La Cygne News

LA CYGNE a ' Taking the extra step, U.S. Senator Sam Brownback took time out of his busy schedule to visit with Prairie View High School students during an assembly last Thursday rather than through a telecomputer conference.

LA CYGNE a ' Linda Andersen and Janet Reynolds have each worked for the La Cygne library for thirty years.

The La Cygne Fire Department will purchase seven sets of new bunker gear - firefighter jackets and pants - this year.

Right, George Nunnemacher reads a poem to the many veterans present at the fifth annual KCP&L Veterans Day ceremony held at the La Cygne Generating Station.

Brian Vandenberg, A.R.N.P.C., joined the staff of the two rural health clinics two months ago and is settling into life in Linn County.

LA CYGNE a ' Using a device normally employed for finding victims in a fire, the La Cygne police and fire departments quickly found a missing man early Sunday morning.

" The La Cygne City Council last Wednesday approved a measure that will save about $252,000 annually on payments for the city's natural gas utility.

Picture Book Award, visited La Cygne Elementary on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Hall spent the day going from class to class doing a presentation in each room encouraging students to use their imagination and story writing.

Women in their snazziest, dressed to the nines, and men in their best bib and tucker were in attendance as wine flowed, cheese and crackers were nibbled and the bids flew in competition for beautiful works of art.

The Parker City Council on Thursday voted to raise sewer rates for Parker Elementary School by 2 percent.

LA CYGNE a ' A Belton, Mo., company has been selected to build the new La Cygne swimming pool, the City Council learned last Wednesday.

There's a lot to love about life in the country. Fresh air is a big plus, as is all of the additional space.

A The fall is a great time of year wherever you happen to be and after this year, we hated to leave Linn County, but, alas, we sacrificed and took a trip to Seattle, Wa.

Eleven communities are going to hold their annual Night Out Against Crime neighborhood watch parties with the kick- off set for this week.

Freshman Hailey Jones peered out the window of her mom's car. As they drove down Pittsburg's main street, she said that they might as well have been driving down the Broadway Street in New York City.

" If Jimmy Rogers was expecting a quiet return to La Cygne after spending nine weeks in a Missouri rehabilitation center, he was likely disappointed on Saturday.

Not long after school started for the year, fourteen students at La Cygne Elementary took part in an amazing experience - raising and releasing monarch butterflies.

The La Cygne City Council last Wednesday approved an alternative sewer connection for a new retail furniture store on East Market Street after a councilman said a standard procedure would put city workers at risk.

Brian and Jeneifer Stainbrook will tell you they know they are right where they are meant to be.

Motorcycle riders can hit the road for a good cause Saturday during a benefit dice run for Jimmy Rogers.