Cadet Benjamin Michael Crabtree, son of Mike and Diana Crabtree of Marion, recently completed Cadet Basic Training (CBT) at the U.S. Military Academy. Crabtree entered West Point on July 1, 2013 and has successfully completed six weeks of CBT. CBT is considered one of the most challenging events a cadet will encounter over the course […]
5k to Benefit Marion Humane Society
September 18, 2013 by
For his Eagle Scout project, Jacob Deem is organizing a 5k race to benefit the Marion Area Humane Society. The Dog Days 5k race is set for September 21, 2013 at 9:00am in the parking of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1725 Marion Edison Road in Marion. Registration is $20. Because […]
Spaghetti Dinner Planned to Help Offset Medical Expenses
September 18, 2013 by
Trinity Baptist Church, 244 South Main Street in Marion, is sponsoring a fund-raising benefit for Kristi Meginness Newsome on Saturday, September 21, 2013 from 3:30pm until 6:30pm. They will be serving a Spaghetti Dinner which will include spaghetti with meat sauce, tossed salad, bread, beverage, and dessert. The cost of the meal is $10 for […]
Annual Family Day Planned at Meeker Sportsman Club
September 17, 2013 by
The Meeker Sportsman Club will hold its annual Family Outdoor Sporting Day on Saturday, September 21, 2013. The public is invited to participate in instructor supervised, hands-on target shooting with pistols, rifles, bow and arrows, shotguns, bb guns and air rifles. The day will also include a water retriever demonstration by Davis Retrievers of Radnor, […]
United Way to Kickoff Annual Fundraising Campaign
September 17, 2013 by
United Way of Marion County will kick-off its annual fundraising campaign this Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 5:15 p.m. at the Marion Area Chamber’s Business After Hours Event, to be held at and sponsored by Peltier Chiropractic Center (335 Barks Road East). “Each year we host a public kick-off to rally the community to create […]
Statewide Program Aims to Reduce Falls Among Elderly
September 17, 2013 by
The state launched a program Monday to try to prevent falls among the elderly as an effort to improve their independence and quality of life, to make businesses more accessible while lowering liability issues and to help keep down health costs. Gov. John Kasich and Department of Aging Director Bonnie K. Burman unveiled the program […]
September Designated Life Insurance Awareness Month
September 17, 2013 by
Governor Kasich and Lt. Governor and Insurance Director Mary Taylor are reminding Ohioans about the importance of taking steps to financially protect their loved ones if an unfortunate life event were to occur. They have designated September Life Insurance Month in Ohio through a resolution. “Life insurance is intended to help protect our families and […]
Step Back in Time with the Marion County Historical Society
September 16, 2013 by
The Marion County Historical Society will take a trip back through time and you are invited to join them this weekend. The 2013 Travel Thru Time event includes Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War era reenactors as well as period crafters, and historic and modern vendors with goods for sale throughout the park. […]
Harding IAAP Elect New Officers
September 16, 2013 by
Tanya Baughman, CAP, has been elected president of the Harding Chapter of International Association of Administrative Professionals for the year beginning in June. Other officers elected Deb Douglas as vice-president; Anita Major as treasurer; Erin Foos as recording secretary; and Linda Hartle as corresponding secretary. For more information about IAAP, the Harding Chapter, and its […]
State Cetifies Ballot Petition Language to Enact Medicaid Expansion
September 16, 2013 by
Attorney General Mike DeWine Friday certified the summary of a proposed law that would expand Medicaid in Ohio to cover the working poor, clearing the way for the group petitioning for the law to collect nearly 115,600 signatures needed to get it before the General Assembly. Healthy Ohioans Work, a registered action committee, will need […]
