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Marion taxes may rise 3 mills

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By Doug Struck
| Peabody Gazette-Bulletin Verified
Marion City Council voted Monday to set a new ceiling for property taxes that could increase tax revenue by half a percent. The council wants to exceed the “revenue-neutral rate” by setting a tax rate ceiling that could bring in $44,000 more. The council will not propose a final rate until it goes over departmental requests in detail and conducts a public hearing Sept. 8. The council voted unanimously to increase the estimated tax rate ceiling by 3 mills, to 73.712 mills.
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Dog day afternoon: Fair begins with ARF-ly lovely competition

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By Doug Struck
| Marion County Record
Fair begins with ARF-ly lovely competition Luna blazed through the first obstacles of the dog track and hopped up on the mid-course podium to sit for a required five count. There she stayed, posing. Her owner, Ruby Schmidt, 15, implored her to move on to the final obstacles, finally urging the tiny 8-inch Havanese Yorkie to abandon her perch and finish the course. Luna and six other dogs opened the Marion County Fair on Monday after a rain delay scrubbed Sunday’s horse show.
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Is Dorothy's nightmare decreasing?

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By Doug Struck
| Marion County Record
When a tornado slammed into his farmhouse March 2, 1970, Warren Windsor and his wife, Donna, ran to their two children, sleeping upstairs. The door to the stairs was jammed. He yanked it open, and saw sky. He raced up the steps to the room of his son, Randy, 12.The roof was gone. His son was not there. “My wife fainted,” recalled Windsor, now 89, of Peabody.He turned and hurried to the other bedroom. There, huddled with his sister Elaine in her bed, was Randy.
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