Altamont Flag Day festivities will be held on Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 11 in downtown Altamont.
Free events for the kids will include: inflatables, games and contests. Altamont Masonic Lodge will be holding their Child Identification Program and selling tickets for the drawing of your choice of a shot gun or $500 to be drawn for at 7 p.m. You do not need not be present to win.
Jenn Bebb, this year’s committee president has announced the following schedule.
Friday, June 10
6 p.m. – Kiddie parade lineup (east side of Labette Bank)
6:30 p.m. – Kiddie parade (travels south down Huston Street)
7 p.m. – Magic with Dennis Wilson
8 p.m. – 12 a.m. – Street dance with 2 Dudes & A Radio
Saturday, June 11
*Bring non-perishable foods and toiletries to help Flag Day fill a semi trailer.

*All donations will support Joplin Tornado Relief. Read more

Carl Hill with customer Clarence Carlton of Altamont.

Carl Hill opened his own shop in Parsons four years ago. He closed it and opened the Hill’s Automotive & Speed Shop in Altamont. The shop is located at 400 East Fourth.
Hill worked for General Motors for 20 years, was service manager in Coffeyville, worked at Mayse Automotive in Parsons and Royal Auto in Pittsburg. Read more

Flags will be put up at 8:30 a.m. at the North Edna Cemetery on Saturday, May 21.

Refreshments will be served until 9 a.m., then the first flag will be put up on the Sam S. Triplett gravesite.
Bartlett area residents will be putting out flags in the Lake Creek Cemetery on Saturday, May 21.

Anyone who would like to volunteer is asked to meet at the cemetery at 8:30 a.m. Donuts and coffee will be served before the work begins.

Jerald and Mary Reed of Parsons know about twins. They have twin granddaughters, Kaycee and Laynee Reed, who will turn four in May. The chance of having twins is 1 in 300 for a human. Read more

The following will be having sales during the citywide sale in Altamont on Saturday, April 16:
Altamont United Methodist Preschool-800 S. Wabash; Gudde-706 Wabash; Hucke-17008 Ness Road; Cosby-703 Wabash; Hess-205 S. Traster; Finley-400 S. Wells; Shaw-1179 14000 Rd; Spencer-106 S. Wells; Herdon-207 Centinnial Dr.; March-301 S. Karner; Treiber-115 S. Wells; Millis-208 Centennial Dr.
For the specifics on each sale see the city wide garage sale map available at the following Altamont businesses: Altamont Grocery, Casey’s, Bailey’s Corner and Labette Bank

A reminder that the USD 506 Board of Education monthly meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 15 at the Board of Education Office in Altamont, 7 p.m.

The Labette County Conservation District will hold its 72nd annual meeting on Saturday evening, Jan. 22, at 6 p.m.
The banquet and meeting will be held in the Labette County High School cafeteria and will feature a business meeting and election of its board of supervisors, as well as two major award presentations. Read more

The Labette County Farm Bureau Association announces its annual meeting and dinner will be Saturday, Sept. 18, at the LCHS Cafeteria in Altamont.  Serving will begin at 6:30 p.m.
The annual meeting and program will follow the meal. Program highlights will include presentation of special recognitions and guest speaker Dan Goddard of the Great Plains Development Authority.
During the business meeting, directors for five positions and voting delegates to the State Convention will be elected.  By-law change proposals will be considered.  Door prize drawings will be held following the meeting.
Craig Carnahan, President of Labette County Farm Bureau, invites all members and their families to attend.

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.

See this week’s Labette Avenue for the complete story.