Rachel Bebb (left) and Shyanne Jones, members of the Pumpkin Creek 4-H Club, were busy watering “Bumper” at Monday’s Labette County Fair. They also have goats and pig entries. The Labette County Fair will continue through Saturday evening, July 31.

Labette County voters will go to the polls next Tuesday, Aug. 3, to narrow the field of candidates before the Nov. 2 general election.
Only one county office will be determined in 2010 — the First Dist. county commission seat currently held by Lonie Addis.
Addis, a Democrat, was the only candidate to file for the seat. Read more

Brannon Green from Labette County High School and Michael Bullard of Oswego High School will play in the 2010 East and West Kansas Shrine Bowl game on Saturday, July 31, in the Carnie-Smith Stadium on the campus of Pittsburg State University.
Both the East and West 2010 Kansas Shrine Bowl squads visited the St. Louis Unit of Shriners Hospitals for Children on Saturday, July 24, 2010.
Green is shown on the left and Bullard on the right. The little girl is a patient at the St. Louis Shriners Hospital.

The ground breaking for the new Mae Lessley Community Center was held on Tuesday Night at 8 p.m on July 27 at the Chetopa City Park.
The First Christian Church will be building a 30 x 80 Mae Lessley Community Center. The First Christian Church received a very nice donation from Mae and in return the church is building a community center for everyone to use and enjoy. Read more

For more information, see the July 28, 2010, 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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The ground breaking for the new Mae Lessley Community Center was held on Tuesday Night at 8 p.m on July 27 at the Chetopa City Park.
The First Christian Church will be building a 30 x 80 Mae Lessley Community Center. The First Christian Church received a very nice donation from Mae and in return the church is building a community center for everyone to use and enjoy. Read more

Fair visitors can enjoy some free musical entertainment and special activities for youth at the Labette County Fair in Oswego. The Cole Family will help kick off Tuesday night activities on July 27 with their special blend of bluegrass music and gospel. They will be onstage at the Larry Allen Family Pavilion starting at 6:30 p.m.
The Cole Family from southern Labette County includes Orin and Retha Cole and sons Brad and Travis along with Kevin and Lynette Cole and their sons Madison and Logan. This entertainment is sponsored by Altamont Builders Supply and Labette County Farm Bureau. Read more

Skies are clear and temperatures are running close to 100 degrees each day — the essence of fair time in Labette County.
The 99th annual Labette County Fair is set to begin Sunday, July 25, and run through Saturday, July 31, and pre-fair events have already begun.
The clothing revue and judging was held Tuesday, and food exhibit judging will get underway Thursday, both of them held in Altamont.
The official fair set-up is set to begin Monday with superintendents and helpers putting the final touches on the fair exhibit building. Read more

Two  principals’ positions were filled Monday, July 19 at a special USD 504 board of education meeting.
Following the resignation of Rod Wittmer, high school principal, the board approved the transfer of Cynthia Sanders from the Neosho Heights principal’s position to the high school principal’s position. The board then reassigned Janie Allison from her current Title I teacher position to the Neosho Heights principal’s position.
Also approved were activities director positions: Andy Fewin, high school and Neal Cruise, middle school. Read more