The annual Bluegrass on the Prairie Festival will be held from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Little House on the Prairie Historic Site between Caney and Independence.
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Field Kindley High School will hold its fall sports homecoming coronation ceremony on Friday night, Oct. 9, prior to the start of the Field Kindley/Chanute football game at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
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Students in Charis Kirk’s pre-kindergarten class at the Jerry Hamm Early Learning Center have been treated to several new pieces of classroom equipment — thanks to a $400 grant from Sonic Drive-In and Donors Choice.
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The USD 445 Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m., next Monday, Oct. 12 at the Victor A. Klotz Education Center, 615 Ellis. The meeting is open to the public.
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CHERRYVALE — The Cherryvale High School varsity football team is only four quarters away from clinching their second straight Tri-Valley League championship.
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A 2-year-old rural Cherryvale girl died Sunday, Oct. 4, as a result of injuries sustained after being crushed by a heavy farm gate.

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Cherryvale city councilors have been meeting several times in the past week to conduct interviews for the position of city administrator.
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The death of Cherryvale native and U.S. Air Force Col. Fredrick A. Beebe brings an end to a stellar career for the highly-decorated pilot. Beebe died Saturday, Sept. 19, at his home in Destin, Fla. He was 81.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

CHERRYVALE — An area cabinet manufacturer with facilities in Cherryvale and Parsons has announced the layoff of 60 percent of its area workforce.
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