute woman sentenced under Jessica’s Law
Amanda L. Grotton, 28, of Chanute was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences Thursday for rape and sexual exploitation of a child. Under “Jessica’s Law” rape and sexual exploitation of a child carry presumptive life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole until 25 years. The sentence was handed down by District Judge Daryl Ahlquist. In addition, Grotton was sentenced to 6 months in prison for obstructing official duty. The alleged s...
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KU to honor 32 seniors from Neosho and Wilson counties
LAWRENCE — A total of 32 seniors from high schools in Neosho and Wilson counties will be recognized April 3 for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 6:30 p.m. dinner and program at Chanute High School, 1501 W. 36th. During the ceremony, each student will receive a Webster’s New College Dictionary presented by Michelle Miles, assistant director of Kansas programs for the KU Alumni Association. David Johnston, direct...
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CRDA updates committees
Joshua Vail Tribune Reporter At the regular March meeting Thursday, the Chanute Regional Development Authority board began some reorganization based on the discussion at last month’s annual meeting. One of the major changes is to the bylaws. The bylaws of the authority call for several standing committees: attract, finance, fundraising, nominating committee, preserve and grow and promote and enhance. The proposed change leaves a combined fi...
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Support your local, hometown businesses
Last week I visited about the need for rural communities to support their local locally owned grocery stores. The Kansas State University Rural Grocery Initiative was established in 2006-2007 for the purpose of providing support to our rural community grocery stores. Their data base of 213 independently owned grocery stores in Kansas. Results of that survey can be viewed at:    www.ruralgrocery.org/survey Food desert is a term that you m...
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Holy Week Service begins on Sunday
Community Holy Week Service, sponsored by the Alliance of Churches for Christian Living, will be 7 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, 2nd and Lincoln. “I believe we have an interesting cross section of our community’s young pastors who are prepared to bring a message that God has given them for this occasion,” said Gary Maxwell, ACCL president. “Talented singers and choirs from the community will present special...
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