2008
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EXHIBITS FOR JUNE:
Old Depot Museum: “Grasshoppers, Grangers & Greenbacks: Life On the Land In Franklin County, 1870’s – 1890’s”

SUNDAY 1
    10am  "Keep It Simple" Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting, Elizabeth Layton Center Basement, 204 East 15th Street
each Sunday
    1-4pm  Dieterich Cabin in City Park, open each Sunday
    1-4pm  Old Depot Museum Open each Sunday; Tuesday - Saturday Hours: 10am-4pm; Admission, Adults - $3, Students - $1
    Sabrina’s Dance Academy Annual Dance Recital
    8pm  Alcoholics Anonymous Ottawa Group Meets, 1st Baptist Church Basement each Sun,Mon,Tue,Wed&Fri
MONDAY 2
    Neosho County Community College, Ottawa Summer Classes begins
Ottawa University Summer Session begins
    USD #290 Ottawa Summer School begins
    7am-1pm  Recycling Building Open, 2038 S Elm each Monday – Friday
    9am-8pm  Summer Reading Program sign up at the Ottawa Library
    10am-4pm  Scholastic Book Fair, Ottawa Library Activity Room
    12noon  Alcoholics Anonymous Ottawa Group Meets, 1st Baptist Church Basement, 4th & Hickory, Mon - Fri
    12:00noon  Lions Club Meets each Monday, Poncho's
    1-3pm  “Bug Carnival” in the Ottawa Library parking lot for face painting, bug ballons, popcorn, music and crafts
    1-2:30pm  Friends of the Ottawa Library Book Sale each Monday, 209 East 2nd Street
    5:30pm  Ottawa Community Arts Council Board of Directors meeting, City Hall
    7pm  4-H Development Fund Meeting, Franklin County Extension Office, 1418 S Main Ste #2
    7pm  American Legion Post #60 & Auxiliary Meeting, National Guard Armory, 208 West 17th Street
    7pm  Ottawa Bass Club Meeting, Poncho’s
TUESDAY 3
    7:30am  O/FCED Board of Directors Meeting, Chamber of Commerce
    9-10am  Personal Actions to Health (PATH) Exercise Group each Tuesday & Thursday, Don Woodward Center
    10am-4pm  Old Depot Museum Open Each Tuesday-Saturday; Sunday Hours, 1-4pm; Admission, Adults - $3,
        Students - $1
    10am  Ottawa Library Story Time, children 3 years and up with an accompanying adult, also 7pm each Tuesday
    11am  Ottawa Library Books and Babies, infants 6-21 months with an accompanying adult, each Tuesday
    12-1pm  Personal Actions to Health (PATH) Group Luncheon, Ransom Memorial Hospital Conference Rooms, for
information, 229-8342 or 229-8458
    12noon  Rotary Club Meeting each Tuesday, Ottawa University; for Info, Tom Weigand, 242-1000
    1pm  Ottawa Library program, “The Bee Keeper”, Lex Gislar will talk about bee keeping and it’s importance, for
those 8 years and older
    4:30pm  Weight Watchers Support Group weigh-in each Tuesday, 5pm meeting follows, also at 6pm weigh-in with
meeting following at 6:30pm, Washburn Towers Apartments, for information, 785-448-3567
    6pm  Power of the Past Club Meeting and Potluck Supper, Celebration Hall
    7pm  Bingo at the VFW Post 5901, 3599 Hwy 59 North each Tuesday and Thursday, open to the public
    7:30pm  City Band Concerts each Tuesday through July 8th, City Park Gazebo, bring your lawn chairs
    7:30pm  Mason's Stated Communications Meeting, Masonic Hall, 422 S Main
WEDNESDAY 4
    7:30am  Ambassadors Committee Meeting, Chamber of Commerce
8:30am  Franklin County Commission Meeting each Wednesday except on the third Wednesday will be an evening
meeting beginning at 6:30pm, Franklin County Annex
    10am  Free Blood Pressure Clinic, Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 340 E South Street, Richmond, Kansas
    1-3pm  Make your own Bug Box at Children’s Craft Days at the Ottawa Library, $1 per child
    4pm  Chamber Booster Club Meeting, Chamber of Commerce
    4pm  Farmer’s Market each Wednesday, Orscheln Farm and Home parking lot, east side, 2008 Princeton Street
    4pm  Friends of the Ottawa Library Board Meeting, City Hall/Library Conference Room
    5:15pm  Ottawa Library Board of Trustees meeting, City Hall/Library Conference Room
    7pm  City Commission Meeting, City Hall
    7pm  “Living Sober” group meeting each Wednesday and Saturday, 1st Christian Church, 1045 S. Hickory
    7:30pm  Union Chapter #15 Eastern Star Stated meeting, Masonic Temple, 422 S Main
    Just Us Legal Professionals Meeting; For Info/Location, Nancy Wedman, 242-5433
THURSDAY 5
    6:15am  Optimist Club breakfast at Prairie Star Catering, 105 East 5th, meeting follows at 6:45am, each Thursday
    8am  Retail Committee Meeting, Chamber of Commerce
    9:15am  Ottawa Library “Toddler Time”, children 21-36 months with an accompanying adult, also at 10am each
Thursday
    12noon  Franklin County Conservation District Board Meeting, 107 East 23rd Street
    12noon Kiwanis Meeting Each Thursday, The Radish Patch, 1538 Industrial Avenue
    1pm  Kansas Veteran’s Representative, City Hall Commission Room
    6-8pm  Bingo for all ages sponsored by the Ottawa Recreation Commission, Don Woodward Community Center
    6:30pm  Ottawa Library Adult Program featuring Deb Barker, Franklin County Historical Society, talks about the
“Grasshoppers, Grangers and Greenbacks” exhibit and the grasshopper invasion in 1873-74, free but registration required, at the Ottawa Library
    7pm  "Keep It Simple" Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting @ Elizabeth Layton Center Basement, 204 East 15th Street
each Thursday
    7pm  Vietnam Veterans of America Meeting, Ransom Memorial Hospital Conference Rooms A & B
    7:15pm ACT Ottawa Meeting, Carnegie Cultural Center
    8-9pm  Informal Grief Support Group meeting, Potter’s Wheel Coffee House, 205 S Main, call Donna, 242-8007 for
for information
FRIDAY 6
    “Day Out With Thomas” the Train, “ The Great Discovery Tour”, Midland Railway, 1515 High Street, Baldwin
City, for information, call toll free: 866-468-7630, also the 7th and 8th
    7pm-7am  7th Annual 2008 Relay For Life, Ottawa University
SATURDAY 7
    Old West Cowboy Days Trail Ride through the 8th, for information, Ernie Rodina, 785-418-6047
    8am  Farmer’s Market each Saturday, Orscheln Farm and Home parking lot, east side, 2008 Princeton Street
    8-12noon  Friends of the Ottawa Library Book Sale, 209 East 2nd Street
    9am-1pm  Recycling Building, 2038 S Elm Street Open each Saturday
    10am-5pm  24th Annual Sunflower Piecemakers Quilt Show, Ottawa Middle School, also Sunday the 8th
    7pm  Over the Road Gang Car Club meeting at City Hall City Commission Room
SUNDAY 8
MONDAY 9
    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 10
    7:30am  Chamber Board of Directors Meeting, Chamber of Commerce
    12noon  Filing Deadline for Republican and Democratic Candidates for Public Office
    2pm  Franklin County Care Giver Support Group meeting, East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging, (ECKAAA)
office, 132 S Main
    5-7:30pm  “National Homeownership Event”, An Affordable Housing Tour presented by USDA Rural
Development, for information call Tom Weigand, Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce, 242-1000
    6:30pm  “Page Turners” Book Discussion Group, Ottawa Library
WEDNESDAY 11
    8am  Community Image & Affairs Committee Meeting, Chamber of Commerce
    9:30am  Ottawa Library family “Buggy Movie Day” in the City Hall Commission room,tickets required and will be
available 2 weeks prior to the movie, movie also shown at 1:30pm
    12noon  Breast Cancer Support Group Meeting, Ransom Memorial Hospital Conference Room
    12-1pm  Lyme Wellness Center of Kansas Presentation and Discussion led by Peggy Blumhagen, Chamber of
Commerce Conference Room, 109 East 2nd Street
    12-1pm  Ottawa Library “Brown Bag Books” discussion group, City Hall/Library Conference Room
    5-6pm  Ottawa Suzuki Strings Reception, Ottawa University Martin Hall Lounge, public is welcome
    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 Hwy 59 North
THURSDAY 12
    7:30am  Leadership Trustees Meeting, Chamber of Commerce
    8:30am  Ottawa Main Street Association Organization and Promotions Committee meeting, Potter’s Wheel, 205 S
Main Street
    12noon  Soroptimist Club Business Meeting, Ransom Memorial Hospital Meeting Room
    12noon  Toastmaster’s Club meeting, Chamber of Commerce Conference Room,. 109 East 2nd Street
    1pm  Ottawa Library Summer Program movie for adults, City Hall Commission Room
    Franklin County Child Care Providers Organization meeting, Windy Gibbs, 242-2932, or Patti Gunnels, 242-2714,
for information
    7:30pm  Ottawa Shrine #19 White Shrine of Jerusalem Stated meeting, Masonic Temple, 422 S Main
FRIDAY 13
    “Day Out With Thomas” the Train, “The Great Discovery Tour”, Midland Railway, 1515 High Street, Baldwin City,
for information, toll free: 866-468-7630
    12-1pm  Chamber Open House, Ottawa Retirement Village, Co-sponsored by Southern Care,
    7:30pm  Retta Conclave #8 True Kindred Stated meeting, Masonic Temple, 422 S Main
SATURDAY 14
    9:30am  Art Guild Meeting, Carnegie Cultural Center
    10am-4pm  Annual VFW Post membership drive, Post promotion and Buddy Poppy sales, Wal-Mart Super Center
    6pm  Doors open for VIP seating for the International Wrestling Conference (IWC) live championship wrestling,
Don Woodward Community Center, 517 East 3rd, 6:30pm for general admission, tickets available at Pizza Village, 330 S Main, $10 – General Admission, $15 - VIP
SUNDAY 15
    FATHER’S DAY
    2pm  Franklin County Genealogical Society Meeting, Ransom Memorial Hospital Conference Room
MONDAY 16
    2pm  Ottawa Library program, “Topeka’s Creepy Crawlies” program for all ages, Elliott Hall, 1st Baptist Church
    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
    8pm  Franklin County Fair Board Meeting, Celebration Hall
TUESDAY 17
    7:30am  Convention & Visitor’s Bureau Committee Meeting, Visitor's Information Center, 2011 E Logan
    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 by the Bea Martin Peck Animal Shelter, Ottawa Town and Country, 2707
Kingman Rd
    6:30pm  Business & Professional Women’s Meeting, Courthouse Square Apartments, 235 S Main
    7:30pm  Mason's Stated Communications Meeting, Masonic Hall, 422 S Main
    7pm  Agri-Business Committee Meeting, Chamber of Commerce
WEDNESDAY 18
    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
    1-3pm  Ottawa Library Summer Youth program come-and-go Craft Day: Reverse Tie Dye, $1 per person, bring a
colored t-shirt
    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 19
    1pm  Ottawa Library Adult Scrabble Party, $3 person, registration required
    7:30pm  Franklin County Planning Commission Meeting, Franklin County Annex Meeting Room
FRIDAY 20
    JAYHAWKER DAYS – Williamsburg, Kansas through the 22nd
    1-3pm  Ottawa Library program, “SCRATCH” for ages 11 years and up, registration required
SATURDAY 21
    9am  Prairie Flyers Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter #1329 Meeting; for Information & Location, Henry Snodgrass, 785-418-7158
    10am-3pm  “Adopt-a-Thon” at the Bea Martin Peck Animal Shelter, 230 West 19th Street
    8pm  Ottawa Promenaders Square Dance Group, “Perry/Crady Special”, Ottawa Middle School
SUNDAY 22
MONDAY 23
    OTTAWA SUZUKI INSTITUTE MUSIC FESTIVAL, OTTAWA UNIVERSITY,  THROUGH THE 27TH
    2pm  Ottawa Library program, “No Sew Bandana Purse Class” for teens 12 – 19 years only, $2 per person and
registration required
    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  Franklin County Area Landlords Association meeting, Visitor’s Information Center, 2011 E. Logan
TUESDAY 24
    8am  Ottawa Main Street Association Economic Restructuring Committee meeting, Ottawa Main Street office
    5-7pm  Chamber After Hours at COF Training Center, 1516 Davis Rd, Dan Andrews, Director
WEDNESDAY 25
    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
    Western Fashion Show (Cowboy Days Event), Orscheln Farm & Home, 2008 Princeton
    7pm  VFW Post 5901meeting and Ladies Auxillary meeting, 3599 Hwy 59 North
THURSDAY 26
    12noon Soroptimist Club meeting, Ransom Memorial Hospital Conference Room
    12noon  Toastmaster’s Club meeting, Chamber of Commerce Conference Room,. 109 East 2nd Street
    1-3pm  Ottawa Library program for teens 12 –19 years only, new video games at the library
    5:30-7:30pm  Reception for Artist, Carol Eales, Carnegie Cultural Center
    7:30pm  Social Order of the Beauceant Stated meeting, Masonic Temple, 422 S Main Street
FRIDAY 27
    COWBOY DAYS events begin, Ottawa, Kansas through the 29th
    6:30pm  Western Art Show Reception, Old Depot Museum
SATURDAY 28
    10am  Cowboy Days Y Bar H Outpost Cattle Drive and All Horse Driven Parade from Park Street to Forest Park on
Main Street
    Cowboy Days activities all day at Forest Park
    5-7:30pm  VFW Post 5901 Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry and Steak Night, 3599 Hwy 59, tickets - $10 per person and
may be purchased on Bingo Nights at the Post or by e-mailing: vfw5901cmdr@yahoo.com.
    7:30pm  Cowboy Days Concert featuring RW Hampton, Johnny Western and Cowboy Poet, Geff Dawson,  Ottawa
Municipal Auditorium
SUNDAY 29
    9am  Cowyboy Church and breakfast followed by activities all day, Forest Park
MONDAY 30

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