The Labette County Fair will get underway on Sunday evening with a parade in downtown Oswego. This will include a cattle drive. Events will start immediately and continue through next week.
See this week’s Labette Avenue for a special edition which offers all the details on this centennial fair.

Friday, July 8
• Oswego Senior Center blood mobile.
Saturday, July 9
• Aftershock softball team car wash, Rigg’s Drugstore in Chetopa, 9 a.m.-noon
Sunday, July 10
• Gorden Yost birthday celebrations, Mae Lessley Community Center in Chetopa, 2 p.m.
Monday, July 11
• Parsons Library children’s story hour, ages 2-6, 10 a.m.
• Chetopa Library story hour, Chetopa Library, 6-7 p.m.
Tuesday, July 12
• Service with Jack Blackwell, Crosstimber Community Church in Edna, 10:45 a.m.
• Parsons Library, Rage Mat art project, ages 8-12, 2 p.m.
• Chetopa Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m.
• KAAP Restoration Advisory Board meeting, Labette Bank 2121 Main, Parsons, 6-8 p.m.
• Regional Vet Customer Appreciation dinner, Oswego Community Building, 7-9 p.m.
• SEK Educational Museum meeting, 402 Ohio Street in Oswego, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 13
• Oswego Senior Center board meeting, 9 a.m.
• Oswego Library summer reading travels to South America, ages Preschool-5th grade-call library for times
• Parsons Library children’s story hour, ages 2-6, 10 a.m.
• Oswego Senior Center pitch, 12:30 p.m.
• Oswego/Chetopa commodity distribution, Mae Lessley Community Building in Chetopa, 1-2:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 14
• Summer reading program, Chetopa library, 10 a.m.
• Oswego Senior Center pinochle, 12:30 p.m.
• Parsons Library adult dominoes, 2 p.m.
• Oswego Southern Baptist VBS pre-enrollment pool party, Oswego Pool, 7-9 p.m.

The Labette County Emergency Communications received a 911 call on Sunday, July 3 at 1:43 a.m., concerning a traffic accident at the intersection of 19000 and Meade Road, in rural Labette County. Emergency personnel including EMS, Fire Departments, and Law Enforcement were sent to the scene.
Upon arrival emergency personnel found a two vehicle accident. One vehicle was a 1994 Ford Bronco owned and driven by Mark Lee. The Lee’s vehicle was occupied by Mark Lee, Clint Stoy, Trenton Williamson, Chelsea Shultz of Parsons, and Lanae Shockley of Fair Grove, Mo.
The second vehicle was a 2007 Ford Escape was driven by Adam  Nelson of Parsons. There were no other passengers in the vehicle. Read more

PARSONS — A Missouri boy sustained critical injuries when thrown from a four-wheel, all-terrain vehicle in rural Labette County on Monday evening.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says Isaac McDermott, age 10, of Bronaugh, Mo., was taken to Children’s Mercy Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., after the ATV he was riding crashed into pothole in a field on 22000 Road, four miles southeast of Parsons, on Monday evening. The all-terrain vehicle was piloted by David Wayne Barger, age 27, of Paola, Kan. Barger was not injured in the mishap.
The ATV was traveling at about 30 miles per hour when it hit the pothole, the Kansas Highway Patrol report said.

The 4th of July layout in this week’s paper was a little off. All of the dates are correct but the day of the week is not.Area celebration dates are as follows- Altamont Sunday, July 3; Chetopa-Monday, July 4; Edna-Saturday, July 2; and Oswego-Sunday, July 3. We apologize for the inconvenience.

DeLinda White will be the operational manager in the appraiser’s office, following the resignation of the county appraiser David Loiselle, at Monday’s commission meeting.
Action was taken following an executive session. The commissions voted to accept the resignation effective immediately. Read more

A third generation family has purchased the Murdock Funeral Homes at Oswego and Columbus on May 18. The new owners are Jerry and Peggy Derfelt  and they also own the Derfelt Funeral Homes in Galena and Baxter Springs.
“All contracts that are on file with Murdock will be honored to the fullest intent,” Jerry said.
The Derfelt Funeral Home in Oswego is located 203 South Illinois St. Jolene Gaier is the funeral director/embalmer. Her funeral assistant is David Brandt. They both live in Oswego, and the telephone number is 620-795-2115.
In Columbus the Derfelt Funeral Home is located at 132 East Pine and the telephone numbers 620-429-2795. Jacque Delmont is the office manager, Charlie Napier and Doug West are the service attendants.

Labette County Elections Officer Linda Schreppel was given approval at Monday’s commission meeting to pursue a HAVA Endowment Program for election equipment.
Schreppel request was for software at a cost of $36,095; voting equipment $10,267; and poll books $2,175 for a total endowment request of $48,537. The county’s part would cost $4,853.
“It should save $10,000 in programming costs and ballot styles in every election. It will improve and save the county money,” Schreppel said.
“It is a good opportunity if the county only has to pay out 5 percent,” Commissioner Brian Kinzie said.
The approval was given contingent on grant funds availability, and be taken out of the election fund.
IN OTHER ACTION TAKEN at Monday’s meeting:
• T&M Stone Quarries, LeRoy Tarr, owner, introduced himself to the commission. “I’m just drumming up business,” he said.

See this week’s Labette Avenue edition for the entire story.

There will be no commodity distribution in June for Chetopa and Oswego.

The next distribution will be held on July 13 at the Mae Lessley Community Building.