Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

The infectious spirit of Mayor J. D. Baumgardner is spreading throughout the community and helping to build excitement about the Go Rodeo! Festival. The festival will include a street dance, parade, concert on the downtown plaza, all-you-can-eat beans and cornbread event, and kids games on the plaza. The events are being planned around the annual Sheriff’s Posse Labor Day Rodeo which occurs on Saturday and Sunday nights of Labor Day Weekend each year. Businesses in Mount Vernon and Franklin County are being asked to decorate their store fronts and windows in western decor or in patriotic red, white, and blue during the week leading up to the Labor Day Rodeo.
“We also want our merchants and people in the community to wear their western duds throughout the week,” Mayor Baumgardner said. Lapel pins proclaiming “Go Rodeo” are available from the Chamber of Commerce office and from some chamber members. See the Aug. 19 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald for more details on the event.