Note: So it’s been a busy week and I have gotten behind in the Daily Updates from FaceBook. I hope to be back doing this daily starting Monday. But, here’s what we shared on FaceBook.
- Kevin Godfrey posted early Saturday morning about the Mary Lou Glass Park Project: With all of the unrest and chaos in the world around us it’s amazing to see what we are capable when we show love and compassion rather than hate. This morning I ran by the fitness trail and was overwhelmed with emotions at what was done. JP Abernathy, a fellow school board trustee, has graciously removed the vegetation covering the trail. It is no longer an impassable path but a fully functioning ¼ mile trail. There is still a lot of work to be done but the project that could have taken a year will now be completed in months. Ella and I invite everyone to go take a look and give a huge thank you to JP! Please share so everyone can see the positive things that can happen when we come together, we can move mountains. It’s time to get movin’ and groovin’! Video
- Texas Tech is offering their Band Camp Virtually this year. Special Reduced Price of $150 this year!. Signup here.
- Rebecca Durden says Youth Cheerleader Signups are coming soon.
- Shelia Langbartels and Maxim-Eyes awarded her weekly Restaurant Giveaway to Mark & Debbie Allen. This week it was to Riverport Barbeque. Next week it’s Bulldog Pizza. You have to share and like her post to enter.
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church begins new Mass times this weekend. Saturday 5 p.m. Sunday 9 a.m.
- Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur announced we’d received another COVID-19 recovery.
- Friday was Cotton Hampton’s 85th Birthday
- Amelia Blake will be performing at McGarrity’s starting at 6:30p.m. Saturday
- Charlene Flanagan is finalizing for the Grand Opening Party at the Feed Store on 49 (next to Primary School) on June 27.
- Dub Williams will be performing at Auntie Skinner’s Saturday at 9p
- Magnolia Manor announced all their staff and residents have tested negative for COVID-19.
- Raindrop Relics will be doing a Live FaceBook Sale at 6p June 9.
- Clay Logan will be at Auntie Skinner’s on June 13
- Marion County Youth Sports Organization is looking for 3rd and 4th Grade Tackle Team coaches
- Opera House Theatre Players will do an USO Show at the VFW Post 10373/Lake of the Pines at 5:30 and 7:30 July 4. Proceeds go to OHTP and the Marion County Memorial Wall.
- There’s a Yard and Craft Sale going on at 301 St. John Street (right before the KCS underpass) each weekend starting June 19.
- The Marion County Tax Office reopens to the Public on Monday, June 8. There will be strict adherence to social distancing guidelines. Each employee will be equipped with face masks, face shield and gloves. As I type this, they are here installing a full door and plexiglass barriers on the tax side entrance. The public will be encouraged to not come to the office if they are ill. If the public needs to enter into the office behind the glass, they must go through a health screening including temperature check. Anyone entering our office will be required to wear a mask, as well as employees when interacting with the public.
- Hometown Fitness reopened this week with new owners and fitness plans.
- Heritage Baptist Church begins in-person services at 11 a.m. Sunday.
- Jefferson Police Department reopened on June 1 to walk-ins at their offices on N. Alley.