MOUNT VERNON — This week, March 3 through 8, has been designated Newspaper in Education Week, celebrating more than 70 years of collaboration between newspapers and participating school systems. The Mount Vernon News NIE program, which started in February 1998, is in its 10th year of providing classroom teachers with free, current, up-to-date resources for local, state and world news and issues — the newspaper.
Free copies of the Mount Vernon News, along with teachers’ guides, educational sections, special programs and curriculum resources, are provided at no cost to the schools through business and individual sponsors in the community. During the 2006-07 school year, 178 teachers received free newspapers and over 102,000 papers were delivered to area schools for educational use.
Sponsors include Ariel Corp., Dorotha Auker, Bee Line Service, Best Home Improvements, Blubaugh Body & Frame Service, R. Leroy Bumpus, Margaret J. Butler, Christy Naples Hearing Center, Joey Corrigan, Cosby Heating & Cooling Inc., Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnston Ltd., Arthur Dailey, Dennis & Schisler Inc., Duke’s Quick Lube & Quality Auto Service, Dusty’s Ag Service Ltd., First-Knox National Bank, Focus Studio, Gambier Welding, Gault’s Plaza Cleaners and Laundromat, Glenn’s Sales, Service & Rental, Griffin Insurance, G.R. Smith Hardware.