Chanutes historic Tioga Hotel sold
CHANUTE A Florida businessman, Caleb Walsh, purchased the Tioga Hotel in downtown Chanute and Big Hill Lodge near Cherryvale. Walsh provides affordable housing and has apartment complexes in nine states. The Tioga has 55 rooms with 16 kitchenettes on six floors, with three ballrooms and three commercial kitchens. It was built in 1929 and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1990. It had been vacant for four years.
Labette County talks about wind farms
OSWEGO Labette County commissioners heard concerns from a Parsons man about wind farm development, according to The Parsons Sun. The man called a wind farm project in Neosho County a travesty that led to mistrust and anger from those who questioned the proposal, he said, and asked Labette commissioners to handle the issue better if a wind farm is proposed in their county. Commissioners said they have not heard of a project but would be transparent if one came up.
County employees recording under fire
BURLINGTON Coffey County Commissioners discussed the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KORA) after a county employee recorded parts of a recent meeting and the county clerk made a KORA request for the recording and learned only portions had been recorded, according to The Coffey County Republican. Citizens can record any or all of a public meeting, but the county lacks a policy regarding recording by county employees. Employee records, including recordings of public meetings, are subject to KORA. Commissioner Wade Bowie II said he was concerned the partial recording might appear to violate KORA.
Erie introduces wife-carrying event
ERIE Most people thought it was a joke when the American Legion Post 102 said it would sponsor a wife-carrying contest to kick off this years Old Soldiers and Sailors Reunion, The Chanute Tribune reported. The contest was introduced as a sport in Finland in 1992 and the competition has spread through other countries, with a national organization in the U.S. There are several ways to carry a wife, with the most common the Estonian carry in which the wife hangs upside-down with her legs around the husbands shoulders, holding onto his waist. Matrimony isnt actually required for teams. Five teams participated in Erie.
Wheat harvest off to slow start in area
GARNETT The local wheat harvest was delayed by wet weather, The Anderson County Review reported. Anderson County farmers planted just over 6,000 acres of wheat this year, roughly the same as last year. Only 41 percent of wheat has been harvested so far this year, well behind 89 percent at this point last year and 84 percent for the five-year average.
