A “Oswego Fitness Fire Relief Fund” has been opened for the Oswego and area communities to help out Scott and Regina Riley.

The Oswego Chamber of Commerce has set up a bank fund at the Labette Bank for the Oswego Fitness, that received extensive smoke damage last Wednesday, due to a electricity short in a treadmill. Read more

Gloomy faces prevailed on Monday as Labette County Commissioners heard a final report on the Labette Correctional Conservation Camp.

Final — because the Kansas Department of Corrections has issued a closure order for the men’s camp, closing it only six months after officially shuttering the women’s camp facility in Oswego.

The last graduation at the camp will be held June 9. Read more

The Board of Education of Labette County USD 506 held its regular monthly meeting at 8 p.m., Monday, May 11 at the Board of Education office in Altamont.

Jennifer Mathes led the board in prayer.

Dr. Stockton gave a follow-up on the April board meeting and the May board retreat.

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Following review and discussion of current and pending school finance issues at Monday’s monthly USD 504 Oswego school board meeting, action was taken regarding staffing and assignments.

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Twenty-eight seniors will graduate from Welch High School on Sunday, May 17, starting at 2 p.m.
See this week’s Labette Avenue for photos of all graduates.

The Class of 2009 at Chetopa High School will graduate during commencement exercises on Sunday, May 17, at 4 p.m. in the new gymnasium.
Twenty-two seniors are listed to receive their diplomas.
Photos of all seniors will be printed in next week’s edition (May 20) of Labette Avenue.
Eighth graders at Chetopa Junior High School will graduate on Sunday evening, May 17, with commencement exercises set for 6 p.m.

Twenty-nine seniors will receive their diplomas when Oswego High School holds its commencement exercises on Saturday, May 16, at 2 p.m.
See this week’s printed edition of Labette Avenue to see photos of all OHS graduates.

For more information, see the May 13, 2009, issue of the Labette Avenue. To locate previously posted death notices, enter the decedent’s last name in the archive search box on Labette Avenue’s home page. Labette Avenue publishes death notices free of charge. Paid obituaries ($20) are printed in their entirety in the Labette Avenue and online at www.taylornews.org/lba.

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