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JULY's issue of the Swamp Fox Scene is available around town. It is also viewable in PDF format by clicking here. To have the newspaper e-mailed to you, send an e-mail to dowens@marionsc.gov , subject line: E-mail me the Swamp Fox Scene, please!
For sale: Steel Swamp Foxes: Sale of newly-created ‘Steel Swamp Foxes’ to benefit new Gen. Francis Marion Center in the City of Marion ... click HERE for details.
For more on the changes City Council okayed on June 22, visit this story at SCNow.com!
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FYI: BUSINESS LICENSE RENEWAL UNDERWAY
The Business and Professional License Ordinance for the City of Marion requires every person engaged in any calling, business, occupation or profession within the limits of the City of Marion to renew his or her annual business license fee and to obtain a license. The City of Marion Business License Renewal applications were mailed to business owners on May 28. Current business licenses expire on June 30, 2010. To get a 2010-2011 business license, a completed renewal application and remittance must be received in the City of Marion Business License Department by July 31, 2010 to avoid a penalty. Penalties for late payment will be assessed beginning August 1, 2010 and will increase each month thereafter. Failure to receive a renewal notice does not relieve a business owner of the responsibility of getting a business license. Anyone with questions should call Lakesha Shannon, City Clerk, (843) 423-5961 or e-mail her at lshannon@marionsc.gov
JUNE: Marion School District One is recognized for fighting childhood obesity. Read the story here!
Marion is named Tree City USA for 18th year
The City of Marion has been named a Tree City USA for the 18th year by the Arbor Day Foundation.
The designation recognizes Marion's commitment to urban forestry, Mayor Rodney Berry said, and is given because the city demonstrates its decision to care for our trees year after year through proper tree planting and maintenance. "We understand the important role trees play in our lives," Berry said, "such as providing cover that helps us have a healthier and cooler place to live and acting as filters for dust and other air-borne particles."
The award is a tribute, Berry said, to the city's Street and Sanitation departments, headed by Ronnie Sanders and Winky Fore, and all they and their men do for the city's trees. It's also a tribute to the members of the Azalea Garden Club and City Tree Commission and the work they do, he added.
City, Chamber, Main Street publish newspaper: 
The City of Marion, the Marion Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Marion (Historic Marion Revitalization Association) are partnering to produce a free, 4-page monthly newspaper.
The first issue of the Swamp Fox Scene, dated June 2010, published this week and is available around town. It is also viewable in PDF format by clicking here.
To have the newspaper e-mailed to you, send an e-mail to dowens@marionsc.gov , subject line: E-mail me the Swamp Fox Scene, please!
IN OTHER NEWS:
City has groundbreaking on new fire department substation: City of Marion officials gathered recently for the groundbreaking of the city's new fire substation on Sen. Gasque Road. To fund the project, the city secured a community development block grant through the Pee Dee Council of Governments for $500,000, $50,000 from the USDA Rural Development through a community facilitites grant and is pitching in $115,000 in cash and services.
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The nearly two-acre site is near Palmetto Point Road and Marion Intermediate School in east Marion. The substation will be a single story pre-engineered metal building, about 7,920 square feet and will house a crew and engine. Landowner Jerry Richardson donated the site to the city to be used as for the substation. Chief Alan Ammons said construction of the facility is about three years in the making and when completed will help the city secure a Class 4 ISO rating, saving homeowners money on insurance.
Above, from left, City of Marion Administrator Bob Anderson, City Councilwoman Betsy Atkinson, Architect Jody Munnerlyn, Fire Chief Alan Ammons, Mayor Rodney Berry, Councilmen Ralph Atkinson and Ronald Atkinson, Assistant Fire Chief Aundry Bowens, and Jerry and Jason Richardson break ground at the city's new fire substation site.
City to get AED, thanks to dona
tions: Donny Gerald, left in photo at left, City of Marion business owner, has given a check for $800 to help the City of Marion Fire Department with its purchase of an AED.
Shown with him are Fire Chief Alan Ammons, center, and Marion Mayor Rodney Berry. A fundraiser was organized this past February in Marion, a Chili Cookoff, with the benefits going to the Fire Department. That event garnered the department $1,500 toward the $2,300 purchase price.
An AED, automated external defibrillator, is a portable device to help the heart reestablish regular heart rhythm in the event of a heart attack.
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April 7: Bank supports community effort: Fran Brown, shown below, with First Citizens Bank in Marion, presented a check to Marion Mayor Rodney Berry during Main Street Marion's Rise & Shine Wednesday morning.
The $2,000 check was given to the City of Marion Recreation Association to be used in the reconstruction of the City's Withlacoochee park tennis courts. Previously, the Marion High School Booster Club made available $10,000 and an anonymous donor has given $5,000 to the approximately $85,000 project.
The City is also working with the U.S. Tennis Association to complete the project which will offer its citizens new, top notch courts.
Need a smoke detector? Live in the city limits of Marion? Check out this story on the WMBF TV32 Web site...
As always check out stories about what's going on in Marion at the Star & Enterprise's web site.
To see what grant the Fire Department recently received from the Federal Government, click here.
The City of Marion gave a check for more than $13,000 to the American Red Cross on Tuesday morning. Churches, businesses, citizens and city employees have been collecting and giving money to help those in need in Haiti following the devastating earthquake of Jan. 12. Click here and here to see the stories in the local news....
A group of Marion Citizens recently honored Council member Bobby Davis with a celebration for his 22 years of service. Shown in the photo are Mr. Davis and his wife Geneva. 
The two are shown at the January 14 City Council meeting when he was presented with a resolution regarding his service to the city. To read the resolution, click here.
Do you have news to share with the City of Marion residents? Get it to Dianne at 423-5961; dowens@marionsc.gov
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