Marion Now - Moving Our Community Forward

Lee Greenwood joined the podcast to talk about his show, coming to the Marion Palace Theatre on Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7:30pm. Lee talked about his tour, his life in country music, songwriting and staying Proud to Be an American. Details on the show and tickets at: https://marionpalace.org/event/lee-greenwood/

Marion County Naturalist James Anderson joined the podcast to talk about Ohio's Native Fruit, the Paw Paw! James also ran down the events happening at our parks and much more. www. MarionCountyParks.info

Max Miller, The Red Cross' Central Ohio Blood Services Representative, joined the show to give us an update on blood drives in this area and also how you could win tickets to the Ohio State vs. Indiana Football game! Details at www. RedCrossBlood.org

Saturday, September 24th at 7:30pm The Marion Palace Theater welcomes "Parsons and Polk" to the stage. Their show has been described as bringing the Lake Erie Islands to Marion. It's a fun, acoustic show, full of favorite songs that you can sing along with or just enjoy a drink and relax. Dan Polk from the duo joined Paul James to talk about the show on the podcast. Get show details and tickets at...

Tom Davidson, the co-creator of the Jacob Davidson Memorial Scholarship Fund joined the podcast to talk about their annual Big Buck Contest fund raiser. The registration for this season closes on Friday, September 23, 2022. Details and registrations are available at https://www.facebook.com/jacobdavidsonmemorial

Marion Mayor Scott Schertzer stopped by to fill us in on the Downtown Marion Overpass Reconstruction Project and a few other pieces of business in the city.

Brandy Hobensack from our locally-owned, Veteran-owned Ashley HomeStore, joined the podcast to detail everything with their 12th Annual Veteran Celebration & FREE Furniture Giveaway, on Sunday, October 2, 2022 from 1 to 4pm at the Marion Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the fairgrounds. Details: https://www.myfurnitureandmattress.com/event/12th-annual-veterans-celebration.html

Heather Wright and Carrie Guyton from the Marion Family YMCA joined the podcast to update us on all the programs they're offering this fall, including Dining With Diabetes, The Ten Week Challenge, Cheer, Flag Football, Soccer and a lot more. Get more details at www. MarionYMCA.org

Downtown Marion, inc's, Manager Allen Wilson, joined The Paul James Show to talk about all the events surrounding Marion City's Bicentennial Weekend, that begins at 3rd Thursday on September 15th. For the details: https://www.downtownmarion.com/events-1 and on Facebook.

Jessica Moon, Partner with Roth, Bacon, Moon Attorneys, LLC, joined the podcast to talk about why you need to have your current estate plan and/or trust reviewed. Get details at www. RothBaconLaw.com

Marion's Hispanic Heritage Celebration is scheduled for Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 2:30 pm at St. Mary's School Gymnasium at 251 N. Main Street. Evelyn Lisecki and Martha Stefanka joined the podcast to give us all the details of the event.

Local musicians Tamela and Larry Knight joined the podcast to talk about their upcoming show opening for Parmalee on The Marion Popcorn Festival Main Stage on Friday, September 9th at 6pm. They introduce their band, talk about their roots in music and dig in about the opportunity to open for a National Headline act in their hometown.

Diane Watson joined the podcast to update us on everything happening at our Marion Public Library. She talked about how September is Library card Sign-up Month, the ALL Program is back this fall and a best-selling author is visiting in late October. Learn more at www. MarionLibrary.org

Marion County Parks District Naturalist James Anderson joined the podcast to talk about Monarch Butterflies and how they have been moved to the endangered list in our country. He offers tips on how you can help this species. James also went over the calendar of events for the next month in the Marion County Park District.

Comedian Steve Bruner and AGT Juggler Mike Price are coming to the Marion Palace Theatre on Saturday, August 27th for a fun, clean comedy and juggling show. Kirk Detweiler joined the show to talk about the upcoming performance. Details and tickets at: https://marionpalace.org/event/steve-bruner-mike-price/

Marion Mayor Scott Schertzer joined the podcast to update us on things happening around the City of Marion, at this time. He talked about the Aquatic Center hours, the sewer projects in the city, the Prospect Street Overpass renovation and improvements to Founders Park, plus clean-up projects around the city.

The Marion Blues Festival is Saturday, August 20th from 12n to 8pm at Buckeye Collision. It's a FREE music festival to support "Marion Makes Music," which is a non-profit that operates TruBlues 97.5. Scott Shawver joined the show to talk about the event to raise money for kids to further their music education in Marion. Details at www. Facebook.com/TruBlues975

Jessica Moon, a partner at Roth, Bacon, Moon, Attorneys, LLC, joined the podcast to talk about the recently signed Inflation Reduction Act. She looked at how it may affect you and your business. Learn more at www. RothBaconLaw.com

Marion Palace Theatre Executive Director Kirk Detweiler stopped by to talk about this Saturday's show "An Evening With Friends." Get the details at https://marionpalace.org/event/an-evening-with-friends/

The Caledonia Farmers Market has been running every Saturday this summer from 10am to 1pm on their Public Square, and this week they're also having a Kids Day. April Morrison joined the show to talk about it. Get details on Facebook by searching, "Caledonia Farmers Market."

Saturday, August 27 at 7:30pm, The Marion Palace Theatre welcomes comedian Steve Bruner and Juggler Mike Price for "Saturday Night Spectacular." Steve joined Paul James to talk about the show and what you can expect to experience that night. Tickets start at $20 and can be purchased at https://marionpalace.org/event/steve-bruner-mike-price/

Pat Case and Melinda Johnson from Marion's "100 Women Who Care" organization joined the podcast to talk about their work. The group began in Marion in 2014 and have contributed almost $150,000 to local non-profit organizations. It's amazing what they have done and you can be part of their group, too. Get details at https://www.facebook.com/100womenwhocaremarion

There's a fun day in Upper Sandusky for families coming on Friday, August 12th. Vanessa Krizek and Callen Pugh joined the podcast to talk about the Friday Fun Fest coming to the Harrison Smith Park. Get details at www.facebook.com/WyCoP2021

The Marion Family YMCA's new CEO is Jeremy Byers. He joined the podcast to talk about his background, where the YMCA is now and what his visions are for the future. He also talked about summer programming ending and fall programming taking registrations to get started soon. Get details at www. MarionFamilyYMCA.org

Cindy Price and Brian Blair from the Marion County Board of Elections joined the podcast to talk about Tuesday, August 2, 2022 Primary Election. The laid out the ballot, times you can vote and where voting is taking place. Get more info at www. BOE.Ohio.gov