Four young soldiers from Mound Valley were honored during a “send off” dinner hosted by the Flagpole Festival Committee last Saturday.

One of the soldiers, E4 Zach Hight, was returning from a year of service in Afghanistan with the U.S. Army where he worked as an air controller.

Hight is the son of Kim Hedrick of Mound Valley and the late Craig Hight, and the step-son of Bo Hedrick. He is returning to his wife, Lisa, and their two sons, Gavin and Zane. Lisa is also a Mound Valley native.

Hight had originally planned to attend the Saturday event but there were delays and he was still en route to Fort Campbell, Ky. He was expected to arrive back in Labette County by midweek.

The three Mound Valley soldiers who will soon embark for Afghanistan are Jacob Rion, Joel Franklin and D.J. Bush, and all three were present, along with their families. Read more

Robin Oldham will write winter sports for Labette Avenue, according to editor Rena Russell.

Russell said Oldham worked alongside her in the preparation of fall sports and she is looking forward to her continued involvement with the newspaper.

“Robin will cover sports for Chetopa, Oswego and Labette County High School, and will be working with the coaches to prepare information for our newspaper,” said Russell.

“We encourage all coaches to send us information and statistics — just send them directly to me at labetteavenue@taylornews.org and we’ll make sure the information gets to the right person,” said Russell.

Oldham works from her home and stays in constant communication with the newspaper by email.

From all of us at Labette Avenue, we wish you and your family a happy and blessed Thanksgiving.

An open house will be held at the Mound Valley Community Center on Sunday, Dec. 6 from 1 to 5 p.m. featuring the following businesses who are selling Christmas items: Brandi Froebe with Avon Products, Scentsy, Pretty Piggies Bowtique, Premier Designs, Arbonne, and Candles D’Light.
Each booth will have a drawing or a basket. If orders are made, they will arrive before Christmas.
For additional information, call (620) 328-2415.

The Labette County Fair Board meeting was held Nov. 18, at the Wyckoff Education Unit in Altamont. Meeting called to order by President Steve McKinzie with 13 members present. Read more

Labette County Commissioners approved the Sheriff’s Department to purchase a blade for a utility vehicle for snow removal at their department and the sidewalks at the courthouse in Oswego, at Monday’s meeting. County Emergency Coordinator Jim Cook told the commissioners that he received only one snow removal bid for the Parsons court facilities. Read more

For more information, see the Nov. 25, 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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