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NewLife Rescue and Adoption is having an event at McKim’s IGA in Mt. Vernon this Saturday from 9:00 AM until 2:00 PM. There will be homemade bake goods, a cash raffle, BBQ sandwiches, chili, burgers, brats, hot dogs, chili dogs, and apples with caramel cheesecake dip. They encourage the community to swing by and get your breakfast, lunch, and raffle ticket while supporting the rescue. For more information on how you can offer support, you can visit newliferescues.org.
The Mt. Vernon Parks and Recreation Department is reminding the community that the registration deadline for youth basketball is tomorrow. The games start on November 9th. You can find the link to register on the Mt. Vernon Parks and Recreation Department’s Facebook page.
The University of Southern Indiana is getting a facelift that also aims to advance education for a critical career. Major renovations are happening on the Health Professions Building, which houses the Kinney College of Nursing and Health Professions, right at the front of USI's campus. The renovation will add 48,000 square feet of additional classroom space, updated labs, and state-of-the-art equipment for growing healthcare programs. USI officials say funding comes from the Indiana General Assembly’s capital funding appropriation for USI, approved during the 2023 legislative session. Officials say this is the final phase of a larger renovation project that’s been underway since 2018. With this renovation, students will see a brand-new interactive auditorium, eight new nursing skills labs with the latest technology that will simulate a hospital setting, two new labs for respiratory therapy that will allow students to practice critical procedures like ventilator management and cardiopulmonary assessments, and two new occupational therapy classrooms with advanced equipment and adaptive tools. According to USI, multi-functional student dining and study spaces will also be on the first floor. The project is expected to be completed by late summer or early fall of 2026.
Tomorrow night is the final week of the High School Football regular season. The 6-2 North Posey Vikings will close the regular season at home against 3-5 Pike Central at 6:30 PM. The 4-4 Mt. Vernon Wildcats will play host to 1-7 Princeton at 7:00 PM.
The POPS Mt. Vernon Football Booster Club is encouraging fans to arrive early Friday night. The senior football players will be recognized starting at 6:30 PM. Cheerleaders and band members will be recognized at half time. The cheerleaders are also hosting their cheer clinic that had to be rescheduled due to weather. The youth cheer girls will be cheering with the high schoolers for the first quarter.
Mt. Vernon High School is hosting the Class 3A Sectional 32 for Volleyball this week. The Sectional gets underway this evening with a pair of first-round matches and concludes on Saturday with the Semi-Finals in the morning and the Championship match in the evening. Mt. Vernon Volleyball plays the second match tonight against Heritage Hills around 7:00 PM.
North Posey Volleyball won their first-round Sectional match on Tuesday night against South Spencer in straight sets. The Vikings play in the Sectional Semi-Final on Saturday morning at 11:00 AM against Mater Dei. This is the Class 2A Sectional 48 hosted at South Spencer High School.