COFFEYVILLE — Changes are underway at a Coffeyville-based cabinet manufacturer.

RSI Home Products, the Anaheim, Calif.-based parent company of Prestige Cabinets in Coffeyville, announced Tuesday that it was redesigning and launching a new kitchen cabinet line and will be discontinuing production of the Prestige brand by the end of 2009.
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Cherryvale city councilors overrode a veto by Mayor John Wright that will allow the speed limit on West Main Street to remain 30 miles per hour during non-school hours.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

CHERRYVALE — The Cherryvale Teachers’ Association, the bargaining unit for faculty in the Cherryvale school district, has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against the USD 447 Board of Education.

The lawsuit was filed Friday, Sept. 25, in Montgomery County Court, and the Cherryvale Teachers’ Association’s petition was signed by David Schauner, an attorney with the Kansas National Education Association.
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Caney Valley 42, Burlington 0

Cherryvale 46, Yates Center 0

Caney Valley and Cherryvale both 4-0.

BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

COFFEYVILLE — City commissioners voiced support Tuesday for asking Coffeyville city residents to approve a new one-half cent sales tax to be used for street improvements.
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“Lights! Camera! Action! Take One–From the Wildcats!” will be the theme of Spirit Week activities to be held at Cherryvale Middle-High School next week.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

CHERRYVALE — Plans for the development of a 20-unit housing development in the southwest part of Cherryvale took a bold step this week when the City of Cherryvale learned it had received a $430,000 state grant to develop infrastructure in that area.
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Preparations are underway for the 2009 Caney Valley High School Fall Homecoming Week to be celebrated next week, Monday, Sept. 28, through Friday, Oct. 2.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

CANEY — A retired Caney couple on Monday announced plans to build a community center/teen center at the corner of First and Ridgeway streets.

Retired Caney physician Robert Moore and his wife, Betty, told Caney city councilors of their desire to build a community center that not only will house a large room for civic club meetings and social gatherings but also a facility for teenagers to enjoy after-school and weekend  activities.
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