COFFEYVILLE — When Coffeyville Community College offensive coordinator Kelton Copeland resigned last week to take a position at the University of South Dakota, most schools would have been in a pickle in trying to fill an important coaching void just two weeks before the start of pre-season camp. The Ravens did not have to look far to find an ideal replacement.

Former Red Raven head coach Skip Foster has agreed to return to CCC, this time as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

CANEY — Mothers of two former Caney Valley High School cheerleaders Monday pleaded with USD 436 Board of Education to end bullying at local schools and to stop protecting family members who are on the local payroll — an issue, they said, that has fueled the bullying environment.

However, the requests by Terri McDaniel and Traci Toy to review bullying and nepotism issues will have to wait until September, which is when board members agreed to begin re-examining current policies pertaining to bullying and nepotism
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CANEY — Caney water customers are urged to exercise caution and conservation as intense summer heat lessens the supply of available water.

Mayor Dale McBride alerted city councilors Monday to the water level at the Little Caney River Dam, where, as of Monday afternoon, the water level was even with the dam rim. McBride said the long-term forecast, which calls for continued 100-degree heat each day with little to no chance of precipitation, could push the water level to fall below the dam rim, thereby reducing the amount of available water for consumption.
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Big Hill Lake east of Cherryvale is one of five reservoirs in Kansas that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has placed a public advisory concerning the presence of blue-green algae in the lake water.

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CHERRYVALE — The Kansas Highway Patrol confirms that alcohol was a factor in a two-vehicle collision that claimed the lives of two Cherryvale people late Saturday.
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WICHITA — The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services plans to close nine service centers across Kansas in a cost-cutting move.

Among the nine services centers targeted for closure is the Coffeyville office.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

USD 445 faculty and support staff will receive bigger paychecks soon, due to salary hikes granted by the USD 445 Board of Education on Monday.

Monday’s meeting was the final one for the fiscal 2010-11 budget year, which ends on June 30. The board held the meeting to approve final expenditures and transfers to close out the budget year.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

Jim Blaes, Cherryvale High School head men’s basketball and head track coach, was rehired to those positions on a pair of 5-2 votes by the USD 447 Board of Education Tuesday night.

At a special school board meeting Tuesday, school board members conferred in executive session, which is closed to the press and public, for two and a half hours before returning to open session and voting to rehire Blaes to those two coaching positions for the 2011-12 school year.
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An FFA judging team from Caney Valley High School represented Kansas at the American Junior Paint Horse Association contest in Fort Worth, Texas, last week and won sixth place out of 21 teams.
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