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Marion Memorial Day109 viewsPlanting geraniums at Veterans Graves in Marion for Memorial Day. Photo by Robert Pina
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Marion Natural History Museum109 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum’s Drawing from nature program had a wonderful time drawing with the nature journal group at Washburn Park. Beautiful weather, gorgeous scenery and such a fun group of people! Thanks go to Tricia for sharing her expertise with our museum. Photos courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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Marion Natural History Museum108 viewsWe had a rainy start to our week at the Coastal Explorations with the Marion Natural History Museum but didn’t let that deter us from catching frogs and fish, exploring ponds, salt marshes and rocky beaches, and making friends. Photos courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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Marion's Independence Day Parade107 viewsResidents lined Spring, Mill, Front and Main streets on Saturday morning to enjoy Marion's Independence Day Parade. The lineup featured community veterans of foreign wars, town officials, volunteer organizations such as The Friends of Jack and Friends of the Marion Council on Aging, the Scouts of America, several floats celebrating the nation's 250th birthday, police and fire trucks from Marion and surrounding towns, Photos by Mick Colageo
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Marion Natural History Museum105 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum's nature journaling group met Saturday, April 4. We discussed different prompts we might use in adding to our own journals. These included adding descriptive details, creative writing samples, and poetry. We went to Bicentennial Park to find a subject that inspired us to not only draw but to create a narrative to our pages. Despite the chilly weather, we had fun drawing, painting and adding fun details to our journal pages. Many thanks to Tricia Cassady for leading our grou
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Marion Natural History Museum105 viewsOn Wednesday, April 15, the Marion Natural History Museum's afterschool group had fun learning about the parts of a flower that produces pollen and the important role that pollinators play in our everyday lives. By dividing the group into three different types of insect species, Bees, Wasps, and Butterflies, the kids had fun playing a relay game to collect pollen. We then created flower seed "bombs" to take home and plant. Many thanks to museum volunteer Maggie Payne, monarch butterfly and pollinator enthus
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Chicken Bake104 viewsThe Marion Council on Aging sponsored a Chicken Bake held at the Marion Social Club this past week. Photos by Robert Pina
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Marion's Independence Day Parade104 viewsResidents lined Spring, Mill, Front and Main streets on Saturday morning to enjoy Marion's Independence Day Parade. The lineup featured community veterans of foreign wars, town officials, volunteer organizations such as The Friends of Jack and Friends of the Marion Council on Aging, the Scouts of America, several floats celebrating the nation's 250th birthday, police and fire trucks from Marion and surrounding towns, Photos by Mick Colageo
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Marion Natural History Museum103 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum's afterschool group had a great time learning about propulsion, drag and lift while building their own rockets. The kids had a chance to add different components to the rockets as well as proper parachute placement. Outside, we added the explosive charge, and everyone had a chance to launch their rockets. The museum wishes to thank rocket enthusiast and volunteer Mike Cronin for his many years of providing this program. The museum also wishes to thank volunteer Gia Goodwin,
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Chicken Bake103 viewsThe Marion Council on Aging sponsored a Chicken Bake held at the Marion Social Club this past week. Photos by Robert Pina
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Marion Natural History Museum102 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum's afterschool group had a great time learning about propulsion, drag and lift while building their own rockets. The kids had a chance to add different components to the rockets as well as proper parachute placement. Outside, we added the explosive charge, and everyone had a chance to launch their rockets. The museum wishes to thank rocket enthusiast and volunteer Mike Cronin for his many years of providing this program. The museum also wishes to thank volunteer Gia Goodwin,
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Chicken Bake102 viewsThe Marion Council on Aging sponsored a Chicken Bake held at the Marion Social Club this past week. Photos by Robert Pina
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