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Recent MarionMade! Stories
Carousels and Carvings- Precious Pieces of Art Preserved, Restored and Created in Marion
From a lifelong love of “always wanting to build stuff” Todd Goings built a one-of-a-kind business that preserves cherished memories of childhood and summer vacations. Todd and his crew of eighteen staff members at Carousels and Carvings restore and preserve historic and create new carousels for use around the country. Todd started out as a […]Read More »Black Leadership in Marion Between the World Wars
At the close of World War I, as American troops returned home after defending democracy, Black Marionites still had to demand equal treatment as they lived and worked in an expanding, industrializing, modernizing Marion, according to a recent lecture by Dr. Margaret Sumner, associate history professor at The Ohio State University at Marion. Battle For […]Read More »Baby Boxes
THE BABY BOX PROGRAM The WIC (women, infants, and children) program, through Marion Public Health, has brought Scandinavian innovation to Marion, Ohio, through their Baby Box program. Baby Boxes are modeled off a Finnish government program that provides all newborns with a safe place to sleep in the early months of life, and essential education […]Read More »Jerrod Slater
Harding High School has a new head football coach, and he’s making history. Jerrod Slater, head football coach, and graduate of Marion Harding High School, is the school’s first African American head coach. Slater’s love for football started when he was in second grade. A former standout running back and nose guard for the Presidents, […]Read More »
