The idea was a good one. Three years ago, Marion City Schools partnered with Marion Public Health and the Marion YMCA to build raised garden beds at each of the city’s elementary schools. Neighbors could adopt a bed and grow their own produce, particularly in “food desert” areas of Marion, or so the thinking went. […]
Marion Rotary Awards 2014 Scholarships to Local Students
Some of the Marion area’s best and brightest graduating seniors were honored at Marion Rotary Club’s Annual Scholarship Day held on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at the Marion Palace Theatre’s May Pavilion. All of the students receiving scholarships graduated in the top 15% of their class with solid grade point averages. Eight of the twelve […]
Marion Rotary Awards $20,000 in Scholarships
The Marion Rotary Foundation recently awarded a combined $20,000 to thirteen hard working students, representing all of the Marion area high schools, with scholarship checks to help defray their college education expenses.
Winners Named In Annual Rotary Speech Contest
The Marion Rotary Club recently hosted the annual Four-Way Test speech contest, for area scholars.