Tri-Rivers Construction Trades Academy

Candyce Dreher of Marion remembers her grandmother quilting when she was just three years old. “I remember her putting her quilting frame up in the living room. She and her friends would quilt on it. I’ve always been a creative person but quilting really opened something in my heart,” Candy says. In 1988, Candy learned […]Read More »

SMALL BUSINESS THRIVES LOCALLY AND ON THE ROAD. . “It’s hard to believe that in seven short years we have come from running the business out of our basement, to our very own building with 6 employees. I guess we are kind of a small business success story,” said Kim Hessler. . In 2008, Kim […]Read More »

The Marion community has been profoundly affected by suicides over the past several months. In response, local leaders took action and raise awareness during September which is Suicide Awareness Month. Vicki Kimmel, president of the Turning Point Board of Directors, expressed her deep concern, saying, “I’ve been asking myself, what else can we do? How […]Read More »

OHIO HEALTH SUPPORTS LOCAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN NEED OhioHealth recently extended a helping hand to a community organization in need. For more than 40 years, Mobile Meals of Marion County had cooked and prepared food for those in need within the kitchen of the United Church of Christ. When the church closed its doors to […]Read More »