For more information, see the Sept. 30, 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.
Chamber-sponsored festival to be held downtown this time
Oswego’s hallmark event of the year, Oswegofest, is set for Saturday, Sept. 26. This year, festival activities have been moved from Riverside Park to the downtown business district.
The schedule of events for Oswegofest has been set and the events on center stage are:
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OHS Homecoming senior candidates are: front row: Amanda Riley, daughter of Skip and Julee Riley; Jessica Bates, daughter of Corey and Christina Bates; and Courtney Kirkpatrick, daughter of Steve and Brenda Kirkpatrick; back row class attendants: freshman, Jaymie Nesbitt, daughter of Glenn and Janna Nesbitt; sophomore, Maranda Moore, daughter of Charlotte and Ron Merwarth and Mike Moore; and junior, Brittany Jones, daughter of Linda Jones and Jimmy Jones. Coronation ceremonies will be held this Friday night at Arrowhead Stadium in Oswego.
Four area soda fountains made the list of only 38 operating fountains that remain in the state of Kansas. In a survey taken recently by Marci Penner of the Kansas Sampler Foundation, the three from this area were identified.
Included was the antique fountain located at Riggs Drug in Chetopa.
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Brad Bohnenblust, a member of the Labette County FFA Chapter, is pictured with his 1949 Oliver 77 Rowcrop tractor. He was chosen as the Grand Champion in the FFA tractor restoration contest at the 2009 Kansas State Fair.
Brad is the son of Jeff and Dee Bohnenblust, Altamont. His grandparents are Don and Vera Vitt, St. Paul. Brad’s FFA advisors are Jeff Falkenstien, Dustin Wiley and Kyle Zwahlen.
For more information, see the Sept. 23, 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.
The former Deming Investment Co. building, 321 Commercial, received extensive damage to the north side of the building on Monday in an partial collapse.
The owner of the building since October 2008, Johnathan Williams of Wiliams and Hess LTD in North Carolina, was notified and no announcement has been made regarding the building’s future. The three story structure was completed in 1884.
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The Oswegofest and Alumni Reunion committees are ready for Saturday, Sept 26.
Both the Commercial Bank and Labette Bank of Oswego have registration forms for all the events for Oswegofest. Some of these events are the car, truck and bike show. The 5km Run/Walk and also the Pie Baking Contest, and Oswegofest T-shirt order forms.
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