Marion Now - Moving Our Community Forward

For the first time ever, the Marion Community Foundation awarded over $500,000 in scholarships. It's a historic milestone that Dean Jacob and Julie Prettyman talked about in this podcast. They also highlighted the legacies that continue to grow to help these local award recipients with their continuing education and how you can participate. www. MarionCommunityFoundation.org

Marion Mayor Scott Schertzer joined the podcast to give an update about all things City of Marion. He talked about yard waste, city jobs, the Lincoln Park Aquatic Center hours, the list of streets scheduled for resurfacing, Neighborhood clean-ups and Memorial Day closings. Plus he talked about how the cost of fuel and other things will probably bring council to have to appropriate more money for t...

Charity Coffman, Nursing Director, Women's Health and Dr. Kelly Tucker, OB-GYN at OhioHealth Marion General Hospital joined the podcast to detail the renovations of Marion General's Labor and Delivery department and to fill us in on the upcoming Women's Wellness Wednesday!

The Marion Palace Theater's Executive Director Kirk Detweiler joined the podcast to announce the 2022-2023 Season! It features five local productions, Star attractions and many touring shows, PLUS some new shows directed towards the 25 to 50-year age group. www. MarionPalace.org

Marion Technical College Commencement 2022

Carrie Guyton and Jason Gorby from the Marion Family YMCA joined the podcast to update us on everything going on at the Y as they enter summer. Carrie talked about the special memberships available for the summer and Jason filled us in on the 6th Grade FREE Program and summer camp options for families. www. MarionFamilyYMCA.org

Cathy Gerber and Kip Curtis from The Marion Microfarm Community Task Force joined the podcast to talk about their upcoming find raiser, "Spring Fling" and fill us in on the amazing Microfarm project that is going on in the Marion community. www.go.osu.edu/microfarm_springfling

Marion Palace Theater Executive Director Kirk Detweiler stopped by to talk about BritBeat bringing the music of the Beatles to our theater on Friday, May 6th at 7:30pm, and other shows coming up. www. MarionPalace.org

2022 Marion County Commissioner Forum

Marion City Police Chief Jay McDonald was invited to The Rotary Club of Marion's Law Day Luncheon to discuss local crime rates and major issues currently facing law enforcement. Chief McDonald also discussed what he believes in the biggest issues with the entire community and it's something we all need to come together to fix. www. MarionOhio.us

Marion Mayor Scott Schertzer joined the podcast to talk about how things are going around the city. He talked about the curbside yard waste collections, Love Our Neighborhoods next clean-up and how you can help. The city is hiring in many areas, including new police officers and much more.

Vaughn Sizemore, Downtown Marion, inc's Economic Development Director, joined the podcast to talk about how our downtown has grown in the last five years and now is on The National Registry of Historic Places. That designation was several years of work just to apply, and so much work to get it there. Vaughn also reports on the specific stats about Downtown Marion's reimagination process and all th...

Elizabeth Moore, Program Manager of MarionMade, joined the podcast to explain what MarionMade in May is all about. They're doing a Eat Local Week, $10 Blast Day for local businesses and a 5k at Tallgrass Trail, too. Get the details on those and learn why Shop Local is a mantra you should embrace. https://www.marionmade.org/

Marion Palace Theater Executive Director Kirk Detweiler joined the podcast to talk about their upcoming shows, including Tony Danza Standards and Stories, the US Navy Band Sea Chanters and many more. Plus he talks about a few shows you may not know about yet. www. MarionPalace.org

Jessica Moon, a partner at Roth, Bacon, Moon Attorneys, LLC, joined the podcast to discuss estate planning. She stressed that many do a great job of dealing with their accounts, but then don't plan where to distribute those assets, other than a basic will. She details how to plan for where those key assets are going to go, when you aren't able to make those decisions. www. RothBaconLaw.com

Dr. Frank Morocco, DO, a Dermatologist at OhioHealth Marion General Hospital, joined the podcast to discuss Skin Cancers, their prevention, how to recognize a potential problem and Melanoma Monday.

The Marion Public Library is proud to welcome well-known youth author Chris Grabenstein to Marion Thursday, April 14th. He'll be meeting children and do a book signing at the Library, too. Diane Watson joined the podcast to discuss the visit and give us details on the annual Bookmarks Book Sale that's scheduled for April 21-24, 2022 www. MarionLibrary.org

The U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters chorus are coming to The Marion Palace Theater on Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 3pm for a FREE show. Rob Kurtz from the ensemble joined the podcast to talk about the performance, the band and what they do for our country and his own personal experiences. Check it out! DETAILS and TICKETS: https://majic959.iheart.com/calendar/event/623c82e256901b958a5732bd/

Cindy Price and Brian Blair from the Marion County Board of Elections joined the podcast to get us details of our May 3rd Primary. They talked about Absentee Voting, Early Voting, this Primary and what it means to the General Election in November, PLUS they are asking for you to become a Poll Worker. For information: (740) 223-4090 or https://www.boe.ohio.gov/marion/

River Valley student-athletes, Will Garrison and Caden Shidone are set to showcase their talents and learn from NFL veteran coaches and players in this weekends Blue Grey All-American Combine in Cincinnati. Both high school juniors stopped by to talk about the honor and their expectations.

Annette Walton from Ohio Means Jobs Marion County joined Eric Mosley to talk about the Marion Campus Job Fair coming on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 from 11am to 3pm at the Alber Student Center Gymnasium.

Candace DeWitt from Stitch and Skein in downtown Marion, has a very special trunk show this weekend that fans of history, Marion and needle arts will love. Candace joined the podcast to talk about it. https://www.stitchandskein.com/

Marion Mayor Scott Schertzer joined the podcast to update us on things around the city of Marion. He talked about how the Curbside Yard Waste Program will resume on April 18, the presented lots of job opportunities, filled us in on the next Love Our Neighborhoods project and what happening with the overpass restructure in downtown Marion.

Elgin High School will be performing The Secret garden on March 18, 19 and 20 at The Marion Palace Theater. For tickets just call the school at (740) 223-4300 ext: 4000. Isiah Wasserbeck from the cast joined the podcast to talk about the performance.

Ridgedale High School presents Disney's Beauty and The Beast, March 4th and 5th at 7:30pm and March 6th at 2pm at the Marion Palace Theater. The director and cast joined the podcast to talk about the show.