Three Oswego High School students presented speeches to the Rotary Club last Thursday, Feb. 17. Winners from their high school class were Kali Kitterman, daughter of Kevin Kitterman and Kim Burton, Corrie Hays, daughter of Phil and Lisa Hays, and Shaylea Teel, daughter of Rick and Nan Teel.  Read more

A group of third grade students from Oswego’s Neosho Heights Elementary School are shown with Sean Sullivan of Pittburg State University’s Biology Nature Reach Program.  Sullivan is holding a Prairie Kingsnake. The event was Discovery Day which is held at NeHi every other year on Presidents’ Day.  See a special full-color page of photos from this event on this week’s Labette Avenue e-edtion. If you aren’t an e-edtion subscriber, call Labette Avenue at 795-2550 and ask to be sent a trial e-edition via email.

An Oswego High School student was pronounced dead at approximately 11 p.m., Monday, Feb. 7, according to Oswego Police Chief George Elliott.
The student was identified as Mark Allen Carter III, 17, whose address was 1101 Brad St., Oswego.
At this time there is no suspicion of foul play however the death is under investigation by the Oswego Police Department.
A grievance council was been set up at the Oswego High School where Mark was a student.

The 2011 Oswego Chamber of Commerce membership drive is now underway.

The Annual Meeting will be held on Monday, Feb. 28, at the Oswego Community Center. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. There will be a dinner, short business meeting, acceptance of officers, and an informational program. This event is free of charge and all Oswego businesses are encouraged to attend. RSVP for this event by calling 620-820-3402 or 620-795-2957.

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After a  year in paperwork, Marvin and Dorothy Wahl were able to recently purchase the former Daylight Donut building at 902 W. Sixth St. in Oswego.
They are having the weekly Oswego Rotary Club meetings there. This Tuesday was their fourth meeting. “It was recently approved for the Oswego Rotary Club to meet every Thursday at noon, so more people can come to the meetings. We really need more members, everyone is welcome to join - you just have to be a civic-minded person and care about the community,” Marvin said. Read more

Armando Johnson, head men’s basketball coach at Labette Community College was keynote speaker at Saturday’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at the Oswego Community Building. Johnson was also recognized as the 2011 Martin Luther King, Jr., Humanitarian Award recipient. Floyd F. Cavitt, Jr., master of ceremonies and program chairman for the annual event, and Pat Landis, a guest speaker, listen as Johnson shares how opportunities for accomplishment and helping others in his own life may be traced back to advances made by Dr. King. This is the 18th year Oswego’s celebration has been held. (Photo by David Oldham)

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will be held on Saturday, Jan. 15, at noon at the Oswego Community Center. The keynote speaker will be Labette Community College Head Basketball Coach Armando Johnson.
Other speakers will be Martha Gatewood, Oswego Mayor Tom Bringle and Former Mayor Philip Blair, Reverend Roy Russell and Chetopa Former All-State Football player, Rod Armstrong. The invocation will be given by Rev. Riley Cartwright. Read more

Over 90 percent of residents rated their willingness to recommend Oswego Home Place to others as “excellent” or “good,” states a report released recentlyby the assisted living community. These results come from Oswego Home Place’s recent satisfaction survey conducted by My Inner-View Inc., a third-party applied research company providing leaders in skilled nursing, assisted living and senior housing with tools to measure, benchmark and improve performance.  Read more

The winners for the Annual Oswego Christmas Lighting Contest are as follows:
Best Use of Lights - Darrell George, 217 Union;
Fantasy - Marvin Hoobler, 504 Kansas
Religous - Bill Elkins, 1424 W. 4th
Each winner will receive $50.