PARSONS, KS— If you are headed to celebrate the official opening of the Frisco Trail on Tuesday, make it a point to stop in and check out all that the Parsons Farmer’s Market has to offer. At the Parsons Farmers Market, you’ll not only have your choice of the finest greens and a wide variety of products, but you will also support local growers as you find your favorite fruits and vegetables and handmade craft items. Read more

A Labor Day Night Disc Golf Blind Draw Doubles Tournament will be held on Sunday, Sept. 5, at the Altamont Lake (3 1/2 miles south of Altamont. Thirty-six holes: 18 hole course with two rounds costs $20 per person. Register at 8 p.m. and start at 9 p.m. CTP will be held after the tournament. Cost is $1 = 1 throw $5 = 6 throws. Ace pots $1. Lights will be sold at this event. For information, call Mike Carson (620) 249-3713 or Derick Spencer (620) 423-4211.

The Bartlett United Methodist Church will host their monthly Sunday Country Breakfast on Sunday, Sept. 5. Breakfast will be served from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the church dining room.  The all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet menu will feature homemade sausage gravy served with biscuits, hot pancakes, breakfast casseroles, hash browns, ham, sausage, fresh fruit, breakfast sweets, coffee, juice, and milk.  Donations will be accepted to support the ministry and mission work of the church.  The public is invited to attend.  Bikers are welcome.

The Southeast Kansas Community Action Program (SEK-CAP), one of the recipients of 2009 Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) grants, is re-opening the application process for these funds. Read more

All three high schools in southern Labette County will open their football seasons this Friday night, Sept. 3, and one of them is state-ranked.
Oswego High School will host Quapaw High School (Okla) with a 7:30 p.m. kickoff.The Indians will hit the gridiron with plenty of expectations on their shoulders.
Oswego  finished 2009 with an amazing 10-1 record, ending only on a heart-stopping 20-16 loss to Olpe in the second round of the class 2A state playoffs. Pollsters with the online site kansasprepfootball.com have tabbed Oswego as the second-best team in class 2A, according to the pre-seasoen rankings that were released last weekend. Meade, Kan., is picked first, followed by Oswego, Olpe, Pittsburg-Colgan and Centralia.
The game will be aired on Coffeyville radio station KUSN (104.1 FM), which will broadcast the contest as the first “High School Game of the Week” for 2010.
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Labette County High School will play at home against Fort Scott with a 7 p.m. kickoff. See separate story on this page.
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The Green Hornets of Chetopa High School will also play at home for their opener against Midway-Altoona with a 7 p.m. kickoff.

Clint Brightman, a 2005 alumnus of the OHS golf team hit his first hole-in-one during Saturday’s golf scramble at Oswego. It was on hole number three, a 200-yard bulls-eye drive with an 8-iron that eliminated any need for a putter. Read more