Tri-Rivers Construction Trades Academy

At age 101, Marion resident Norma Jacob and her five younger sisters set a world record. This May, the Guinness Book of World Records confirmed that Jacob; Lorene Kollmeyer, age 98; Maxine Cole, age 97; Doris Griffith, age 93; Margaret Norton, age 90; and Elma Jennings, 88; set the world record for the highest combined […]Read More »

Located just south of Caledonia, along the Olentangy River, is one of Marion County’s rich heritage and natural treasures- Terradise Nature Center.  It is there to educate its visitors about the conservation of our world while discovering and researching more about the wildlife of the area, the Olentangy River, and associated wetlands and forests.  Their […]Read More »

WONDER. Every school year, I begin by reading my students a book called “Wonder.” Wonder is about a little boy named Auggie Pullman who was born with a facial deformity that left him home schooled for most of his life. He and his parents decide to send him to a private school when he’s in […]Read More »

For generations, the Stull family of Marion has been a part of its thriving business community. Stull Family Start in Marion  Reuben Stull owned a grocery store with his brother Will at 132 South Main Street in downtown Marion in the late 1800s.  He married Minerva Smeltzer, whose family operated a blacksmith shop on Smetzer […]Read More »