Marion's Hispanic Heritage Celebration is scheduled for Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 2:30 pm at St. Mary's School Gymnasium at 251 N. Main Street. Evelyn Lisecki and Martha Stefanka joined the podcast to give us all the details of the event.

Local musicians Tamela and Larry Knight joined the podcast to talk about their upcoming show opening for Parmalee on The Marion Popcorn Festival Main Stage on Friday, September 9th at 6pm. They introduce their band, talk about their roots in music and dig in about the opportunity to open for a National Headline act in their hometown.

Diane Watson joined the podcast to update us on everything happening at our Marion Public Library. She talked about how September is Library card Sign-up Month, the ALL Program is back this fall and a best-selling author is visiting in late October. Learn more at www.MarionLibrary.org

Marion County Parks District Naturalist James Anderson joined the podcast to talk about Monarch Butterflies and how they have been moved to the endangered list in our country. He offers tips on how you can help this species. James also went over the calendar of events for the next month in the Marion County Park District.

Comedian Steve Bruner and AGT Juggler Mike Price are coming to the Marion Palace Theatre on Saturday, August 27th for a fun, clean comedy and juggling show. Kirk Detweiler joined the show to talk about the upcoming performance. Details and tickets at: https://marionpalace.org/event/steve-bruner-mike-price/

Marion Mayor Scott Schertzer joined the podcast to update us on things happening around the City of Marion, at this time. He talked about the Aquatic Center hours, the sewer projects in the city, the Prospect Street Overpass renovation and improvements to Founders Park, plus clean-up projects around the city.

The Marion Blues Festival is Saturday, August 20th from 12n to 8pm at Buckeye Collision. It's a FREE music festival to support "Marion Makes Music," which is a non-profit that operates TruBlues 97.5. Scott Shawver joined the show to talk about the event to raise money for kids to further their music education in Marion. Details at www.Facebook.com/TruBlues975

Jessica Moon, a partner at Roth, Bacon, Moon, Attorneys, LLC, joined the podcast to talk about the recently signed Inflation Reduction Act. She looked at how it may affect you and your business. Learn more at www.RothBaconLaw.com

Marion Palace Theatre Executive Director Kirk Detweiler stopped by to talk about this Saturday's show "An Evening With Friends." Get the details at https://marionpalace.org/event/an-evening-with-friends/

The Caledonia Farmers Market has been running every Saturday this summer from 10am to 1pm on their Public Square, and this week they're also having a Kids Day. April Morrison joined the show to talk about it. Get details on Facebook by searching, "Caledonia Farmers Market."