The Marion Area Humane Society will be participating for the first time in this year's Saturday in the Park event, starting at 11 a.m. on Aug.

City Hall will be closed Monday, Sept. 1, in observance of Labor Day, the mayor's office announced.

It was 80 years ago that I remember my mother saving up enough money from her wages to take my sister, Helen, and me to the grand opening of The Marion Palace Theatre.