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document.write("<TD vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#ffffff><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><a href=\"http://www.VisitMarionOhio.com\" target=_blank>Link to Marion Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Web Site</a> <EM> </EM> </FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- end this line item --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=\"100%\" border=0>\n");
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document.write("<TD vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#ffffff><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><a href=\"javascr"+"ipt:Viewcolumn2edb1('51','column%2edb');\">Time to transition to a different phase for the CVB</a><EM> 10-26-2007 </EM> <FONT face=Arial size=1>As the leaves turn and the season changes, we at the Marion Convention &amp; Visitors Bureau also go into a different phase of the year. Summer is over and a couple of our main yearly functions are over and we start to transition to - dare I say - the year 2008.FONT></P>\n");
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document.write("<TD vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#ffffff><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><a href=\"javascr"+"ipt:Viewcolumn2edb1('50','column%2edb');\">PREPARATION AND PLANNING KEEP US BUSY DURING LOW TRAVELERTIME.</a> <EM>02-27-2007 </EM> <FONT face=Arial size=1>You may think that this time of year would be a slow time for us at the CVB. With this weather, we haven’t seen a whole lot of visitors walk through our doors, but, I can tell you we have been busy and our wheels are constantly turning.<FONT></P>\n");
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document.write("<TD vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#ffffff><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><a href=\"javascr"+"ipt:Viewcolumn2edb1('49','column%2edb');\">SUMMER IS A BUSIER TIME FOR THE BUREAU</a><EM> 06-30-2006 </EM> <FONT face=Arial size=1>Summertime brings extended hours to our welcome center. The Marion Area Convention and Visitors’ Bureau is headed into its busy time of year where we welcome more travelers. This is the time of year when there is a dramatic increase in the number of people inquiring at the Bureau about local sights to see. <FONT></P>\n");
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document.write("<TD vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#ffffff><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><a href=\"javascr"+"ipt:Viewcolumn2edb1('47','column%2edb');\">A FEW THOUGHTS ON A YEAR IN REVIEW.</a> <EM>12-27-2005 </EM> <FONT face=Arial size=1>As I sit back and start flipping through the pages of the 2005 calendar, I can’t believe how fast this year has gone by. But it also forces me to recognize some of the highlights we have been able to realize this year.</FONT></P>\n");
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document.write("<TD vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#ffffff><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><a href=\"javascr"+"ipt:Viewcolumn2edb1('48','column%2edb');\">THANKFUL FOR VISITORS</a><EM> 11-23-2005 </EM> <FONT face=Arial size=1>As a resident of Marion County, you should take the time to learn more about our community’s assets. As I have said before, sometimes we forget to look in our own back yard for simple pleasures.</FONT></P>\n");
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document.write("<TD vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#ffffff><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><a href=\"javascr"+"ipt:Viewcolumn2edb1('46','column%2edb');\">GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE...</a> <EM>11-07-2005 </EM> <FONT face=Arial size=1>There is a fast food restaurant in Marion that probably has me on their top ten customer list. Not so much for the food, but mostly for the afternoon beverage I stop by to take back to work.</FONT></P></FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- end this line item --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=\"100%\" border=0>\n");
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document.write("<TD vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#ffffff><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><a href=\"javascr"+"ipt:Viewcolumn2edb1('45','column%2edb');\">THE NUMBERS ARE IN--TORUISM PAYS</a><EM> 09-21-2005 </EM> <FONT face=Arial size=1>Tourism's positive impact on a community is well understood. When I look at the numbers, however, it just amazes me.</FONT></P></FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- end this line item --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=\"100%\" border=0>\n");
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document.write("<TD vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#ffffff><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><a href=\"javascr"+"ipt:Viewcolumn2edb1('44','column%2edb');\">LET SOMEONE ELSE DO THE DRIVING</a> <EM>08-24-2005 </EM> <FONT face=Arial size=1>Many people who want to see the sights just prefer to let others do the driving.  That’s what makes organized bus tours such big business.  It’s bus tours that the Marion Area Convention & Visitors’ Bureau works hard to draw to our community.</FONT></P></FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- end this line item --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=\"100%\" border=0>\n");
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