Editor:
The Red Chair Auction, located in the former VFW building in Oswego, has closed. We would like to thank the community for all your support and patronage.
Keep watching for something new at this location.
– The Red Chair Investments

Two employees of Foley Tractor CAT rebuild program talked to the Labette County Commissioners at Monday’s meeting on possible cost-saving measures of rebuilding versus buying new road and bridge equipment.
Sandy Krider, road and bridge supervisor and Richard Johnson and Rodney Warren presented facts and figures regarding rebuilding three of the county’s large equipment, a loader a truck and a motor grader. No decision was made at this time. Read more

A standoff between law enforcement and a 24-year-old male in Edna ended without incident Saturday night.
Undersheriff Robert Sims said the Labette County Sheriff’s Department was notified shortly after 9 p.m., Saturday of a domestic disturbance at 101 S. Elm in Edna. Law enforcement were informed that the domestic disturbance involved a weapon.
See this week’s Labette Avenue for the entire story.

The Labette Health Foundation awarded scholarships this year to 19 area students for a total of $17,250. Foundation President Brian West, Tom Macaronas, Labette Health Interim CEO, and Rod Landrum, Executive Director presented each recipient a check and challenged the students to excel in their respective health related careers. This year is the largest recipient class to receive scholarships from the Labette Health Foundation and to date the Foundation has granted $89,300 to local students.

Twenty-seven Kansas high school students will be joining youth from Colorado, Oklahoma and Wyoming at the Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp, July 17-23 in Steamboat Springs, Colo., including Jennifer Nelson, Twin Valley Electric of Altamont.

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K-State Research and Extension will host a 1-day SERVSAFE food safety manager’s certification course on Monday, Aug. 16.  The class will be held from 8:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Labette Health, 1st floor, North Conference Room, 1902 U.S. Highway 59, Parsons.
The instructor will be Kylie Ludwig, Labette County K-State Research and Extension Agent.

See the Labette Avenue this week for more information.

Parsons will play a small role in introducing future fisherman to the sport once again as the Tourism Bureau, the Recreation Department and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks host the second annual Kids Fishing Derby at Tolen Creek Park. The kid’s derby will be held July 31, with a 7 a.m. check-in followed by the derby, which will end at 10:30 a.m.

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For more information, see the July 21 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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