Ashley Kokas of Kokas Exotics holds Buckeye Chuck during the 2021 Groundhog Day festivities at WMRN studios in Marion. Chuck did not see his shadow and predicted an early spring for 2021. This year’s event is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 2 at the WMRN studios located at 1330 N. Main St. Will it be an early spring or six more weeks of winter for the Buckeye State? Ohio’s official weather prognosticating groundhog is preparing to emerge from his den and offer up a forecast for the 42nd year on this Groundhog Day 2022. Marion’s own Buckeye Chuck has predicted an early spring in each of the past three years. He’ll make his annual prediction around 7:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 2. The Ohio General Assembly designated Buckeye Chuck as the state’s official groundhog in 1979. According to his official Facebook page, Buckeye Chuck’s predictions have…
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