The Mount Vernon CountryFest Car Show is planned from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10. The deadline for vendor booth registration is approaching for the 35th annual CountryFest celebration. For more information or to register for the car show, contact Tammy Cunningham at 903-285-8865 or Sherri Harvey at 903-537-4764. For more information, see the Sept. 10 edition of the Optic-Herald.

Members of the Order of the Eastern Star filled plates with fish and fixings. The Franklin County United Way received $3,300 in donations at their 10th annual all-you-can-eat fish fry dinner on Saturday, Sept. 5 at the Masonic Lodge.

Amanda Massey, Kelly Alphin, Madelyn thompson, and Kimberlee Lopez lead the crowd in the Cotton Eyed Joe during the dance on Friday, Sept. 4. More than 250 people attended the dance which was moved to the Community Room at the airport. See the Sept. 10 edition of the Optic-Herald for more information.

The Hispanic Community of Sacred Heart Catholic Church will conduct their annual Rodeo Saturday, Sept. 19. Funds raised will go to the fund to construct a new rectory - priest’s house.