Mount Vernon News

The Division III and IV boys basketball All-Ohio teams were announced this week by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association. The four local student-athletes honored included three frequent mentions and Athlete of the Week winners in the Mount Vernon News and were recognized for their outstanding performances. The four student-athletes representing four area schools were among the division III and IV honorees. Division I and II honorees will be announced later this week.

Habits can be hard to kick.

Used cars have become much more popular thanks to the affordability and reliability of certified-preowned vehicles.

Improved performance and reliability has increased the life expectancy of many vehicles.

Once an uncomfortable means to a worthy end, long car trips have changed quite a bit since many of today’s adults age 30 and over were children.

Savvy drivers recognize that maintenance is essential to keeping their vehicles running strong for years on end.

 Pomerene Hospital in Millersburg is now offering mobile health services once each month at Hometown Market in Danville.s inn.

Fighting Scots student-athletes earn Winter MOAC recognition. Honors and recognition to 13 members of Highland High School’s winter athletic programs have been announced by the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference.

The Division I, II, III and IV girls basketball All-Ohio teams were announced this week by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association and seven student-athletes representing six Knox County area schools were among the honorees.

The Knox-Morrow Athletic Conference made its annual all-league selections in wrestling and the 2022 honorees included all-league award winners and team champions. This year, local teams in our coverage area were well-represented, with three Northmor wrestlers named to the first team, along with one wrestler apiece from Centerburg and East Knox. In all, 25 local wrestlers from five schools were honored.

Let’s talk sports slang. In the past few weeks in sports, we have been inundated with sports-speak or sports slang. First, Tom Brady’s retirement/non-retirement story was often accompanied by references to the quarterback as the GOAT. Not an old goat at age 44, but THE GOAT. Back in the day, a goat was an athlete who failed, lost or messed up at the worst possible time; he lost the game, or at least fans pinned the loss on the player. Today, GOAT means “Greatest Of All Time,” and that term-acronym has been attached to Brady, Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, Wayne Gretzky, Tiger Woods, Martina Navratilova or the Williams sisters, Secretariat and others. Lots of sports arguments and discussions come from whom you consider the GOAT in your preferred sport.

OngoingKnox Public Health has posted a notice on vaccine availability that will be updated regularly as conditions change.

Frances Wright Bartley, 80, passed away peacefully on March 16, 2022, in Dorton, Kentucky at the home of her sister and best friend, Retha Wright Montgomery, who provided unselfish and loving care for her for the last year of her life.

A special event will be hosted at Richland Academy of the Arts on Saturday, March 26. “Body & Spirit, An Evening with Jordon Baker '' is a live performance event where Jordon Baker will unveil his new album, Body & Spirit. Attendees at this event will have the opportunity to hear never-before performed songs, listen to stories from Jordon’s life, and be inspired by a full-band performance experience.

On Thursday March 24, the Chautauqua Series is happy to welcome Julia Geiger as Roseanna McCoy, one of the central people involved in the Hatfield & McCoys feud. The program will be at the Grand Hotel, 12 Public Square in downtown Mount Vernon, at 7 p.m. The Chautauqua Series is brought to you with the help of a grant provided by the Ariel Foundation. The cost is a donation with all monies collected going to the performers.

Darrell Sanson, guest songwriter and performer, will perform and give testimony at 10 a.m. Sunday, March 27, at Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church.

Lady Jackets top Pickering North in softball. The Mount Vernon Softball team continued its exhibition season with a 5-3 win over Pickerington North on March 17. Taking the sting out of its opening-season loss to Triway, the previous day, Mount Vernon connected eight hits and played errorless ball in topping the Panthers.

Michael E. Gaus, 66, of Westerville, passed away unexpectedly on March 11, 2022.

HOMER – USPS operations at the Homer Post Office, 1080 Homer Road NW, Homer, OH 43027, will be suspended until further notice due to the inability to a secure lease agreement with the lessor.

Do you need help paying for Winter Heating bills? HEAP may be able to help you. HEAP benefits are applied to an individual’s energy bill after Jan. 1.