Ottawa/Franklin County This Month
Calendar of Events and Activities
A Publication of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce and the Ottawa Library
APRIL, 2008 COMMUNITY CALENDAR
EXHIBITS FOR :
Old Depot Museum: George P. Washburn, Architect Exhibit continues
May, 2008 - Community Calendar
SUNDAY 11
MOTHER’S DAY
MONDAY 12
11:45am Education & Health Committee meeting, Ottawa Area Chamber
of Commerce, 109 East 2nd Street
7pm USD #290 Board of Education Meeting, Ottawa Middle School
Commons Room
TUESDAY 13
7:30am Chamber Board of Directors Meeting, Chamber of Commerce
2pm Franklin County Care Giver Support Group meeting, East Central
Kansas Area Agency on Aging, (ECKAAA) office, 132 S Main
5:30pm Eugene Field Families for Education Parent Teacher Committee
(EFFE PTC) meeting, Eugene Field School, 720 Tremont
6:30pm “Page Turners” Book Discussion Group, Ottawa Library
WEDNESDAY 14
8am Community Image & Affairs Committee Meeting, Chamber of
Commerce
12noon Breast Cancer Support Group Meeting, Ransom Memorial Hospital
Conference Room
12-1pm Lyme Wellness Center of Kansas presentation and discussion
led by Peggy Plumhagen, Chamber of Commerce Conference Room
12-1pm Ottawa Library “Brown Bag Books” discussion group, City Hall/
Library Conference Room
6pm Ottawa Recreation Commission Meeting, City Hall Study Session
Room
6:30pm Ottawa Main Street Association Design Committee meeting,
Ottawa Main Street office, 109 E. 2nd
7pm VFW Post 5901meeting and Ladies Auxillary meeting, 3599 N Hwy 59
THURSDAY 15
7pm Ottawa High School Spring Pops Concert, Ottawa Municipal
Auditorium
7:30pm Franklin County Planning Commission Meeting, Franklin County
Annex Meeting Room
FRIDAY 16
NEOSHO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE GRADUATION AT THE CHANUTE
CAMPUS
8am Ribbon Cutting at Swim for Life, 913 E. Wilson. Hal Ebeck, owner,
public is welcome
SATURDAY 17
OTTAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATION
9am Prairie Flyers Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter #1329
Meeting; for Information & Location, Henry Snodgrass, 785-418-7158
10am USD 287, WEST FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
4pm USD 288, CENTRAL HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
8pm Ottawa Promenaders Square Dance Group, "Pie & Ice Cream",
Ottawa Middle School, 13th & Ash
SUNDAY 18
Franklin County Historical Society Quarterly Meeting/Field Trip to Blanton’s
Bridge on the Wakarusa
2pm Franklin County Genealogical Society Meeting, Ransom Memorial
Hospital Conference Room
2pm USD 290, OTTAWA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, STEVE GROGAM
STADIUM
2pm USD 289, WELLSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
MONDAY 19
7-8:30pm La Leche League Mother-to-Mother Breastfeeding Support Group,
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 13th & Elm, Northeast entrance;
for Information, 242-7104
7pm Franklin County Diabetes Association meeting, Ransom Memorial
Hospital Meeting Room
7pm Habitat for Humanity Board of Director’s meeting, Ottawa Church of
the Nazarene, 400 West 7th Street
7pm Sunflower Piecemakers Quilt Club Meeting, Westminster Presbyterian
Church, 401 West 13th Street
7:30pm Franklin County Landlord's Association meeting, Visitor
Information Center, 2011 E. Logan
8pm Franklin County Fair Board Meeting, Celebration Hall
TUESDAY 20
7:30am Convention & Visitor’s Bureau Committee Meeting, Visitor's
Information Center, 2011 E Logan
8am-12pm Franklin County Senior Health Fair (60 yrs & older),
Washburn Towers Community Room, for information call
242-7200 or 1-800-633-5621
11:30am National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE)
Meeting, Sirloin Stockade
4pm Legislative Action Committee meeting, Chamber of Commerce
6-8pm "Pet Toenail Clipping", sponsored Bea Martin Peck Animal Shelter
at Ottawa Town & Country Supply, 2707 Kingman Rd.
6:30pm Business & Professional Women’s Meeting, First Christian Church,
1045 S Hickory
7pm Agri-Business Committee Metting, Chamber of Commerce
7:30pm Mason's Stated Communications Meeting, Masonic Hall, 422 S Main
WEDNESDAY 21
USD #289, Wellsville last day of school
7:30am Ottawa Main Street Economic Restructuring/Small Business
Development Committee meeting, Courthouse Square Apartments,
235 S Main
9:30am City Commission Meeting, City Hall Commission Room
5-7pm Free Pediatric Eye Screening (0-17 Years Old, Must Be Accompanied
By an Adult) Dr William H Campbell, Board Certified Ophthalmologist,
Frank Eye Center, 1401 S Main, 242-4242 For Information
6pm Ottawa Main Street Organization Board of Directors meeting, Ottawa
Main Street office, 109 East 2nd Street
6:30pm Franklin County Commission monthly evening meeting, Franklin
County Annex
7:30pm Union Chapter #15 Eastern Star Stated meeting, Masonic Temple,
422 S Main
THURSDAY 22
Last day of school for USD 287 West Franklin, USD 288 Central Heights
and USD 290 Ottawa
12noon Soroptimist Club meeting, Ransom Memorial Hospital Conference
Room
12noon "How to Chair an Effective Meeting" presented by Toastmaster’s
Club, Chamber of Commerce Conference Room,. 109 E. 2nd St.
RSVP by 5/19/08
7:30pm Social Order of the Beauceant Stated meeting, Masonic Temple,
422 S Main Street
FRIDAY 23
SATURDAY 24
Franklin County Swine Show, Franklin County Fairgrounds
SUNDAY 25
MONDAY 26
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED
7pm Lyme Disease Support Group, The Paper Haven, 127 S Main
7pm USD #290 Board of Education Meeting, Ottawa Middle School
Commons Room
7:30pm 4-H Council, Franklin County Fairgrounds
TUESDAY 27
Scholastic Book Fair at the Ottawa Library thru May 30 & June 2
7:30am Chamber Board of Directors Study Session, Chamber of Commerce
8am Ottawa Main Street Association Economic Restructuring Committee
meeting, Ottawa Main Street office
WEDNESDAY 28
8am Ribbon Cutting, Sears, 221 S. Main St., Blaine Bowling, owner,
public is welcome
12-1pm Ottawa Library “Brown Bag Books” book discussion group, City
Hall/Library Conference Room
12-1pm Ottawa Personnel Association meeting, Ransom Memorial Hospital
Conference Room, 229-8313
5:15pm Ottawa Library Board of Directors meeting, City Hall/Library
Conference Room
6pm Franklin County Cancer Foundation Board Meeting, Foundation Office,
116 S Main Street
7pm VFW Post 5901meeting and Ladies Auxillary meeting, 3599 Hwy 59 N.
THURSDAY 29
FRIDAY 30
SATURDAY 31
9am-4pm 1st Annual Sidewalk Sale & Craft Fair, Downtown Ottawa
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