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

The formal ceremony will likely be held in March to signal the change of ownership of the Cherryvale’s Kansas Army National Guard Armory to the City of Cherryvale.

City administrator Greg McDanel told city councilors at Monday’s meeting of plans by the Kansas Army National Guard’s top brass to hold a formal ceremony — likely in early March — as the armory is closed. The City of Cherryvale has agreed to accept ownership of the building, which is slated to officially take place on Feb. 28.
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The Kansas Adjutant General’s Department on Friday released the names of the communities where 18 of its 56 National Guard armories will close in early 2010 due to state budget cuts.

Cherryvale is among the 18 towns that will lose their armory. Other Kansas communities to see the closure of their armories are Atchison, Burlington, Chanute, Council Grove, Fort Scott, Garden City, Garnett, Goodland, Horton, Kingman, Larned, Phillipsburg, Russell, Sabetha, *Salina East, Troy and Winfield. (*Salina East building will remain open for Guard use, but armory operations will be transferred).
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