SENIOR SOFTBALL LEAGUE COMPETITIVE, FUN. Baseball and softball—like motherhood and apple pie—are very much alive and revered in Marion, Ohio. From T-Ball to Senior softball, our community loves a good game. And that’s exactly what fans get when they attend Marion Senior Softball Association’s (MSSA) games held at Bigford Field in Kennedy Park, 237 Harding […]
Programs
Pleasant Robotics
PLEASANT SCHOOLS ROBOTICS TEAMS ROCK! Two teams from Marion County went to the Vex IQ Challenge World Championship for robotics in April. The competition was held in Louisville, Kentucky this year. The “Duckster” team, from Pleasant Elementary, was comprised of Anna Songer, Maddie Murphy, and Josiah Reed–all fifth graders; Team “Fish & Beef” included Pleasant […]
Cuddlecots
Brittany Rutter has helped to bring a CuddleCot, a device that allows parents to spend more time with a child who’s passed away, to Marion this year. She began work to bring a CuddleCot to OhioHealth Marion General after losing her daughter in 2011. To honor her daughter and help other parents in similar situations, […]
Elks
THE MARION ELKS LODGE 32. In 1885, Marion Elks Lodge 32 opened its doors as the first Elks Lodge to represent a small community outside a metropolitan area. This location was the second Elks location to open in Ohio. In September 1885, Lodge 32 would institute nine other Ohio Lodges in areas ranging from Cleveland […]
Huber Machinery Museum
A MARION LEGACY WORTH REFLECTING ON. The Huber Machinery Museum, tucked beside Veterans Memorial Coliseum on the Marion County Fairgrounds, recognizes the vision and industry of one of the community’s foremost inventors and philanthropists, Edward Huber. The exhibits of this museum cover nearly four decades of Huber’s work and detail the profound difference he made […]
Flat Stanley
Taft Elementary: Flat Stanley’s New York Adventure For the first time, Katy Miller’s second grade class at Taft Elementary School sent their Flat Stanley projects across the country to learn about different cultures and communities. One of Miller’s students sent her Flat Stanley to, actor, Billy Peck. You may have seen him in Gotham, Quantico, […]
