BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

INDEPENDENCE — County commissioners expressed interest in acquiring the Washington School property, which is located north of the Montgomery County Judicial Center.

The school property will be vacated sometime in 2012 due to the construction of a new elementary school near Eisenhower Elementary School in Independence. The USD 446 Board of Education has agreed to seek offers for the sale of that school property.

County commissioners toured the school building two weeks ago to determine its usefulness for county efforts. While some county residents have hinted that the school could be used as a site for a juvenile detention facility, commissioners on Monday were reluctant to put that idea into blueprints.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Whether it’s the soda pop you drink, the pizza you eat, or the antacids you ingest to calm the effects of both, it’s a guarantee that each of those actions will have been approved or regulated to some degree by the Food and Drug Administration.

And, it’s Beth Martino’s job to tell you if your cola is unsafe to guzzle, your pizza is unfit for consumption, or your antacids are concocted from unsafe sources.

On Monday, Martino, a 1998 graduate of Caney Valley High School, assumed the position of FDA’s associate commissioner for external affairs — a job where she oversees and manages the flow of information from the administration to the rest of the nation.
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CHERRYVALE — The ceremonial closure of the Kansas Army National Guard Armory in Cherryvale will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 6.

The Kansas Adjutant General in December announced the closure of the Cherryvale armory along with 17 other National Guard armories across Kansas. The City of Cherryvale has agreed to assume ownership of the armory with plans of converting the facility into a community recreation facility.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

COFEYVILLE — After months of construction, Coffeyville’s new Walmart Supercenter will officially open to customers at 8 a.m., Wednesday, March 17.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 7:30 a.m., with community and business leaders and members of the Coffeyville Chamber of Commerce joining Walmart associates for the store’s debut.
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