The Great Plains Development Authority’s Board of Directors meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 26, 2011, has been CANCELLED.
The next regularly scheduled meeting is June 9, 2011 at the Parsons City Commission Room.
 

USD 506 Labette County has rescheduled the Eighth Grade Graduation ceremony for Thursday, May 26 at 8 p.m. at Harrison Auditorium.

The event was originally scheduled for May 24 was canceled due to approaching severe weather.

The parent sponsored dance for graduated eighth graders will follow as previously planned.

Area residents have carried dispirited looks on their faces this week in the wake of a monster tornado that ripped into Joplin last Sunday evening.
At press-time Tuesday evening, emergency officials in Joplin reported 117 deaths and hundreds of personal injuries, with over 2,000 buildings and houses destroyed or damaged.
The National Weather Service said the funnel that dropped to the ground in the Galena/Riverton vicinity and moved eastward across the south-central portion of Joplin was an EF-4, possibly an EF-5 at times. Read more

Many Memorial Day activities will be taking place in the area. The following is a list of services and flag raisings the public is invited to attend.
• The Chetopa VFW and Auxiliary will be putting out flags at the Oak Hill Cemetery on Friday, May 27 at 4 p.m. They would appreciate volunteers to help put the flags up and also take them down on Friday, June 3 at 4 p.m. Read more

For more information, see the May 25, 2011, 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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