First Option staff presents La Cygne police with checks for license plate reader, new radios

The staff from First Option Bank presents a couple of checks for the city of La Cygne on Friday, May 29. From left, Keri Peterson, Grayce Lowe, Audrey Huffman, Police Chief Zachary Mathies, Russell Pope and Kari Bradley participated in the impromptu ceremony outside La Cygne City Hall. (Photo by Roger Sims / Linn County Journal)

Journal staff report

The staff from First Option Bank presented a couple of checks for the city of La Cygne on Friday, May 29.

One check for $42,376 was from the First Option Bank Trusteed Foundation for street safety and included the license plate readers that were installed on the main entrances to the city,

A check for $13,997 from the Louis and Dalpha Baehr Foundation was to upgrade radios for both the police and fire departments. First Option also donated $19,500 to the Friends of the La Cygne Library to fund the library's summer program this year.