Christmas Festival Highlights Parade and Events
A Christmas festival features free trolley tours 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. from the Carnegie Cultural Center at Fifth and Main, with the Carnegie open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. for art, a silent auction, live entertainment, Santa photos, and a Heartland N Trak Train Show at Washburn Towers. The key moment is the Christmas Parade at 4 p.m. in Forest Park led by grand marshal Marguerite Gibson who pledged $1 million to a YMCA project. the parade travels south on Main Street to Park Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Cultural Center
Fifth
Main Streets
Carnegie
Santa
Wash
Burn Towers
Forest Park
Marguerite Gibson
YMCA
Main Street
Park Street
Ottawa area Holiday Festival activities face weather cancelations
Niehoff warns weather could force rescheduling or cancellation of a weekend festival. Despite uncertain conditions, organizers report growth since inception with a 40 minute outdoor walk, cookie stands, a Santa Claus appearance, and activities across multiple venues including Community College, the Pomona Library, and Ottawa University Vespers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dle Ae Golf
E. Logan St
Community ‘College
Ottawa
Kansas lawmaker questions tax cure for schools
Franklin County officials and Ottawa area lawmakers discussed 2012 priorities amid debate over eliminating the income tax. Officials warned losing state aid would hit districts like Wellsville and Ottawa hard, while some legislators opposed ending income tax due to revenue doubts. They urged funding for all-day kindergarten and a multi year plan, and called for restraint on unfunded mandates and reform of tax exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Supreme Court
High Court
Bill Otto
R-Leroy
Sam Brownback
Otto
Central Heights
Franklin County
Ottawa
Dean Katt
Franklin
Bill Feuerborn
Dgarnett
Feuerborn
Pat Apple
Louisburg
Apple
Almeda Edwards
Don Stottlemire
Franklin County Board of Commissioners
Stottlemire
County Commission
Kansas Water Office
Boards of County Commissioners
Gene Ramsey
Ramsey
Katt
Winston Churchill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary, Joseph
Niehoff
KOFO
Appanoose Museum
Shawnee Road
Pomona
Ottawa University
OU Chapel
10Th and
Cedar Streets
Ottawa Promenaders
Ottawa Middle School
Kansas
Howard Miller
Vercelli
Fagliah
Fiaiah
Sirloin Stockad
23Rd Street
Feee
Taeeran
Wee Broyhill Yate
Lane
Rette
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!