There’s one in every neighborhood. You know, that special person who wears the jaunty cap and always says “good morning” while striding along. Or, maybe it’s that person who knows everything that’s going on but never passes on gossip in a mean-spirited way, or better yet, that man or woman who never fails to lend […] Read more »
You know it’s Thanksgiving in Marion when on the Sunday before that thankful Thursday you can see Wonder Woman and a flock of people in plush turkey hats running through Marion Village with over a hundred others running alongside and following after them. And this Sunday, November 17, was an indication that Thanksgiving, indeed, is […] Read more »
Thanksgiving is a time to slow down, sit around, have great conversations, and enjoy the holiday, said ORR Superintendent of Schools Doug White to the special guests seated in the junior high cafeteria on November 17 – which is exactly what the 220 Tri-Town seniors did during the annual ORRJHS Thanksgiving Dinner this past Sunday. […] Read more »
It seems simple enough, having a conversation with your children. As parents, you are talking to your kids all the time telling them what to do, how to do it, when to do it, why to do it while providing a solid role model – right? But the truth is that having difficult conversations with […] Read more »
The tone was a solemn one, as most Veterans Day observances are when giving thanks for those who have given part of their life or perhaps all of their life serving in the military or fighting in a foreign war. Yet this year’s observance in Marion was especially bittersweet, given that the Benjamin D. Cushing […] Read more »
With a standing room only crowd packed into Old Hammondtown School to celebrate, remember, and commemorate veterans and their families, George Randall’s custom-designed T-shirt said it all, “Don’t thank me, thank my brothers who never came back.” Randall, whose ability to inject emotion and meaning into words written and spoken decades ago, was once […] Read more »
During the Marion Veterans Day observance Friday morning, the townspeople of Marion expressed a heartfelt thank-you to the Benjamin D. Cushing VFW Post 2425 which in return gave a moving farewell as it disbanded this year and donated the VFW building to the town. Emotions were evident on the faces of the VFW Post 2425 […] Read more »
Every year, Tri-Town keeps alive the tradition of honoring its veterans and, with each passing year, it seems the events grow larger – more people turn out to pay their respects for the sacrifices their neighbors and ancestors alike have made or are making now, and the appreciation only waxes over time. This year in […] Read more »
At Tabor, it is rare when preparations are not taking place for some type of theatrical production. Throughout the next two weeks, Tabor Academy students will be presenting two separate drama performances on campus. The first performance is The Nine Worst Breakups of All Time, a comedy that takes the audience from the times of […] Read more »
If the Marion Art Center had sold tickets for its annual Halloween Parade, it would have sold out of those immediately, judging by the what seemed to be over a thousand people out on the sunny afternoon of Halloween. It seems the MAC can’t avoid it these days, with its community-based events and performances that […] Read more »