The Oswego Christmas Parade will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 15, and starts a 7 p.m. The Grand Marshals will be Steve and Cheryl Lewis.
Prior to the parade there will be a free chili dinner from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Oswego Rec Building, courtesy of Oswego Nursing and Rehab Center. Free hot chocolate and coffee will be provided by the Oswego Assembly of God Church. Mr. and Mrs. Claus will be at the Oswego Rec Building after the parade with treat bags.
Contact Kevin Sheddrick at 795-2959 to enter your parade entry.
This week’s Labette Avenue has complete information on the parade and the honored dignitaries.
For more information, see the Nov. 3, 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.
Commercial Hot Air Balloon Pilot Tim Billingsly from Carrollton, Ga., took his sister Joann Pursley, Chetopa and stepfather Ron Wylie, Bartlett, for a morning balloon flight over Chetopa Thursday. They flew for about an hour and landed in a field not far from the river. The weather was accommodating with multi-directional winds at different altitudes not exceeding 8 mph. A soft landing, champagne and a ceremony topped off the flight along with a beautiful sunrise. Tim Billingsly’s wife Jorie and brother Mike Billingsly, Chetopa, performed ground operations and with radio communications easily retrieved the balloon upon landing.
Sports changes at the Oswego High School include the following:
Volleyball - OHS triangular with Colony-Crest and St. Paul was scheduled for Monday, Oct. 18 has been moved to Tuesday, Oct. 19 at OHS starting at 5 p.m..
The schedule will be OHS vs. Crest-JV, followed by Oswego vs. Crest-Varsity at 6 p.m., followed by St. Paul vs. Crest-Varsity at 7 p.m. and concluding with Oswego vs. St. Paul-Varsity at 8 p.m.
Football - OHS varsity game at Lyndon scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 28 has been moved to Friday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. at Lyndon.
Labette County High School football homecoming court includes: Tori Hazen, Emily Journot, Queen Angel Regis, Tori Fulkerson and Arin Billingsly.
(Photo by Beth Conrad, LCHS)
Labette County High School Theatre Department announces the performance of a powerful new production of Bang, Bang, You’re Dead, a social commentary on school violence and bullying by William Mastrosimone, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 12 and 13, at 7 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium.
The top five finalists for Labette County High School homecoming includes:
left to right: senior Emily Journot, daughter of Bryan and Traci Journot; senior
Angel Regis, daughter of Stephen Regis and D’Angela Barnes; senior Tori Fulkerson,
daughter of David and Jessica Keaton; senior Arin Billingsly, daughter of
David and Robin Billingsly; and senior Tori Hazen, daughter of Buddy and Mindy
Hazen. The crowning of the queen will be held at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 8 before
the football game starts against Iola. (Photo by Beth Conrad)
Lori Cossou of Lori’s Creative Cakes and Cookies, downtown Oswego, placed in the Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show held Oct. 2-3 at the Tulsa State Fair.
With a duplicate of her dog Bruiser, Lori took first place in the novelty category in the master’s division and best of division in all of the master’s division categories. “The judges didn’t believe that the dog food was icing until they picked it up and inspected it,” Cossou said.
Lori also placed second in the master’s division for her jewelry entry.
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
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