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