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WICHITA — Coffeyville Resources Refining and Marketing, LLC, has settled a federal lawsuit filed by seven Coffeyville-area property owners who claimed their properties were contaminated with crude oil from the Coffeyville-based refinery complex during the July 2007 flood.

Settlement papers were signed Friday, Aug. 27, in federal district court in Wichita by attorneys representing the property owners and Coffeyville Resources.
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The Caney Valley Bullpup Booster Club’s third annual “Pupfest Party in the Park” will start at 6 p.m., Friday, Aug. 27, in Wark City Park, and organizers are gearing up for another huge event. The evening will be filled with free games such as basketball toss, baseball throw, dunk tank and many more which will be manned by CVHS athletes, and the CVHS cheerleaders will also do face painting.  CVHS FFA members will have a stick horse barrel racing and dummy roping.
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TYRO — Mike Sutton has found peace and harmony dipping his fingers into the Montgomery County dirt every day.

The retired Tyro resident said there is nothing more therapeutic or more enjoyable than tilling the soil, planting seed, and watching the patient work of Mother Nature produce a harvest bounty.

That’s why Sutton has dedicated this year to a new venture: Mike’s Market, which produces garden-fresh vegetables to consumers.

Sutton said he has always tinkered with summertime gardening but never took on a venture this size until his retirement as a custodian from Coffeyville schools earlier this year.

“My garden always was pretty small, but I did not want to be the type of person who just sat around every day in retirement,” said Sutton. “I’m the type of guy who always needs something to do.”
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

CANEY — An 89-year-old Coffeyville man died of injuries early Wednesday, Aug. 25, following a fall at the Little Caney River dam northwest of Caney the prevoius afternoon.
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Coffeyville Community College alumnus Nick Rush looks to be the next member of the popular and unique percussion ensemble, the Blue Man Group.

According to their website at www.blueman.com, the Blue Man Group is best known for its widely popular theatrical shows and concerts that combine music, comedy and multimedia theatrics to produce a totally unique form of entertainment.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

COFFEYVILLE — A legal dispute between Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers and the City of Coffeyville concerning the City’s electrical power to the fertilizer plant was officially settled on Tuesday.
City commissioners voted unanimously to accept a settlement agreement with Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers after attorneys for both parties reached an agreement during mediation meetings more than one week ago.

In November 2008, Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers filed a lawsuit against the City of Coffeyville concerning the electric rates assessed by the City for the fertilizer company. Coffeyville Resources officials said in a press statement Tuesday that the lawsuit was filed for what the company thought was excessive charges beyond what the City and the company had agreed to in an existing electrical use contract (the City of Coffeyville provides electrical power to the fertilizer company).

The City of Coffeyville does not dispute that additional charges were applied but contends that the additional charge was a tariff that the City found necessary as a result of new power supply and transmission agreements. A press statement issued by the City of Coffeyville on Tuesday said the new power supply agreement was created after fertilizer company had expressed “an unwillingness” to negotiate any substantive changes to the previous 2004 electric use agreement.

Under the terms of the settlement, the City of Coffeyville will immediately refund Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers $4.79 million. During the process of the lawsuit, the City of Coffeyville sat aside $5 million of the company’s electric use payments for such a contingency.
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A Coffeyville resident expressed concerns Tuesday about the lack of information begin made available to him about possible bomb-making activities at a neighboring property.

Dustin Foust, 1403 S. Maple, alerted city commissioners into an investigation into a neighboring property last weekend. Foust was alerted to the investigation at 3 a.m., when a law enforcement officer awakened Foust and asked he and his family to evacuate the home until the investigation was completed.
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