COFFEYVILLE — No injuries were reported in an explosion at the Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizer Plant shortly after 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30.

Steve Ames, a company spokesperson, said the explosion took place in an Urea Ammonium Nitrate (UAN) production facility.  All employees are accounted for, and damage was contained to one area of the plant.

Although the incident was heard throughout the area surrounding the plant, no impact was recorded beyond the facility’s fence line.  Non-essential personnel were evacuated from the plant and the adjacent refinery as a precaution.

The cause of the explosion is under investigation, Eames said.  No damage estimate was immediately available.

CLARIFICATION:  A story in the Sept. 30 Chronicle says the Caney Valley Recreation Commission was scheduled to meet on Wednesday night, Sept. 29.  Between the time when the Chronicle shipped its pages to the printing press at 5 p.m., Wednesday and the start of the meeting at 7 p.m., the Chronicle was notified that the meeting would not be held.  The commission will meet at its regularly scheduled time in October.

CANEY — One of six Caney Valley High School senior boys and one of six senior girls will be crowned the 2010 CVHS Fall Homecoming King and Queen in coronation ceremonies at 6:30 p.m., Friday evening, Oct. 1, at the CVHS Stadium. It should be noted that inaccurate information was provided to the Montgomery County Chronicle last week concerning the time of the coronation; the ceremony will be at 6:30 p.m. and not 6 p.m. as reported.
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CHERRYVALE — “Battle Of the Blue” is the theme for Friday night’s Neodesha/Cherryvale football game to be held at Logan Park Stadium in Cherryvale.
The Cherryvale High School Athletic Department is sponsoring the special-theme night — True Blue Night — in hopes that Cherryvale fans will don blue as the CHS Chargers face the Neodesha Bluestreaks. All CHS fans are encouraged to wear Charger blue T-shirts or sweatshirts so that the entire home side of Logan Park Stadium is covered in a wave of Charger blue.
Door prizes will be given away throughout the game, including autographed CHS footballs, football helmets, Charger yard stones, T-shirts, water bottles, Scentsy pots and more.

COFFEYVILLE — One week after being unable to agree to appoint a person to a vacant Coffeyville Community College trustee position, CCC trustees have declared an impasse on the trustee appointment.

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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

COFFEYVILLE — City manager Jeff Morris on Tuesday was granted a contract extension that calls for a 2.5 percent increase to his existing salary through Dec. 31, 2012.

Commissioners voted 4-1 to approve the job contract extension, which came after commissioners discussed the matter in executive session, which is closed to the press and public, in a previous meeting. Commissioner Jim Taylor, Sr., cast the lone dissenting vote.

With the 2.5 percent salary increase, Morris’ yearly salary will be $87,670.30 (his current salary is $85,532 per year). He also will be granted a $450 per month vehicle allowance and be provided with life and health insurance incentives.
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COFFEYVILLE — One of Montgomery County’s most notable historic events will be recreated this weekened when Coffeyville celebrates Dalton Defenders Days: Friday, Oct. 1 and Saturday, Oct. 2.

The event is held annually in honor of the Coffeyville citizens who defended the community from the Dalton brothers and fellow outlaws, who attempted to rob two downtown Coffeyville banks simultaneously on the morning of Oct. 5, 1892. What resulted was a bloody shootout between the citizen defenders and the outlaws. In the end, eight people were killed, including four defenders, with three people suffering injuries.
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COFFEYVILLE — The tombstone of outlaws Bill Dalton, Gratton Dalton and Bill Power was reported stolen after a tourist noticed its absence from Elmwood Cemetery in Coffeyville earlier in the week.

Coffeyville Police Department said an investigation into the theft of the tombstone continues. A Montgomery County Chronicle staffer visited the gravesite on Thursday and noticed the tombstone was taken from atop its granite stone. There were no visible signs of damage to the granite stone except for a deep gash on one side of the stone.

The tombstone was placed on the gravesite in 1931 at the request of Emmett Dalton, who was the lone survivor of the Daltons gang’s failed bank robbery of two Coffeyville banks on Oct. 5, 1892. Three of the four bank robbers were buried in Elmwood Cemetery while fellow outlaw Dick Broadwell was buried elsewhere.

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The Montgomery County Chronicle publishes death notices on this website at no charge to the family of the deceased. Complete obituary can be found in the print edition of the Montgomery County Chronicle. Complete obituaries are printed at $20, which is billed to the funeral home handling the funeral and burial arrangements.

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