The 3-on-3 Benefit Basketball tournament scheduled for Saturday, July 25 in Oswego has been cancelled due to scheduling conflicts with area events. Read more

Labette County Fair week officially got underway this week with the clothing revue in Altamont on Tuesday and 4-H foods events that are scheduled for Thursday afternoon and evening.
And — get this — temperatures are forecast to be moderate, not extremely hot as experienced most years.
Most of fair is slated to begin Sunday, July 26, with events continuing through Saturday, Aug. 1.

See this week’s Labette Avenue for all the details.

Special edition inside today’ Labette Avenue provides all the details of the fair!

More than 100 international representatives from all over the world including Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Canada and the United States, toured the Boss Tank facility in Oswego last Friday. The group also toured the Tank Connection Affiliate Group in Parsons and the Atec Steel Fabrication and Construction facility in Baxter Springs. These three facilities offer bolted and welded dry bulk and liquid storage tanks. Shown above is a large tank in the paint booth, some of the tanks are over 14-ft. diameter and 85-ft. in length.

The Labette County Farm Bureau will again make a highly visible presence at the fair.
The Farm Bureau Tent will be open at 6 p.m. each night Tuesday through Friday and featured attractions will be the 4-H Petting Zoo and Farm Fun Center.  Area youth and farm families will share a variety of animals at the petting zoo.  The Farm Fun Center provides activities and displays for all ages.  Members of Labette County Farm Bureau host activities at the FB Tent.

See this week’s Labette Avenue for a complete listing.

Matt Atteberry, executive director for Labette Center for Mental Health Services, was given the reassurance at Monday’s county commission meeting that the center’s budget probably won’t be cut this year.
Atteberry told the board that how state funds were cut $160,000 the last two years for mental health services. The center has 48 full time employees, 14 part-time; 44 of them live in Parsons and the remaining live in Labette County. The center has served 1777 clients in 2008, consisting of 908 male and 869 female and the average age is 25-44 year olds.
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