Grant will depend upon community’s involvement

The City of Oswego plans to submit a Small Communities Improvement Program (SCIP) grant application on Dec. 4  for the purpose of receiving funds to make the unfinished ball fields north of the high school playable.
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The USD 506 school district has several staff changes and new teachers for the 2009-2010 year:

USD 506 new teachers are: Karla Cherico, Bobbi Allison, Michelle Murray, and Peyton Kessler.                                                                                             Photo by Beth Conrad

USD 504 Neosho Heights Principal Cindy Sanders shows a recent mural by Joan Allen of Chetopa. Setting the Stage for Success is this year’s theme, Sanders said.  The theme is based on Hollywood and movies and the theme is tied in with lessons with that theme. A first grade class has already read a short story and watched a short movie and compared them. There are decorations and movie posters in each room and in the front foyer of the attendance center. Joan Allen also paints seasonal murals on The Hairloom and Oswego HealthMart windows and also in Riggs Drug at Chetopa.

Hilary Rosson of Edna, daughter of Faith and Dewayne Rosson of Welch, is a student at Oklahoma State University where she is studying at the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences.
Rosson was one of 82 class members entering the veterinary college at OSU in Stillwater.
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Tom Macaronas and Brock Sutherland of Labette Health in Parsons gave the Labette County Commissioners an update on their recent construction projects on the campus during Monday’s commission meeting.
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For more information, see the Aug. 26, 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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