Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

It was a weekend full of reunions in Mount Vernon with several Mount Vernon High School graduating classes coming together. The MVHS class of 1958 met Saturday afternoon in the Community Room at the First Baptist Church.

End Polio Now

Details: Category: School; Published on Wednesday, 17 October 2018 09:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Middle school students crowd around Lynda Ell to show off their Purple pinkies and other digits. The kids had the opportunity to make a donation to the Rotary Club’s End Polio Now effort and get their pinkie fingers painted purple the same as children in third world countries do when receiving the polio vaccine.

Rotary Club sponsors Purple Pinkie Day at middle school

Details: Category: School; Published on Thursday, 04 October 2018 18:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Members of the Mount Vernon Rotary Club will visit Mount Vernon Middle School for a Purple Pinkie Day Friday, October 5 in an effort to eliminate polio worldwide.

Baird, Burton are Rotary Students for October

Details: Category: School; Published on Tuesday, 16 October 2018 12:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Ayla Burton, Brian Baird Ayla Burton and Brian Baird were named as the Rotary Students of the Month for October 2018 at Mount Vernon High School. Both students are seniors.

Class of ‘54 and ‘55 to meet

Details: Category: School; Published on Tuesday, 02 October 2018 12:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

The Mount Vernon High School classes of 1954 and 1955 are planning a joint class reunion for Saturday, October 13.

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Talsma Dairy takes top honors at Franklin County Hay Show

Details: Category: School; Published on Saturday, 13 October 2018 09:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

David Maxton and Jouwert Talsma presents awards to hay show winners Hendrik Talsma of Talsma Dairy and Auke Plantinga of Pleasant Hill Dairy. The Talsma Dairy earned the top places for their samples in the 2018 Mount Vernon Saltillo Young Farmer Hay Show on Saturday, October 6. The top 20 hay samples were auctioned earning $7,150.

Rupe graduates with master of arts degree

Details: Category: School; Published on Monday, 24 September 2018 09:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Morgan Eatherly Rupe and her border collie Rio Morgan Eatherly Rupe recently graduated Suma cum Laude with a master of arts degree in professional counseling from Texas State University.

Hay Show Saturday

Details: Category: School; Published on Friday, 05 October 2018 09:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

The annual Mount Vernon / Saltillo Young Farmer’s Hay Show will be at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, October 6 at the Young Farmers Livestock Pavilion on FM 115.