Briefs: Leadership Marion! seeks applicants, monthly church meal, Kellogg Farms Field Day
Leadership Marion! accepting applications for 2023-2024 class
Leadership Marion!, a comprehensive program housed under the Marion Area Chamber Foundation, is now accepting applications for its 2023-2024 class. The program seeks to identify, recruit and develop leaders who represent the diversity of our local community. Leadership Marion! is customized to provide a curriculum that enhances community acumen to augment current leaders and develop future leaders who will assume larger roles in their organizations, the Chamber and other community organizations.
The class meets one day a month from September through May and explores essential aspects of the Marion community, from education, business and government to health care and social services. Each class gives back to the community through a class project after identifying a current need and proposing a plan to address it.
Tuition for the nine-month program is $850 for Chamber members and $1,150 for non-Chamber members. Nonprofit organization scholarship is available. Deadline for submitting applications for this year’s class is Aug. 30.
For more information, contact the Chamber at chamberstaff@marionareachamber.org or 740-382-2181. Additional information is available at marionareachamber.org/leadership.
Marion church offering free meal Friday
Prospect Street United Methodist Church, located at 185 S. Prospect St., will hold its free monthly neighborhood supper from 5-6 p.m. Friday, as a carryout meal.
Zoning Appeals Board announces special meeting
GRAND TWP. — The Grand Township Zoning Appeals Board will be holding a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. June 26, at the Community Center. The purpose of the meeting is to hear a variance request for a property located on Rubins Road, Kenton.
Field Day at Kellogg Farms
The Blanchard River Demonstration Farm Project will host a Field Day on July 11 at Kellogg Farms, 17392 Township Road 50 near Forest. The activity starts at 10 a.m. and feature presentations on the benefits of subsurface placement of fertilizers and how strip tillage systems can complement and meet agronomic, conservation and economic objectives. An experienced farmer panel will then talk about the technical issues of implementing strip till, costs, operational changes and lessons learned. Strip till equipment options will also be addressed. Field demonstrations of strip till units and subsurface applicators will be showcased after lunch. Optional afternoon sessions will look at the nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers cycles and their movement in agricultural systems.
Lunch is complimentary but registration is required by June 30 and can be done by calling Doug Deardorff at 740-396-2449 or Jordan Hoewischer at 614-565-3261.
The Blanchard River Demonstration Farm Project is a collaboration between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation.
This article originally appeared on Marion Star: Leadership Marion seeks applicants, Prospect Street UM free meal
