🌱 How you can give blood in Mount Vernon the day after Christmas
Hello Mount Vernon! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How you can give blood in Mount Vernon the day after Christmas
- How did Dan Emmett Elementary earn Ohio’s top PBIS honor?
- How an MVNU soccer star just put Mount Vernon on the map
Also on today's calendar: Macrame Gnome Workshop and 2 more events.
📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Mount Vernon? Post it to Mount Vernon photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️
Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 41 and low of 28 degrees.
- Thursday: Cloudy and windy; p.m. rain, temps: high: 51, low: 23.
- Friday: Windy and much colder, with a high of 26 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
📰 News we're reading
• Mount Vernon High School sponsors Blood Drive K-12 Schools Mount Vernon High School supports American Red Cross Blood Drive. (mountvernonnews.com) — Mount Vernon High School is hosting an American Red Cross blood drive on Friday, Dec. 26, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Mount Vernon Grand Hotel on Public Square. Residents can donate whole blood or Power Red, receive a T‑shirt and Dunkin’ gift card while supplies last, and are encouraged to make an appointment using sponsor code MVHS. 
• Dan Emmett Elementary and Danville Elementary earn statewide PBIS Honors (mountvernonnews.com) — Dan Emmett Elementary in Mount Vernon has earned Ohio’s top Gold Award for its Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports work, recognizing a strong, supportive school climate for local students. Danville Elementary also received a Bronze Award, highlighting countywide efforts to promote positive behavior and safe, inclusive classrooms.
• Miguel Bello earns CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team honors (mountvernonnews.com) — A standout from Mount Vernon Nazarene University, graduate student Miguel Bello has earned CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team honors while maintaining a 4.0 MBA GPA. The MVNU men’s soccer forward led the Cougars in scoring, delivered multiple game-winners, and helped spotlight Mount Vernon’s hometown university on the national stage.
📸 Around Mount Vernon
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Flesh and Blood Tournaments
Find Familiar Games, 300 Tilden Ave #2, Mt Vernon
6:00 pm
Thursday December 18
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Other local events
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Adult Craft and Conversation with Coloring
Public Library of Mount Vernon & Knox County , 201 N Mulberry St , Mt Vernon
3:00 pm -
Macrame Gnome Workshop
Dancing Bee Market & Studio , 3 N Main St , Mt Vernon
2:00 pm -
Nonfiction Book Discussion: Read Any Book
Public Library of Mount Vernon & Knox County , 201 N Mulberry St , Mt Vernon
6:30 pm -
Flesh and Blood Tournaments
Find Familiar Games , 300 Tilden Ave #2 , Mt Vernon
6:00 pm
Thursday December 18
Saturday December 20
Monday December 22
Thursday December 25
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Nutrition Hot Topics with Connections Fitness- 3rd Wednesday of the month
Connections Fitness , 1375 Yauger Rd , Mt Vernon
12:00 pm -
Bowling Team vs Crestline
Colonial City Lanes , 110 Mount Vernon Ave Ext , Mt Vernon
4:00 pm -
Boys V Basketball vs Mt. Gilead
Centerburg High School , 3782 Columbus Rd , Centerburg
6:00 pm -
MS Boys Basketball vs Fredericktown
Centerburg High School , 3782 Columbus Rd , Centerburg
5:00 pm -
Euchre Night
Butler Branch Library , 21 W Elm St , Butler
5:30 pm -
Casual Boardgames - make friends, then beat them in games
Olentangy River Brewing Company , 303 Green Meadows Dr S , Lewis Center
6:30 pm -
HS Band & Choir Concert
Centerburg Local Centerburg, OH 43011
7:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Kokosing Gap Trail plowed?!?!?!
What??? Most years I can cross country ski there - great cheap exercise! Last year I cross country skied it for a week, and that was with lousy snow … (Nextdoor South Mount Vernon) - Can anyone recommend someone to replace a shower?
Not interested in the one day extremely overpriced bathfitters. (Nextdoor Apple Valley)
- Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Mount Vernon. Apply here.
- CVS Health posted a job opening for District Support Pharmacist in Mount Vernon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mount Vernon here.
🗞 Nearby News
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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