City of Mount Vernon OH
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215 E Sugar St, Mount Vernon, OH 43050-2556
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Don't let depression be a bully: Take it on
Jul 2, 2022
According to Webster a bully is someone who tries to coerce someone who is vulnerable. On school playgrounds a bully might be a kid whose purpose is to be in power of others by making hurtful taunts and threats that hold others in fear. Bullies can be found most anywhere in our world today – in the workplace, in a domestic situation where one of the partners wants to be in control and hold the other as a hostage, cyberbullying. Our health and mind are affected.
Philander Chase Conservancy director named
Jul 2, 2022
Khara Strum, a conservation professional with deep ties to Ohio and experience with agricultural land protection, will become the next director of the Philander Chase Conservancy, starting July 18. She succeeds the conservancy’s longtime director Lisa Schott, Kenyon Class of 1980, who retires on June 30.
Record number of Ohioans expected to travel this Independence Day
Jul 2, 2022
More than 47.9 million Americans, including a record 2.2 million Ohioans, will travel this Independence Day holiday weekend (June 30 – July 4). This is an increase of 3.7% nationally, and 3.8% for Ohio.
Spikeball gaining in popularity, now has Mount Vernon connection
Jul 2, 2022
Spikeball has been making waves over the past decade after the game was featured on the television show “Shark Tank” in 2015, but the history goes back to the 1980s and has evolved over the years as a game sold in stores and one that is involved in tournaments all around the world.
Mulberry Street United Methodist Church
Jul 2, 2022
Mulberry Street United Methodist Church schedule
Kenneth Lee Schaaf
Jun 29, 2022
Kenneth Lee Schaaf, 75, of New Port Richey, FL, peacefully passed on June 6, 2022. Please see full obit at www.tampabay.com/obits; also please see Ken's FB page.
Barbara Jane (Knox) McClary
Jun 28, 2022
The Earth lost another Beautiful Soul on June 20, 2022. Barbara Jane (Knox) McClary, Born Oct. 4, 1964, in Mount Vernon, went Home to the Heavens peacefully in her sleep, unexpectedly, at the young age of 57.