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🌱 How the Marion Open is bringing big-time drum corps back home

Marion, Ohio Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good day Marion! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How the Marion Open is bringing big-time drum corps back home
  • Marion-born Donna Queen remembered by family and friends in Portsmouth

Also on today's calendar: 🎤 BRUNCH, PLEASE! 🍹🌞⛱️ and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very hot, with a high of 96 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and hot, temps: high: 94, low: 70.
  • Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 89 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Drum corps march back to Marion for the Marion Open (marionstar.com) — Marion residents can look forward to the Marion Open drum corps show returning to Harding Stadium on July 30, with ten corps performing and tickets now on sale. Organized by the Marion Arts Legacy Alliance and local partners, the event revives the city’s long drum corps tradition and will host musicians practicing at schools across Marion in the days leading up to the competition.
   

• Donna Rose Thompson Queen, 70 of Portsmouth (sciotocountydailynews.com) — Marion readers may remember Donna Queen, who was born here and whose sister, Ruth Ann Dunn, still lives in Marion, even though Donna later made her home in Portsmouth. Her family will receive friends at Melcher-Hammer Funeral Home on Saturday, July 18, with a memorial service and burial at Greenlawn Cemetery, and they suggest memorial donations in honor of her great-granddaughter Lucy.
   

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  • On Sunday July 12 @4:33am we have this on our camera.
    We can not determine animal type but not seeing a tail. The movements and size don't look like normal racoon or opossum. What are your thoughts? … (Nextdoor Chateau)
  • Hello Marion.
    Now is a great time to get those over grown shrubs and trees trimmed. We will beat any written estimate. Call Jim @ 740-244-5604 Harris and Harris… (Nextdoor Grandview Estates)
  • Kroger posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Marion. Apply here.
  • Dollar Tree Family Dollar - Dollar Tree, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Marion. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Marion here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The letter “R.” (Thank you Manuela A. for sending it in!)
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