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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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