Ice Cream Turns Roads into Refresher Course

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            There was no digital stopwatch on display, but Sunday’s Tour de Creme bicycle ride was nonetheless an athletic event if only because even top-echelon performers tackling the longer courses indulged.

            “A couple of guys passed me, then they stopped for ice cream,” said Bob Gendron, who pulled into the Munro Preserve as the first finisher in the 40-mile ride.

            The event, held on Sunday to benefit the Friends of the Mattapoisett Bike Path and the Mattapoisett Land Trust, included 40, 24 and 9-mile courses with many local ice-cream merchants poised and ready to serve up America’s favorite summer treat in countless shapes, sizes and flavors.

            For most riders, Sunday’s event was their first opportunity to experience the new boardwalk section that connects the Mattapoisett Bike Path to the stretch that emanates from Fairhaven village.

            The first lady to finish the 24-mile ride, Carol Wilson, 65, of Providence, made two stops for ice cream. “Just a sorbet,” admitted the avid cycling competitor.

            Jack Dennerlein, the first overall 24-mile finisher, was bolder. The 58-year-old Dorchester resident whom Mike Huguenin called a “great friend of the Land Trust” stopped twice along the way, once for a “Green Monster” that he proudly captured with his phone camera before digging in.

            Dennerlein does his road work at the Blue Hills Reservation. Now he has more to do.

            Joe Daly, a Mattapoisett resident recently moved into town from neighboring Marion, will turn 81 in June but looked no worse for the wear after crossing with the fastest finishers of the 9-mile ride.

            “Great job!” exclaimed Daly, not so much impressed with himself but with a little girl who stayed in front of him the entire way while riding with her family.

            Ride organizers said it was particularly successful to keep the 9-mile family ride entirely on the coastal side of Route 6. Including green-clad volunteer riders who guided participants along their varying courses, there were over 400 bicycles involved.

            Gendron, a 57-year-old Westport resident, was surprised anyone on the 40-mile course could indulge during the ride, but he indicated ice cream was in his future. “Oh, absolutely,” he said.

Tour de Creme Bike Ride

By Mick Colageo

CWMP Will Cost Big Bucks

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            Engineers Kent Nichols and Rebecca Mongada appeared on behalf of consulting firm Weston & Sampson at the Marion Select Board’s special meeting on Monday night at the Music Hall for a public hearing on the town’s Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan (CWMP.)

            While regionalizing sewer with the Town of Wareham lingers as an option, Weston and Sampson recommended a 20-year plan of internal upgrades featuring but not limited to connecting three key areas of Marion to town sewer.

            Of Marion’s 11 unsewered areas, Weston & Sampson recommends phasing in sewer to six of those areas over time to spread out the financial impact. The areas recommended against connecting to town sewer total between 30 and 50 residences, according to Nichols.

            Nichols noted that since the Marion Board of Health’s recent bylaw requiring any changed septic system to include denitrification technology, the state has proposed statewide identification of “nitrogen-sensitive” areas that would require “even remedial” systems to upgrade to include denitrification.

            “That means a lot of cash investment for people who feel like their own septic system probably works really well,” Nichols said. “And it won’t be up to you – the period that was stated was five years. Those ‘regs’ are still in flux a little bit, and the planning continues for that. And Marion was not in the first wave, the first wave addressed Cape Cod. But certainly, the nitrogen-sensitive areas around Buzzards Bay were a close second in that process, and we have taken those potential regulations into account while as we’ve thought about this.

            “We do hold back the possibility of doing some localized treatment in the event that we need to look further at options beyond just connecting everybody to the sewer system.”

            Grouping the potential sewer-expansion areas into three main sections, Nichols identified River Road and Wareham Road (Route 6) as a relatively small area, the next-bigger being the Aucoot Creek/Lower Mill Street area just south of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, and the largest area containing Lower Sippican Neck, Wings Cove and Piney Point with Planting Island.

            “If we did all of those at once with a single sewer project, that would cost about $24,000, 000,” said Nichols, who displayed a chart breaking down cost for each area under consideration. “These costs are all over the place.”

            Because of their locations, the cost variety is great. The River and Wareham Roads area would cost $28,000 per unit connection, but along Lower Sippican Neck, the per-home connection cost would spike to $120,000. Thus, Nichols explained, Weston and Sampson’s effort to package areas to make sewer costs more affordable.

            “What we’re basically doing is, by ‘sewering’ these unsewered areas that are along the coastline, we’re going to take a lot of nitrogen out of the surrounding waters,” said Nichols. “We’re going to treat it to the highest degree possible by bringing it to the (Water Pollution Control Facility.)”

            Nichols said Marion’s WPCF rates are among the best regionally in treating for nitrogen.

In a comparison of alternatives for the WPCF, Weston and Sampson identified two levels of process improvements costing $11,000,000 or $13,000,000, groundwater discharge or outfall relocation to a salt marsh at $16,000,000, and finally a $76,000,000 regionalization with Wareham.

            Capital improvements recommended for the WPCF include process at $4,500,000, ancillary at $6,300,000 and biosolids at $2,000,000.

            Supplemental groundwater discharge is recommended as a backup plan in the event Marion cannot achieve an increase in its permitted capacity.

            In summarizing recommended capital improvements to Marion’s CWMP, the existing collection system would cost $4,500,000, existing pump stations would cost $12,600,000, sewer extensions $24,000,000 and the WPCF and treatment system $13,000,000, totaling $54,000,000.

            “I would just warn you that if we implement this plan over a 20-year period, your ultimate total cost will be a little higher than that,” said Nichols. “The big picture on implementing the plan is pretty much straightforward. It’s a 20-year plan. We envision, if you’re going to do it right and spread the costs out enough, probably you’re going to spend most of that 20 years spreading out those sewer extensions and getting people connected to the system.”

            The recently completed lining of Lagoon 1, said Nichols, provides the town an option to store biosolids while prioritizing more immediate needs.

            The next step for the town is finalizing discussions with the Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Environmental Protection on Marion’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.

            Crediting the work that Department of Public Works Director Becky Tilden has done, Nichols told the meeting that the town was very successful in procuring Coastal Zone Management grants.

            “As such, the Creek Road improvements have been designed,” said Nichols, noting that the design has sat for a couple of years. “We did make the priority list for the state revolving-fund program this past year, which was a positive factor, but that’s not a lot of funding so the town right now is awaiting word from the third or fourth round of reviews being done on a federal FEMA grant, the Hazard Mitigation Grant program.”

            A few weeks ago, Nichols interacted with Nathaniel Munafo, who manages Marion’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, and reported encouraging notes.

            “And that could result in as much as a 90% grant for a $3,000,000 construction project, so a lot of work by the town, DPW and the Sewer Department has been done to try to continue the chase funds for that,” he said.

            Pump-station upgrades are a key piece to the overall plan.

            “We do recommend … and have been moving forward on evaluating all the sewer force-mains,” said Nichols. “Each pump station pumps through a pressurized line to get the flow from the pump station to the gravity sewer system in different locations. In Marion’s case, virtually all of those stations, that is a single, pressurized line. And recent events in different communities have shown that the use of single force-mains becomes more and more risky, and some of the pipe conditions have been very notable.

            “Some of you may be aware of a project in Plymouth a couple years back when their one pump station force-main that went to their treatment plant broke, and the town, I think, was in it for over $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 worth of emergency repair costs.”

            Marion, said Nichols, is trying to stay ahead of such risk to the tune of $2,000,000 budgeted. The town’s Front Street force-main, he said, is part of the treatment plant cost.

            In tracking infiltration and inflow (I/I), Nichols said that the 2017-20 rate of 550,000 gallons per day has dropped in its fifth year to a 515,000 average. In the dry, summer months, Marion generated under 300,000 gallons per day.

            When the floor was opened to public comment, former Select Board member John Waterman requested a user-friendly summary of the report accessible at marionma.gov. Nichols said Select Board member Norm Hills has crafted an executive summary; Waterman clarified his request for printed copies for interested residents.

            At Waterman’s request, Nichols noted that the town has negotiated terms with the developers of residential projects near the Wareham line to mitigate Marion’s I/I expenses relative to those sites.

            Also at Waterman’s request, Nichols explained that “SBR” stands for “sequencing batch reactor” and that the sludge removed from Lagoon 1 was actually biomass used in the process of breaking down sewage.

            Waterman pointed out that the daily inspections conducted on the town’s pumping stations by Munafo’s staff are a safety hazard to the workers and commended them for their effort. Nichols said that safety matters are addressed in the finer details of the proposed CWMP.

            The Select Board voted to close the public hearing and adjourn the meeting.

Marion Select Board

By Mick Colageo

Voters Back Exit from Green Communities

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            Rochester’s Annual Town Meeting Monday decisively rescinded the town’s participation in the state’s Green Communities program and the town’s Stretch energy-efficiency-minded building codes that officials say are an overly expensive requirement of being a part of the Green Communities program.

            When introducing town voters to Article 27, Select Board Chairman Woody Hartley explained the town received $500,000 of Green Communities grants to upgrade the energy efficiency of lighting at Town Hall and Rochester Memorial School when the town joined the program in 2018.

            “But that was just the low-hanging fruit we were getting,” he said. “It’s gotten worse since then.”

            Hartley said the current Stretch code will alter the cost of a homeowner’s simple renovation plan big time.

            Planning Board members said that under Stretch code requirement, homeowners would have to install electric-car and solar-power circuitry for a simple, two-car garage renovation, and they added that current plans to rebuild public-safety facilities in town would also be much more expensive.

            Planning Board member Ben Bailey noted this move started as a citizens’ petition article that he helped initiate, and he commended the Select Board and the town for agreeing to the idea to discontinue participation. He stated proudly that while Rochester is the first town in the commonwealth to reject Green Communities program participation, “since we started,” he said, “It’s catching on in other communities.”

            One resident asked if it was too soon to take this step before seeing how efficient new municipal buildings could be in terms of saving energy and energy costs. Hartley said Green Communities experts were invited to Town Hall to explain the program benefits.

            “They had no answers,” Hartley noted. “It’s complicated, they said. They don’t have their act together.”

            Planning Board Chairman Arnold Johnson said that under the Stretch code, the proposed renovation of the police station and construction of a new fire station will require more expensive double-pane windows and electric-vehicle receptacles in the public-safety bays “even though there’s only one EV fire engine in the entire state.

            “This town still has common sense,” Johnson said. “This program has outlived its usefulness. It’s time to get practical.”

            Voters punctuated their motion to terminate Green Communities program status and the town’s Stretch code with a loud round of applause. Bailey would later motion to have the petition article on the matter “postponed indefinitely.”

            It came near the end of a May 22 Annual Town Meeting held in the Rochester Memorial School cafetorium that attracted a record turnout of over 183 attendees that approved a $25,000,000 FY24 operating budget.

            Before the ultimate approval of Article 4 (the FY24 Operating Budget), Select Board member Paul Ciaburri motioned that the Town Hall Account be raised from $548,521 to $553,000 to add a Selectmen/Town Administrator Executive Assistant position that the other two Select Board members had previously cut from the budget.

            Hartley and Brad Morse had argued, as the warrant came up for their approval, that no one had discussed the plan for the new position with the Select Board in advance, and they wanted more time and needed more funding than budgeted to consider a new job that would be under the Select Board’s jurisdiction.

            At the time, Ciaburri explained he feels that elevating the duties and compensation of the Board of Selectmen/Town Administrator’s Administrative Assistant to an Executive Assistant level was the right thing to do because of that person’s workload.

            Voters defeated his amendment by a tally of 160 against and only 46 yes votes.

            Later in the meeting, an article proposing that the town clerk be changed from an elected position to one appointed by the Select Board failed under a loud “No” vote. Prior to the vote, Hartley encouraged approval by noting the position of town clerk has become more complicated and more critical in recent years.

            Town Clerk Paul Dawson is retiring from the position due to health reasons, he said, and there is only one candidate (Marjorie Barrows) on the May 24 election ballot.

            Ciaburri swayed voters against the proposed change when he told them, “You kind of lose your say with this town position if it goes to being appointed by the Select Board.”

            Town Counsel Jay Tallerman explained later that the question on the May 24 Election Ballot asking whether the town clerk should remain elected or become appointed will remain there, but its vote tally will not override Town Meeting’s vote.

            Article 5, to set the spending limits on revolving-fund accounts, sparked a question from a resident: Why was $18,000 for the Country Fair still listed when the annual town event has been closed down? Finance Director Suzanne Szyndlar explained the town has just $18,000 in that account and including it in the spending-limit vote will allow the town to use that money, which is being planned for awarding scholarships.

            Article 6 spent just $300 for recurring environmental and natural resources expenses, the planting of shellfish in Marion. Article 8 sent $300,000 to the Stabilization Fund. Article 13 spent $208,532 of Capital Planning funds on capital needs for the Fire, Park, Highway, Library departments and the Rochester Memorial School.

            Article 14 began a new Matching Grants Fund with $100,000. Town Administrator Glenn Cannon explained the town will now have a fund to draw from when it receives a grant that requires a match of town funds.

            Voters approved Article 15 authorizing $500,000 of indebtedness for Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School’s feasibility study of possible renovation and/or construction of the Old Colony school facility after Superintendent Aaron Polansky explained that Rochester’s portion will be $100,000 with the total to be split among the region’s five member towns. The vote, he said, is to support incurring the debt.

            A new Veterans Tax Work-Off Program was approved with Article 24, under which veteran “volunteers” will be able to provide their service to the town as a reduction to their tax bills. The maximum reduction of real property tax will be based on 125 service hours in a given tax year rather than $1,500 of tax debt.

            Article 25 approved the assessors to enter into tax agreements with new solar photovoltaic facilities at Cushman Road, Featherbed Lane, Braley Hill Road and 523 Snipatuit Road. Article 28 rescinded the temporary moratorium on marijuana retail establishments, and Article 30 removed the Orderly Development provision of the zoning bylaw.

Rochester Annual Town Meeting

By Michael J. DeCicco

From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

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When CNN advertises a town hall event, we all know that the Presidential election cycle is gearing up. However, the moderated question-and-answer sessions are a far cry from what has actually gone on in New England town halls for over two centuries. While many Massachusetts towns have gone through the stages of transitioning first to a representative town meeting and then to government with a mayor, Rochester still has a Town Meeting that mirrors those of the past.

            As we have seen this week, residents attended Town Meeting to listen to and vote on 32 articles. Two days later, they headed to the polls to vote for a variety of positions, including a seat on the Select Board.

            Rochester’s first Town Meetings began after incorporation as “Rochester-town in New England” in 1686. Laws for the town were made and voted on by “freemen” at these meetings. By 1690, selectmen were elected. The earliest recorded names were those of Aaron Barlow, Samuel White and Samuel Hammond. The records of earlier selectmen have been lost to time.

            In her history of Rochester, Mary Hall Leonard credits Town Meetings for stabilizing state and national affairs after the colonies had severed ties with England. When no longer ruled by England, a new government needed to be formed and new constitutions written, but that took time. Town governments accustomed to making decisions at Town Meetings filled that breach and proceeded with the business of day-to-day governance. As Leonard writes, “Each little town by its decisions made known through its representative will help to direct the trend of State and national affairs,” and so the ” town government holds on its way but all else is in a transitional and chaotic state.”

            Those who chose this week to participate in Town Meeting walked in the footsteps of our community’s ancestors.

By Connie Eshbach

Boat Race Ham & Bean Supper

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            The Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race (RMDBR) Ham and Bean Supper will be held Saturday, May 27 at the Rochester Senior Center, 67 Dexter Lane. The supper will be served from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, and tickets can be purchased at the door. There is the option to eat in or eat on the patio if weather permits. Adults, $10.00 and children under twelve are only $5.00. Beans baked by the best bean bakers in town, coleslaw, potato salad, rolls and brown bread. And to top it all off, apple crisp or other fruit crisp. Proceeds from the supper help offset the expenses of the race.

            Started in 1934, this is the 89h anniversary of the race. Enjoy a great meal at one of the important social events of the year in our area. The more the merrier. For additional information, please contact Arthur Benner, Chairman, RMDBR, 508-763-2024 or email, artbenner@comcast.net.

Murphy Wins Select Board Seat

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Adam Murphy has unseated Woody Hartley on the Rochester Select Board, winning the May 24 election 845-673. After a recount of last year’s Select Board race, Murphy lost by one vote against incumbent Brad Morse. Murphy also ran against Hartley in 2020 and lost.

Below are the Rochester Town Election unofficial results, as read shortly after the polls closed by Town Clerk Paul Dawson.

* incumbent

1,557 ballots were cast.

SELECT BOARD (vote for 1)

* Greenwood Hartley III 673

Adam Murphy 845

Write-in’s: 0

Blanks: 39

PLANNING BOARD (vote for 2)

* Ben Bailey 809

* John Demaggio 935

Dennis McCarthy 632

Write-in’s: 5

Blanks: 733

LIBRARY TRUSTEES (vote for 2)

Heather Alford 644

Jane Taylor 983

Sarah Verbyla 441

Write-in’s: 8

Blanks: 1,038

ORR SCHOOL COMMITTEE (vote for 1)

* Joe Pires 791

James O’Brien 728

Write-in’s: 0

Blanks: 38

ROCHESTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE (vote for 2)

* Kate Duggan 805

* Anne Fernandes 733

Greg Hardy 693

Sydney Teixeira 691

Write-in’s: none announced

Blanks: none announced

TAX COLLECTOR (vote for 1)

* Beatrice Renauld 1,237

Write-in’s: 13

Blanks: 307

TOWN CLERK (vote for 1)

Marjorie Barrows 990

Write-in’s: 299

Blanks: 268

BOARD OF HEALTH (vote for 1)

* Dale Barrows 1,182

Write-in’s: 6

Blanks: 369

CEMETERY COMMISSION (vote for 1)

Write-in’s: 217

Blanks: 1,340

BOARD OF ASSESSORS (vote for 1)

* Suzanne Szyndlar 1,163

Write-in’s: 9

Blanks: 385

PARK COMMISSION (vote for 1)

* David Sylvia 1,203

Write-in’s: 3

Blanks: 351

HERRING INSPECTOR (vote for 1)

* William David Watling 1,251

Write-in’s: 5

Blanks: 301

WATER COMMISSION (vote for 1)

* Fred Underhill 1,236

Write-in’s: 4

Blanks: 317

Shall the town vote to have its elected town clerk become an appointed town clerk for the town?

YES: 401

NO: 895

Blanks: 261

Sprinkler Malfunction Closes Sippican

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A sprinkler malfunction resulted in water damage throughout the Sippican Elementary School on Tuesday night, prompting Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson and Sippican Principal Marla Sirois to cancel classes on Wednesday, May 24, according to a press release issued at 10:33 pm.

            Initial reports of the broken sprinkler came in at approximately 8:12 pm, to which the Marion Fire Department responded and shut down the second-floor sprinkler. There was no fire in the school building nor were there injuries, but extensive water damage was found in first and second-floor classrooms.

            “We are grateful to first responders and town officials for all of their assistance,” said Nelson. “The quick actions of the Marion Fire Department prevented even more damage from taking place.”

            The ORR School District stated it would provide updates and guidance with a plan to email any further schedule changes.

Nasketucket Bird Club

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Author Will McLean Greeley will present “A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate” at the next meeting of the Nasketucket Bird Club.

            This is the story of how Connecticut’s George P. McLean helped establish lasting legal protections for birds, overseeing passage of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act, landmark environmental protection legislation that is still in effect today. Greeley, McLean’s great-great nephew, puts McLean’s victory for birds in the context of his distinguished 45-year career marked by many acts of reform during a time of widespread corruption and political instability. David Allen Sibley, author and illustrator of The Sibley Guide to Birds, writes of the book: “On one level this is a fascinating, and thoroughly researched, glimpse into the workings of U.S. politics in the early 20th century. On another level, it’s an inspiring story of one man’s determination and steadfast commitment to securing legal protections for birds. I am glad to know more about George McLean.” “A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington” was published by the Rochester Institute of Technology Press in March 2023.

            The event will be on Thursday, May 25 at 7:00 pm at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library (7 Barstow Street) and online. Free, all are welcome. For the Zoom link, see our website at www.nbcbirdclub.com.

ORRHS Senior Class Events

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            The Old Rochester Regional High School Senior Class Events Schedule is as follows:

            May 30: Senior Prom 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm

            June 1: Senior Awards Night 6:30 pm

            June 2: Senior Assembly 9:00 am

            June 2: Senior parade 6:15 pm

            June 3: Graduation 12:00 pm

Eleanor’s Splendor Brought to Life

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            Taking on the story of a person as wrapped in 20th century history on a global and local level as Eleanor Roosevelt takes an equally brave and insightful person. But to take it on as an actress inhabiting such a large personality is something else – it is epic.

            Equal to the character she portrayed for an hour on May 13 in a one-woman performance, Linda Monchik of Marion took us on Eleanor’s journey from shy lonely child to world-renowned, human-rights advocate. The title is “An Hour with Eleanor.”

            This performance is the first in in a series of Marion Art Center Theater Playwriters Incubator productions.

            “It’s a program for first-time play-writes. The goal is to aid the writer through the creative process with mentors …,” MAC Director Jodi Stevens explained. The press release noted, “Finding theaters to produce new or unpublished plays can be an obstacle … the MTPI is a structured program that aims to discover and support, through workshop and production, new stage plays from the region.”  “An Hour with Eleanor” was written by Cynthia Krause, who states, “My interest in theater is a central theme.” A graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor of Arts in history and Masters of Science in Education, Krause has acted, worked on Broadway plays and performed in “Scrooge,” “Social Security” and “A Little Night Music” to name a few.

            Under the direction of Maura Barry Van Voris and Richard Van Voris (daughter and father), Monchik’s flawless telling of Eleanor’s life in the first person was tender, humorous, sorrowful and profound.

            The play covered the vast range of experiences and events that placed Eleanor in the center of world events, sometimes to the chagrin of her husband, you know, the President. President Roosevelt.

            His presence in the play is there, of course, but the “hour” hardly long enough to cover one political event Eleanor participated in, never mind a quarter century of the country’s history, is a telling of life lived through her experiences, not his. In the hands of Krause and Monchik, it is masterfully crafted.

            If you are not of an age to remember Eleanor when she walked amongst us, you’ll get an enjoyable history lesson.

            This lady, who was born into privilege, never felt wanted or loved. With the passing of her father (Teddy Roosevelt’s brother), she went to live with her grandmother. Her father was an alcoholic far removed from caring about the small child he had fathered as told in this anecdote: “Father took me to the Knickerbocker and told me to wait on the step, he’d be right back.” Four hours later, the doorman arranged for the four-year-old Eleanor to be sent home.

            One can only imagine what early, inner fortitude she possessed. Krause’s words spoken by Monchik left us deeply moved.

            And while there were many moments when we were left wondering where Eleanor found the strength to persevere, there was humor as well. But methinks the humor came when Eleanor was able to best naysayers.

            One singular event, the development of the United Nations, speaks volumes to Eleanor’s brilliant, possibly superior ability to bring disparate parties together, find the common ground and work together for the good of all.

            “My job was to be useful,” she is quoted as saying.

            Indeed. She was the first (and only for a long time) woman who helped create the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights and later became the first chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Eleanor spent many years both before President Roosevelt’s death and after working on projects intended to improve the lives of those whose voice was not often heard. Such groups as the League of Women Voters, Women’s Trade Union and the Red Cross she would put her shoulder to the wheel for progress of human rights.

            Today, the following would be just a small footnote to Eleanor’s history, but in 1940 she was successful in securing freedom for 83 Jewish refugees. She knew it wasn’t enough, but for those who were spared a death sentence, it was.

            Krause didn’t shy away from the personal and painful moments when Eleanor questioned President Roosevelt’s faithfulness and then the ultimate betrayal. It is all there in emotions worn by Monchik to perfection. You want to cry at the reality of her passionless marriage and daughter Anne’s part of organizing trysts for President Roosevelt with his longtime paramour, but in the next moment experience the joy and freedom the grand lady knew through her work and her relationships.

            Whether you know the story of Eleanor Roosevelt or only recently heard her name, do yourself a favor and see this play. The writer, directors and the actress have prepared a feast for you.

            The next and final performance is scheduled for Sunday, May 28, at 2:00 pm. For tickets, visit MarionArtCenter.org.

Marion Art Center

By Marilou Newell