From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Saturday In The Park in Marion

Saturday September 5th is the 13th annual Saturday in the Park, at Marion’s Lincoln Park. Festivities will begin at 11:00 am with rides, games, entertainment, historical display, swimming, face painting and a car show. An official itinerary isn’t available yet but there will be plenty to do throughout the day.
The event lasts until 5:00pm though [...]

Animials Being Foreclosed Upon

Today there is an article in The Dispatch about foreclosure, but not your run of the mill interview with those being evicted. That’s because those being referred to in the article are furry, four-legged and literally have NOWHERE else to go.

Fun Photo Friday

Clipping Coupons and Saving Money

One of my favorite past times is saving money, especially with coupons!! I have a subscription to the Sunday newspaper just for the coupons, I rarely read anything else in the publication. My newest favorite thing is electronic coupons from shortcuts.com and cellfire.com
Here’s the deal, go to the sites above and sign up for an [...]

Recycling in Marion County

A community recycling collection will be held at Elgin Junior High in Green Camp from Wednesday morning, August 19th, through dusk on Thursday August 20th. The next collection will be held at New Vision Fire Department on State Route 95 from Friday morning, August 21st through dusk the following Monday, August 24th. A full-time recycling [...]

Chocolate Dream

I’ve been thinking a lot about this popcorn challenge that I’ve given myself’, I know I won’t be able to make every popcorn recipe that I share this month-I would definitely be sick of popcorn by September and I just don’t think it would be good for me. However, THIS recipe I did make this [...]

Marion Ohio Football Schedules

It’s hard to believe that football season is right around the corner but according to my calendar the games begin in just a few weeks. Though my son isn’t big enough to play (or even sit through a game for that matter) I love to follow local sports. There’s something about watch a young team [...]

Kazoo Players Needed in Marion

WDCM Radio and Modern Woodmen of America are in search of band members. The inaugural WDCM Kids Kazoo Band will march the streets of downtown Marion on Thursday, September 10th in the Popcorn Festival Parade.
The band will be made up of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade volunteers from throughout Marion County. Each kid marching will [...]

A New BlogVenture!

Circleville has a pumpkin show, Bucyrus celebrate bratwursts and as bizarre as it is Marion has held a Popcorn Festival for over 20 years. The way I see it, though it is a bit odd, we may as well embrace our ‘Claim To Fame’ because there are certainly a lot worse things that Marion could [...]

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