December Community Calendar Ottawa area events and notices
A compact city calendar lists museum exhibitions shopping events church activities and public meetings in Ottawa Kansas. Highlights include Old Depot Museum exhibitions Kansas and the New Manifest Destiny through Jan 23 and gallery gifts at Ottawa Community Arts Council through Dec 23 plus weekly programs PATH exercise Old Deport Museum hours and admission details. Community groups host fundraisers lectures planning sessions and holiday festivities across Dec through early Jan including Christmas cookie sale candlelight concerts and a Christmas parade with various civic and school events.
Worldly bones expert aids police in serial case
Kansas State University physical anthropology professor Michael Finnegan, known for identifying human remains from continents worldwide, helped solve cases including the Robert Berdella murders in Kansas City. He recalled tracing crosscut saw marks and determining age, sex, race, and stature from bones.
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Harris News
Manhattan
Botswana
South America
Michael Finnegan
Finnegan
Kansas State University
K-State
Vietnam
Middle East
Europe
Smithsonian Institution
Attan
Riley County
Kansas City
Robert Berdella
Berdella
Michael Timberlake
Social Work
Timberlake
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Old Depot
Ottawa Community Arts Council
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Rowena Lacer
Joannie Qualls
E. Elm St
Don @Woodward Center
Old Deport Museum
Ottawa Christian Women’s Prayer
N. Locust
Ottawa High School
Bugsy Malone
Franklin County Conservation District Board
East 23Rd St
Ottawa
Suzuki Strings
Carnegie Cultural Center
S. Main St
Neosho County Community College
Beech
Carnegie
Ottawa Suzuki Strings
Carnegie Anna Center
Wellsville High School
Faith Lutheran Church
Friends of the Ottawa Library
2Nd St
Elm St
Santa
Old Depart Museum
Tecumseh St
City Park
1St Baptist Church
Jamie Fricke
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Ottawa University
Franklin County Commission
Franklin County
Bass Club
Poncho’s
Chamber of Commerce
VEMCO
Eisenhower Rd
Ottawa Personnel Association
Kansas Veterans Commission
City Hall
Legislative Action Committee
Elliott Hall
Orlis Cox
Sirloin Stockade
City Planning Commission
Art Guild
Kanza Park
Board of Education
Ottawa Middle School
Chamber Board of Directors
OCAC
USC
Convention & Tourism Trustees
Library
City Commission
RHM
Ottawa Community Arts Council Board
Ottawa Recreation Commission
WTCS
Franklin County Mental Health Center
1St Christian Church
Veteran’s Memorial Committee
Celebration Hall
National Association of Retired Federal Employees
NARFE
P.m. Kansas
Franklin County Cancer Foundation Board
TeamBank
Chamber of
Commerce
Pai Révini
Shawn
Ottawa Municipal
Board Meeting
Franklin County Genealogical Society
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Rowena Lancer
Ottawa Art Guild
KSA
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